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Applying SketchUp Styles

SketchUp styles bundle preset line widths, colors, materials, and other similar effects. In LayOut, you can change a SketchUp model’s style in the styles section of the SketchUp Model panel.

Last updated 17 July 2026

SketchUp styles bundle preset line widths, colors, materials, and other similar effects. In LayOut, you can change a SketchUp model’s style in the styles section of the SketchUp Model panel.

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You can select from any of SketchUp’s default styles, or choose In Model to see any style already in your model. If the selected style includes a background, you can toggle it on or off by selecting Background.

For more information on how to use styles in SketchUp, see Choosing a Style.

Adding and Editing Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts let you customize LayOut to work more efficiently. Through the Shortcuts section of the LayOut Preferences dialog box, you can:View LayOut commands and shortcutsFind specific commandsAdd or edit a shortcutDelete shortcutsLayOut includes the following default shortcuts:

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Adding Tables to a Document

Whether you’re an architect, woodworker, or engineer — basically, anyone who creates construction documents — you probably need to add tables to those documents. With LayOut’s table feature, you can create and edit tables of text in LayOut or import table data from an Excel file (.xlsx) or a .csv file.

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Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions

Although LayOut has only a slim chance of moonlighting with an illusionist act in Las Vegas, LayOut’s text isn’t always what it seems.

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Applying Styles

With LayOut’s Style tool (), you can sample the style settings applied to one entity and apply those same settings to another entity.To apply a style from one entity to another, follow these steps:

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Arranging, Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Entities

To create a professional document, entities need to be arranged and sized just right. LayOut offers several tools to help you manipulate the entities in your document with precision.Using a GridLayOut documents include a grid that you can toggle on or off to help you align entities on a page.

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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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