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3D Text
Create text geometry with the 3D Text tool.
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AI Render in SketchUp for iPad
Create visuals with AI Render on iPad.
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Arc Tool
Draw arcs with four SketchUp for iPad tools.
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Autoshape Tool
Create iPad model geometry with AutoShape and Apple Pencil.
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Circle Tool
Draw circle entities with the Circle tool.
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Creating and Editing Models
Create and edit models with these SketchUp for Web controls.
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Customizing Toolbars
Customise SketchUp for iPad toolbars and shortcuts.
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Display Panel
Control hidden geometry in the Display panel.
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Entity Info Panel
Each Entity in a model is made up of attributes. These attributes include what type of entity it is, the entity's measurements, and more. You can view these attributes using the Entity Info panel. After selecting an entity, you can open the Entity Info panel and see the following information:
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Environment Panel
The Environment panel helps you add or manage the environment your model is using.
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Environments in SketchUp for Web
Environments add a 360° panoramic background with image-based lighting conditions to your SketchUp models. SketchUp for Web’s Environments panel is where you can add and manipulate environments, or import your own High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) files or OpenEXR files to create a new environment.
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Eraser Tool
Remove, smooth, unsmooth or hide geometry with the iPad Eraser tool.
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File Management
SketchUp for Web saves your models to Trimble Connect, Trimble's cloud-based common data environment and collaboration platform. We've put together all the information you need to use Trimble Connect to manage the files for the models you create in SketchUp for Web including:
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Flip Tool
The Flip tool () helps you flip your geometry for quick reorientation or creating symmetrical copies. When you activate the Flip tool three semi-transparent planes appear, each corresponding to your selection's cardinal orientation.
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Follow Me Tool
The Follow Me tool () leads a face along a path, creating a 3D shape. Follow Me is handy when modeling things that follow a perimeter or an edge, like crown molding or gutters, or when modeling lathed or curved objects, like spindles or bowls.
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Freehand Tool
With SketchUp for iPad's Freehand tool (), you can create hand-drawn lines. The Freehand tool is handy when you need to trace imported drawings, create a 2D sketch, or decorate your model.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SketchUp for iPad questions, including separate billing and refund paths for Apple App Store and PCS purchases in New Zealand.
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Getting Started
Get started with SketchUp for iPad, with separate purchase and billing paths for Apple App Store and PCS customers.
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Getting Started with SketchUp for Web
Get started with SketchUp for Web.
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Hardware Acceleration
Browser hardware acceleration and Windows graphics assignment.
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Help Panel
SketchUp Help panel resources.
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How to Use Add Location
Add Location helps you geolocate your model and add site context and terrain. In SketchUp for iPad, you can get started by selecting Add Location in the Shadows panel.If it's your first time using Add Location, a modal with some basic information about how it all works appears.
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How to Use Add Location
SketchUp’s Add Location feature helps you capture and apply geolocation data and imagery to your model. To get started, open the Main Menu or the Shadows panel and click Add Location.
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Importing and Exporting
SketchUp for iPad import formats: .png, .jpg, .skp, .stl, .dwg and .dxf.
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Intersect Tool
The Intersect tool () takes two or more overlapping solid entities and removes all associated geometry except where those solids intersect. In SketchUp for iPad, the Intersect tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Line Tool
Draw edges and closed surfaces with the Line tool.
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Link Sharing
Share a view-only model link.
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Link Sharing
There are plenty of reasons to share your models with others. Maybe your stakeholders need a progress report, or maybe you want to send a copy to a client. Sometimes sending a .skp file isn’t ideal.
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Markup Tool
The Markup tool () in SketchUp for iPad uses the iPad's native Markup capabilities. This means that when you activate the Markup tool you'll see the iPad Markup toolbar appear at the bottom of the screen.
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Materials Panel
The Materials panel () is where you can find, manage, and create materials to use in your SketchUp models. Selecting the Paint Bucket tool () will also open the materials panel.
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Materials in SketchUp for Web
The SketchUp for Web Materials panel is where you can find, manage, and create materials for use in your SketchUp models.
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Measurement Tools
With the Tape Measure tool () and the Protractor tool () you can add a level of precision to your models by including accurate measurements when creating geometry. For more tips on using these measurement tools in your models see Measuring Angles and Distances to Model Precisely.
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Model Info Panel
View model details and settings in Model Info.
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Move Tool
Move entities or models with the iPad Move tool.
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Navigating SketchUp for Web
Learn the Home screen and navigation in SketchUp for Web.
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Offset Tool
Offset shapes in SketchUp for iPad.
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Opening Files
Open browser-cached models from Home > Recent Files.
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Outer Shell Tool
The Outer Shell tool () removes geometry inside overlapping groups or components, leaving only the outer faces.In SketchUp for iPad, the Outer Shell tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Outliner Panel
Manage groups and components with Outliner.
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Paint Bucket Tool
The Paint Bucket tool () helps bring your models to life using materials. The Paint Bucket tool works with the Materials panel. Activating the Paint Bucket tool opens the Materials panel allowing you to choose the color or texture you would like to add to your model.
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Polygon Tool
Draw three-or-more-sided polygons with the Polygon tool.
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Presentation Mode
Present model scenes in Presentation Mode.
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Push-Pull Tool
Extrude or cut shapes with the iPad Push/Pull tool.
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Rectangle Tool
One of the first things a new SketchUp user learns is how to draw shapes, and one of the most basic shapes is the rectangle. With the Rectangle tool () you can draw rectangles pretty much anywhere - on any axis, on existing faces, or aligned and inferred to existing geometry.
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Rotate Tool
SketchUp for iPad's Rotate tool () helps you manipulate your model by rotating selected geometry. When you activate the Rotate tool, the cursor transforms into a protractor.
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Rotated Rectangle Tool
Draw angled rectangles with the iPad Rotated Rectangle tool.
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Saving Models
SketchUp for Web saves your models to Trimble Connect. When you create a new model, you can save your model manually. After the first time you save a model, SketchUp for Web auto-saves and backs up your model.
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Scale Tool
Resize iPad geometry with the Scale tool.
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Scan-to-Design (SketchUp Labs)
SketchUp Labs Scan-to-Design uses iPad LiDAR; it may change or be removed.
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Scenes Panel
Save model views and properties as scenes.
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Search for Tools and Commands
Find and activate Web tools with Search.
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Searching with the Omnibar
Find iPad tools with Omnibar Search.
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Select Tool
SketchUp for iPad offers two tools to help you select what parts of your model you want to modify with SketchUp's other tools and commands - the Lasso tool () and the Select tool (). With either tool you can select parts of your model using a single, double, or triple tap, touch, or click.
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Settings Panel
SketchUp for iPad Settings panel options.
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Shadows Panel
SketchUp for iPad's Shadows () panel can help designate how parts of your model cast their shadows or even see how the sun would cast shadows on or around a geolocated model.
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SketchUp Assistant for Web
AI Help and Generate Object in SketchUp for Web.
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SketchUp Assistant for iPad
AI Help and Generate Object in SketchUp for iPad.
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SketchUp Go - Frequently Asked Questions
New Zealand SketchUp Go - Frequently Asked Questions guidance, including PCS purchase routes, NZD invoices, New Zealand GST, and direct Trimble purchase scope.
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SketchUp for Web
SketchUp for Web is a browser-based modelling app included with current SketchUp subscriptions.
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SketchUp for Web App Settings
Customise SketchUp for Web in App Settings.
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SketchUp for Web's Expanded Toolset
Find additional Web tools in the Expanded Toolset.
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SketchUp for Web's Features
SketchUp for Web feature differences.
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SketchUp for Web's Main Toolbar
When opening a model you'll see the Main Toolbar appears on the left side.
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SketchUp for Web's Tools
Find Web modelling tools on the left.
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Create, edit and mark up models on iPad.
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Snaps
Snaps are custom points you can add to grouped geometry. When you add a Snap you can use your new custom point to position and orient objects. Snaps can also help you create modular components in your model that are easy to, well, snap into place.
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Soften/Smooth Panel
Soften or smooth selected model edges.
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Solid Tools
In SketchUp, a solid is any 3D component or group with a finite closed volume without any missing faces or faces that do not meet at an edge. With SketchUp's Solid Tools you can create new shapes by combining or cutting one solid with another. First, make sure the geometry you want to manipulate is a solid.
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Split Tool
The Split tool () divides overlapping entities along their intersecting edges, separating each solid entity. In SketchUp for iPad, the Split tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Styles Panel
Adjust model styles in the iPad Styles panel.
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Styles in SketchUp for Web
Styles in SketchUp are a great way to help you convey information about your model without saying a word. A Style is a collection of specific settings for edges, faces, and backgrounds.
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Subtract Tool
The Subtract tool () uses one solid entity to cut another, overlapping solid entity. The geometry used to make the cut is removed from your model. In SketchUp for iPad, the Subtract tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Tags Panel and Tool
Tags help organize the objects in a model and help to control their visibility. The Tag tool () and Tags panel offer several options to help you make the most out of the Tags in your model.
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Trackpad Controls
SketchUp for Web is optimized to be used with a 3-button mouse by default. If you're using a device with a multitouch trackpad, you can switch the input device to 'Trackpad' in App Settings. With trackpad navigation you can use multitouch gestures like pinch-to-zoom or orbit/pan with a two-finger swipe.
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Trim Tool
The Trim tool () uses one solid entity to cut another, overlapping entity. The geometry used to make the cut remains in your model as a separate solid. In SketchUp for iPad, the Trim tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Trimble Connect Visualizer
The Trimble Connect Visualizer, a Trimble Connect Workflow Extension, is a great way to create quick, navigable 3D renders of SketchUp models in either a web browser or by using a PCVR device. Access to the Trimble Connect Visualizer app is available as part of the Trimble Connect subscription benefits.
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Trimble Connect in SketchUp for Web
SketchUp for Web is designed to work with Trimble Connect. Unless you choose to save a file locally, all files you create with SketchUp for Web save to Trimble Connect.
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Union Tool
The Union tool () merges two or more solid entities into a single solid. The geometry inside the new solid remains unchanged. In SketchUp for iPad, the Union tool does not have any optional tool modes.
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Using Shortcuts in SketchUp for Web
SketchUp for Web shortcuts and gestures.
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Using SketchUp for Web
Find Web modelling tools and features.
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Using Trimble Connect Visualizer
Navigate renders, capture snapshots and adjust Visualizer environments.
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Visualization in SketchUp for Web
SketchUp for Web offers a lot of the same visualization features as SketchUp for Desktop. You can use Materials, Styles, and Environments, just like the desktop application. If you have SketchUp for Web’s WebGPU graphics engine enabled, you can get even more out of these visualization features.
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What You Need
SketchUp for Web hardware and software requirements.
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Working with SketchUp Files
SketchUp offers several ways to help you access your projects across multiple devices and apps. These options include saving models locally on your iPad, storing them in the cloud using Trimble Connect, or saving to other cloud storage services.
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iPad Expanded Toolset
Open additional iPad tools with (...).
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iPad Main Toolbar
The Main Toolbar appears on the left side of the SketchUp interface and contains the most common tools used when creating models.
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iPad Panels
Adjust model features in iPad panels.
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iPad System Requirements
SketchUp for iPad device and performance requirements.
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iPad Tools
SketchUp iPad tools for Apple Pencil and multitouch.
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