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Resources for Sketchup Users Wanting to Learn Blender

1. B by baswein on 7 Jun 2020, edited 3 Oct 2021 # +9 votes

   For those of you new to Blender but familiar with SketchUp here are some resources that might be useful in making the transition. Please post any you find helpful or think may be helpful to others.

   To start I found these videos clear and simple. Hopefully he continues making them.

   Learning Blender after SketchUp / Part 1 - Navigation and Object Basics. Accessed June 7, 2020. .

   Learning Blender after SketchUp / Part 2 - Snapping. Accessed June 7, 2020. .

   Learning Blender after SketchUp / Part 3 - Push/Pull. Accessed June 7, 2020. .

2. J by Jesusbill on 7 Jun 2020 # +2 votes

   These videos seem to be valuable for all blender newbies! Great finding @baswein!

   I guess in the end material from this thread could end up in the wiki as material for learning

3. R by ReD_CoDE on 7 Jun 2020 #

   Procedural Nodes

4. M by Moult on 7 Jun 2020 #

   The page on Learn Blender on the BlenderBIM Add-on website also contains some tutorials for beginners. Hope it helps! There's a huge amount of stuff out there, and please don't hesitate to ask here or on some of the Blender forums.

5. J by JenuJacob on 9 Jun 2020 # +2 votes

   this is exactly what I needed! thanks @baswein! I am also following The Cg Essentials channel on youtube.

   https://youtube.com/channel/UCqiJI3COVDqxJnJoVkCiEUg/playlists

6. M by Moult on 9 Jun 2020 #

   Fantastic, @JenuJacob ! Be sure to share your progress here and ask questions anytime you need help!

7. B by baswein on 11 Jun 2020 #

   Here is a thread that goes over some of the different workflows between sketchup and blender.

   https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-2-8-for-sketchup-users/1175768

8. B by baswein on 26 Jul 2020 #

   CKTechCheck has added a couple more videos to his series on Blender for Sketchup users.

   Learning Blender after SketchUp / Part 4 - Measurements, 2019. .

   Learning Blender after SketchUp / Part 4.5 - Dimension Tool, 2019. .

9. M by Moult on 26 Jul 2020 #

   @baswein what do you think about including a page on the wiki for those wanting to make the switch specifically for AEC?

10. B by baswein on 27 Jul 2020 #

    I think that is a great idea. If I find the time I can probably work out how to set that up.

    I have also been putting together this program concept translator for my students. It has a lot of holes and maybe some wrong information but if there was a way to have it as a table on the wiki I think it would be useful for new users.

11. M by Moult on 27 Jul 2020, edited 27 Jul 2020 #

    You can click "Edit source" of any wiki page to see how it was created, such as to see how tables work in Wikis :) Let me know if you need any help! To create a new page, simply link to it or just go to it, and then it'll prompt you to create a page. Once you have an account, I will need to give you upload access if you wish to upload files.

    That table looks great! It might be worth mentioning the stored views feature, as it's quite a common CAD feature :)

12. B by baswein on 21 May 2021 # +1 votes

    In case anyone is looking for a way to import Sketchup files on windows into blender this seems to be the most current version of the Sketchup Importer plugin. https://github.com/arindam-m/pyslapi . Also here is a nice video on matching shadow output in Sketchup and blender. - turn on captions for english subtitles.

13. B by baswein on 3 Oct 2021 #

    The newest version of the Construction Lines Plugin https://blendermarket.com/products/construction-lines adds most of the workflows that sketchup users are used to.

    Here is the official youtube feature overview

    And here is another overview-

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