SketchUp Layout – How to Use LayOut for SketchUp Pro (tutorial updated for 2022)

There are 7 critical things you need to know before getting started with SketchUp and LayOut. This tutorial covers them all and will help you avoid the mistakes that often trip people up when getting started. And, by the end, you’ll understand how to use SketchUp and LayOut to create construction documents and design presentations. Here's what we cover:

Introduction (00:00)
1. How LayOut and SketchUp Work Together (01:05)
2. Create Scenes Before Viewports (02:39)
3. Get the Right Camera Views (04:10)
4. Give Each Active Section Cut Its Own Scene (04:58)
5. Use Tags the Right Way (06:13)
6. Control Line Weights Via Styles (07:56)
7. Draw Some 2D Symbols in SketchUp (9:29)
Bonus Tip: Name Your Groups and Components (11:19)

We also created some notes, to help you remember everything: https://sketchup.school/hup

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Special thanks ? to our former student, Martha Picciotti of Picciotti Design (http://www.picciottidesign.com), for letting us use her SketchUp model in this video.

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FYI, you can try LayOut for free for 30 days when you download the 30-day free trial of SketchUp Pro: https://www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup

And if you can't afford to waste time or pick up bad habits, check out our Video Course Library. It’s filled with $8700 worth of SketchUp courses exclusively for professionals - including our LayOut course.

You can head over to our website and try it for free: https://www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library

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