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Performing an Analysis

After making sure your design is ready for analysis, and choosing which type of analysis you want to run, you’re ready to run your first analysis.

Last updated 17 July 2026

After making sure your design is ready for analysis, and choosing which type of analysis you want to run, you’re ready to run your first analysis.

To perform an analysis, follow these steps:

  1. Select your analysis type. You’ll be asked to create a model snapshot.
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  1. Analysis Hub uses your model’s current Scene by default. If you want to use another Scene, select another one using the Selected Scene dropdown.
  2. Make sure your model is ready for analysis by reviewing the checklist under Make Sure Your Model is Ready. See Designing an Analysis Ready Model for more information on how to make your model ready for analysis.
  3. When you are ready, click Continue. The Analysis Hub will prepare your model and check to make sure your model is ready for analysis. For larger models, this can take a few minutes.
  1. After Analysis Hub prepares your model, click Finish. Your analysis will appear in the Analysis Viewer.
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3D Printing a Model

Before you print a model on a 3D printer, you need to make sure your 3D printer can understand your model data. Here's a quick overview of how to set up your SketchUp model for 3D printing:

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Adding an Environment to a Model

Environments allow you to add 360°panoramic backgrounds and image-based lighting conditions to your SketchUp models. The Environments panel is where you can add and manipulate environments, or import High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) files or OpenEXR files to create a new environment.

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Adding Attributes

Attributes make components dynamic by telling SketchUp what to do. You can choose from predefined attributes or create custom attributes:

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Adding Premade Components and Dynamic Components

Components in SketchUp turn geometry in a model into reusable entities. For example, most buildings have at least one door and window. Instead of modeling these common objects, you can insert a component that you have already made, or even one made by someone else.Like all geometry in SketchUp, a component is still

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Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model

In SketchUp, you can add four types of text:

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Still need help?

Technical support from our New Zealand team is available to customers with a current Procadsys SketchUp Pro Plus or SketchUp Studio Plus subscription. Self-help articles are public.

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