I want to mention a UI complaint. In 2023, the icons changed. I find this very distracting. The original icons, the eraser and paint bucket, for example, were easy to identify at a glance. Even though I use keyboard shortcuts for many features, having logical icons made the experience much more pl…

100% agree, the red and blue icons all look the same to my old, tired eyes. At the very least give us the option to switch to the legacy icons if we so desire, but leave the new icons as default. I don’t think this would be too hard to do.

I agree, many people have been saying this for a long time, but nothing is really happening. Click on the arrow to see why I think they won’t change back: ▶ Any similarity to reality is a coincidence :clinking_beer_mugs: :grin:

You are not alone. It’s unlikely they will change. [image] Tool Icon Change in 23.1.315 - How do we feel about it? Pro For me, it’s on par with changing Twitter to X. Feels like they removed 20+ years of icon history for no reason that makes sense (at least f…

It’s at least the third, if not the fourth time I’ve seen the icons changes since I started using SketchUp. It’s a branding thing. The developers have no say in the matter. Might as well just get used to the current icons. Seems to me there are bigger things to worry about.

If I recall right, when this change first came about the explanation was that it was mandated by the Trimble higher-ups, who wanted all Trimble apps to have a standard set of colors and overall feel. Pushback by users was ignored.

Wouldn’t it satisfy the higher ups if we made the new icons the “defacto standard” or default that the product ships with. Then have an option buried deep in the settings somewhere which allow us older folk (with bad eyes) to toggle them back to the original icons. That way we keep our cake and ea…

Thanks for your note. It’s important to note that it is not a matter of getting used to it; your brain responds intuitively. When everything is blue and red, ther is no intuitive distinction to click on the right object. This is a keystone of design psychology. Additionally, the original icons are m…

I’m not defending the new icons. I’m just saying I’ve gotten used to the change three or four times over the last 23 years of using SketchUp. The change in icons has never prevented m from doing my work.

If you can choose, which is your preference?

[image] Steven Randel: If you can choose, which is your preference? If you’re asking me, I don’t really care. The change didn’t cause me any problems at all. As I wrote, it’s part of Trimble’s Marketing and Branding department you’d have to convince them. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a …

Classic Icons Please

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endlessfix April 11, 2026, 2:54pm 4

You are not alone. It’s unlikely they will change.

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Classic Icons Please

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