Diane Joyner

How do I get 3D Warehouse in SketchUp for free?

Guidelines

How do I get 3D Warehouse in SketchUp for free?

In SketchUp, locate and click the 3D Warehouse icon in the top toolbar and a 3D Warehouse window appears that connects you to the main page, as shown in the following figure. Alternatively, you can open the 3D Warehouse by selecting Window > 3D Warehouse from the menu bar.

How do I add components to a 3D Warehouse in SketchUp?

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the model into which you want to import a SketchUp file.
  2. Select File > Import.
  3. In the Open dialog box that appears, navigate to the SketchUp file.
  4. Select the SketchUp file, and click Open.
  5. Click in the drawing area to place the component in your model.

How do I create a dynamic component in SketchUp?

To add attributes, follow these steps:

  1. Select the component you want to make dynamic.
  2. On the Dynamic Components toolbar, click the Component Attributes tool ( ) or select Window > Component Attributes.
  3. Click the Add Attribute plus sign icon to see a list of options.

How do I download SketchUp 3D Warehouse?

To download models from 3D Warehouse, upload models to 3D Warehouse, or interact with other users, you need to create a 3D Warehouse account. To create a personal or professional presence in 3D Warehouse, complete your 3D Warehouse profile.

How do I edit 3D Warehouse models in SketchUp?

Changing a single component instance

  1. Select the component instance that you want to edit.
  2. Context-click the selected instance and choose Make Unique, as shown in the figure.
  3. Open the context for the unique component.
  4. Use the SketchUp drawing tools to make changes to the component.

How do you make a 3D Warehouse model?

Making a Great 3D Warehouse Model

  1. Be at real-world size.
  2. Use a common sense axes origin.
  3. Orient faces properly.
  4. Minimize geometry to represent the item.
  5. Minimize material image sizes.
  6. Embed useful metadata.
  7. Restructure for 3D Warehouse content.
  8. Purge unused layers, components and materials (Model Info > Purge unused)

What is a dynamic component?

What dynamic components are. Dynamic means, that the components location in the application is not defined at buildtime. That means, that it is not used in any angular template. Instead, the component is instantiated and placed in the application at runtime.

Is SketchUp free really free?

SketchUp Free is the simplest free 3D modeling software on the web — no strings attached.