We’re excited to announce that SketchUp 2026.1 is now available! Download the update now, or, if you already have SketchUp open, simply go to Help > Check for Update.
In this release you’ll find some exciting new features like AI Assistant and AI Render (formerly Diffusion) integrated directly into SketchUp to amp up workflow efficiency! There are also some valuable new features that help with your everyday workflows and improvements to how you upgrade year over year! All of the important details are in the 2026.1 Release Notes or catch the highlights from recent releases on the SketchUp.comWhat’s New page.
I’ve been waiting for this patch as it had a few fixes that directly affect my workflow. I stayed on 2025 to keep working.
Unfortunately after installing the updated I cant expand the layout window to full screen without a bug splat and I cant open any of my current project layout files. Just says ‘Error reading Layout File’. I have tried 6 current projects. anyone else got this issue?
Hi Trent,
I’ve have had 2026 SU installed and have been using it for modeling with no issues.
I couldn’t use 2026 Layout as it would change text sizes less than 8 to 10 and tables where giving issues, they workarounds took more effort work than staying with 2025 so kept using that until the patch came out.
Didn’t delete any files, preferences would have been updated when I initially went to 2026 but had no issues with them until installing the patch today.
Even with the patch I have no issues with Sketchup itself only Layout
Thanks. Just FYI, after restarting (SU 26.0.429) a few times the link I’m presented after clicking “Check for Update” is still the broken one. No action required. Just reporting that it’s not showing on my machine.
I can’t find the thread that someone created when sketchup 2026 was released, saying that there´s a translation mistake on layout. It hasn´t been fixed with this update. When you close a file without having it saved it says Guardar/No Ahorre/Cancelar, Guardar and cancelar are well but No Ahorre means don´t save but in the sense of don´t save money, don´t save energy… the correct translation is like the one in Sketchup, No Guardar.
That’s the thread i was looking for, it was created on november 1, @TedVitale_SU I don´t know if you’re the right person to talk about this, I know it´s not a big deal but every time I see it my brain itches and I can´t scratch it.
After updating to SketchUp 2026.1, I noticed that axis locking using the arrow keys during the Rotate tool no longer works. Previously, it was possible to lock the rotation to the red, green, or blue axis using the directional keys, but now SketchUp simply ignores the command. This affects modeling precision and changes a long-standing behavior of the tool.
With AI rendering or the AI assistant, it’s possible to purchase additional credits, but when you click the link to get more credits, you’re taken to a payment page that doesn’t even tell you how many credits you’re buying. It’s important to know how many credits you’ll get for the displayed price.
With AI rendering or the AI assistant, it’s possible to purchase additional credits, but when you click the link to get more credits, you’re taken to a payment page that doesn’t even tell you how many credits you’re buying. It’s important to know how many credits you’ll get for the displayed price.
Hi @simoncbevans there is an issue with a couple of web redirects we’re working on correcting at the moment. Please check back later for an update. Sorry for the inconvenience. In the meantime here are the release notes you’re looking for!
That link works! Interesting new facility for placing guide points. Also the fix for editing the toolbar when, say Selection Toys are enabled.
One thing I wish you could do with construction lines is to make them permanent when you want to. So you would, say, right click on one and it would have a toggle Permanent/Temporary. Then when you do a delete construction lines, only the temporary ones disappear. Or you could have a situation where you put all construction lines in a dedicated Group (that only contains construction lines), and make that immune to deletion (unless you delete the Group). At present, you can group them but they are unprotected.
