the hippo, when on land, is slow, big, ill equiped for the outside. throw it in the water and it becomes a torpedo, a killing machine capable of eating watermelons whole.
sketchup is not a 2d CAD tool. sure it can do some 2D CAD, but 2d output is supposed to be the result of the 3d model.
instead, sketchup is here to do 3d CAD.
listing all the missing things that would make sketchup a better autocad clone is like saying the hippo should look more like a cheetah.
There are no 3D elements in SketchUp. All 3D objects are an assembly of straight lines and flat surfaces. So essentially you have a 3D modeling program built on a 2D drafting program. The more efficiently you can work with your 2D elements, the more efficiently you can model in 3D. Ease of editing the properties translates directly into efficiency. My sole purpose in using SketchUp is for 3D modeling. I just want some basic tools to make that process easier. Back in the nineties, we encountered countless New Hampshire architects using AutoCAD for nothing but 2D drafting, having no idea they were working in full 3D. It’s all just an illusion presented on a computer monitor, so making it more efficient to work in 2D is, in my opinion, is essential.
Click the new style icon (the last icon in the styles icon set).
Go to environments in default tray and choose any environment.
Add any material to a cube or sphere in Sketchup & then go to materials and click edit. Scroll down and tick Metalness and Roughness and move the roughness slider to the left.
This is from memory, I’m not at my computer Nathan but you’ll figure it out. In short a material won’t reflect without an environment to reflect from. From what i can see the enviroment even reflects inside an enclosed box as materials don’t recognise each other.
Yes, I was hoping this would be addressed as well. Snaps are of no use to me if they can’t be seen in nested components or move when a component is stretched. Another lackluster update for Sketchup. Really nothing useful for me. I use V-Ray for rendering, so the new materials are of no importance.
IS it just, me, but after SketchUp Layout 2024, the new version feel slower again…
I just switched from 2024 and the same file seem to lag a bit. It has to be said, that I have quite a few viewports on an ArchE paper, some are stacked…
I am just wondering if anybody else noticed anything whils working in Layout…
IN LO: Also, I am struggling to stretch a line in a direction which is not corresponding with X or Y direction…It’s ok, when it’s a single line, as it is extending continuously. but when it’s a polyline, the grip doesn’t work.
I wish the arrows could be used to lock angles as well as picking up on unusual angles with the “down” arrow…
the thing from the demo at 3DBC ?
some of the things that were demoed then will be official extensions, some other will be added to sketchup in the future updates.
the collaborative commenting tool, if I remember correctly, was related to trimble connect ? since TC has been absorbed in sketchup25 (not an extension anymore), I’m guessing this is gonna be in a future update then, and not a stand-alone thing ?
but don’t quote me on that, I’m speculating
I opened the correct folder (as @Anssi pointed out to me)
I then clicked on the materials folder in 2024
I then went to 2025 and clicked on the Materials folder
I then went in to the 2025 Materials folder and pasted the copy
I then renamed the Materials folder fro 2024 in the 2025 Materials folder to Original Materials.
I then opened SketchUp 2025 and went to the Materials tray and clicked on the down arrow to see the list of 2025 materials and there was my Original Materials folder which I could click on and see all of the materials folders from 2024.
IMO this was a much easier process, but I appreciate all of the advice given by all participants.
LO is keeps freezing. I haven’t experienced this in version 2024. It’s the 5th time Today that I had to " end task" in Task Manager as LO doesn’t respond for a few minutes after a very simple commands.
Moving anything seems like a trigger - even if I delete all viewports and try only move the lines. I used to do this with no problem in 2024, but I can not go back to use that version as I have already saved SU Model and Layout file in 2025.
I just noticed that new tags are not defaulted on visible in views in 2025…. and that is just AWESOME! I did find it annoying before, but never knew how much until this has changed. Now I don’t have to check all my views and turn off the new tag any longer. Thanks for this.
