Settings Panel

The Settings panel ( ) in SketchUp for iPad offers a few ways to customize the interface and how SketchUp works. The Settings panel contains four categories:

• Pencil & Multitouch
• General
• Scan-to-Design
• Graphics

Pencil & Multitouch

The Pencil & Multitouch category contains options to customize the way you draw and what specific actions and gestures do in Sketchup. The following options are available:

• Pencil Mode - Choose between Just Draw or Click-Move-Click . -
• Apple Pencil Double-Tap Gesture
  • Off
  • Cancel
  • Previous Tool
  • Select
  • Eraser
• One-Finger Tap
  • Draw
  • Select
  • None
• One-Finger Double-Tap
  • None
  • Selection
  • Select
• One-Finger Triple-Tap
  • None
  • Selection
  • Select
• Quick Pinch
  • Zoom Extents
  • None

General

The General category contains the following sections:

• File Save - Here you'll see a slider allowing you to set the frequency SketchUp for iPad will autosave a recovery backup file of your current model. You can also set if you always want SketchUp to ask, or never want SketchUp to purge unused objects when saving,
• AR Model Viewing - Toggle on to use a model's real origin for the anchor when using AR.
• Tools - Allows you to choose between Standard or Lasso for the default Select tool mode.
• Appearance Theme – Choose between Light, Dark, or System.
• Shortcuts – Toggle visibility of the Shortcuts toolbar The toolbar appears in the upper right by default, but can be moved anywhere by dragging it.

• The Shortcuts toolbar is customizable and contains the following options by default:
  • X-Ray
  • Hide Rest of Model
  • Hidden Geometry
  • Unhide All
  • Select None
  • Select All
  • Zoom Extents
  • Previous Tool
• Restore Shortcuts – Restore default keyboard shortcuts.
• Reset Toolbar Positions – Reset the user interface to their default settings.

Scan-to-Design

SketchUp’s Scan-to-Design uses LiDAR scanning in SketchUp for iPad to generate 3D models of existing spaces. For more information on this Sketchup Labs feature see Scan-to-Design (SketchUp Labs).

Graphics

The Graphics section contains two options:

• A toggle to adjust texture size.
• A toggle to use the classic SketchUp graphics engine.