# SketchUp Skill Builder **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials\ **Created:** [January 29, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431 "2015-01-29T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SketchUpTeam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sketchupteam/32/134077_2.png) [@SketchUpTeam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SketchUpTeam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/1 "2015-01-29T17:55:29Z")
Hello fellow SketchUppers, I would like to announce a new initiative the SketchUp team is launching called **“SketchUp Skill Builder!”** The idea of this Skill Builder is to release a video with a challenge, and/or tip-and-trick for you to try. The challenges will range from beginner to advanced. **Each Skill builder will have their own thread,** [which can all be found under the “Tutorials” Category.](http://forums.sketchup.com/c/tutorials) **Exchange ideas, alternative methods for any given exercise or ask questions on the specific thread of the Skill Builder it relates to.** The vision is to support each other in a friendly way while building your SketchUp skills. If you have any ideas for a challenge or tip-and-trick video post, [_click here to submit it,_](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K-5yHUyAvIqbWsTl38_L9GPwefNGP2J3rJeOb8LL9jM/viewform) or comment on this thread! Any feedback is appreciated! Feel free to reach out to me directly and **private message** me on here, if you have any comments, questions, ideas or concerns. **How to Private Message:** ---
**Author:** ![SketchUpTeam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sketchupteam/32/134077_2.png) [@SketchUpTeam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SketchUpTeam)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/31 "2015-03-09T19:28:23Z")
You may have seen this [on our (old) blog,](http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2015/03/sketchup-skill-builders-model-smarter.html) but we wanted to make sure we pointed to it here. We want to hear from you! [Fill out this form to suggest an idea](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K-5yHUyAvIqbWsTl38_L9GPwefNGP2J3rJeOb8LL9jM/viewform) for a future [Skill Builder video.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bndkJaV8A5VmrwvxMw-IYgSJLlV-vjH) ---
**Author:** ![SketchUpTeam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sketchupteam/32/134077_2.png) [@SketchUpTeam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SketchUpTeam)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/32 "2015-03-09T19:51:39Z")
**Table of Contents** Keep track of all of the Skill Builders we have made by [clicking here to see our YouTube Playlist,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhwLYoR-xkE&list=PL-bndkJaV8A5VmrwvxMw-IYgSJLlV-vjH) or click on them below to see their Forum Threads. [1. Tip for editing Components](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhwLYoR-xkE&list=PL-bndkJaV8A5VmrwvxMw-IYgSJLlV-vjH) [2. Applying Materials to Components](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-video-applying-materials-to-components/8225) [3. How to install an Extension](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-video-how-to-install-an-extension/8278) [4. Creating Patterns with Components - Part 1 & 2](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-video-creating-patterns-with-components-part-1-2/10124) [5. Creating LayOut Patterns](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-creating-layout-patterns/10612) [6. Group Axis and Bounding Box](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-group-axis-and-bounding-box/11547) [7. Importing SketchUp Models into Photoshop](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-video-importing-sketchup-models-into-photoshop/11831) [8. Motion Graphics Monitor Animation](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-motion-graphics-monitor-animation/13336) [9. Dimensions](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-video-dimensions/13866) [10. Making Snowflakes](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-making-snowflakes/18564) ---
**Author:** ![railroad88\_mb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@railroad88\_mb](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/railroad88_mb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/33 "2015-04-27T19:05:40Z")
I like to make prints for my ecig mods ---
**Author:** ![cb94030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@cb94030](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cb94030)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/34 "2015-04-27T19:58:37Z")
This is a very good idea. Thank you for your great contribution to the SketchUp community!!! ---
**Author:** ![saharmohamedali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@saharmohamedali](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/saharmohamedali)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/35 "2015-06-26T03:06:46Z")
This is a very good idea. [http://imgupp.com/img/1432570878.jpg](http://imgupp.com/1432570878.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bikebabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bikebabe/32/7522_2.png) [@Bikebabe](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Bikebabe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/36 "2015-07-02T00:22:20Z")
This sounds great…Are the tutorials sequential or is there a place I can find ones for the very new beginner? I don’t even know what template to pick or how to use google images to start a project. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![SketchUpTeam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sketchupteam/32/134077_2.png) [@SketchUpTeam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SketchUpTeam)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/37 "2015-07-02T15:15:10Z")
@Bikebabe I would start here if you are an absolute beginner: https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLF001616C0ADF4245&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1 [http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36207](http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36207) > **[SketchUp | SketchUp Help](https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/sketchup)** > > In SketchUp, you can [http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/116174](http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/116174) ---
**Author:** ![Bikebabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bikebabe/32/7522_2.png) [@Bikebabe](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Bikebabe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/38 "2015-07-02T20:00:13Z")
Thanks, I will do that. ---
**Author:** ![jvleearchitects](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jvleearchitects/32/149_2.png) [@jvleearchitects](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jvleearchitects)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/39 "2015-08-09T21:29:08Z")
Hi @AlexB, Regarding the SketchUp Skill Builder 8. Motion Graphics Monitor Animation: this exercise falls short of the goal IMHO. I was under the impression that the entire Skill Builder series is dedicated to providing information that can be readily grasped and is usually offered in an enumerative step by step process. Although the video is generally informative, unless one is already skilled in the processes described, it is of little use as a learning tool because there is no clearly defined method for what the process purports to achieve, or more succinctly, viewers do not know what they should expect to learn from watching this until after viewing it and even after viewing it I remained confused. OK, so now that I have openly admitted to my own ignorance, maybe it **is** just me. But I think that others may also find this Skill Builder difficult to viably comprehend. If my observation proves to be true, I would ask that all upcoming Skill Builder tutorials be more rigorously vetted before being publicly unleashed. ---
**Author:** ![SketchUpTeam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/sketchupteam/32/134077_2.png) [@SketchUpTeam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SketchUpTeam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/40 "2015-10-12T14:33:30Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [SketchUp Make](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-make/16219) ---
**Author:** ![enhancebuilding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b19c9b/32.png) [@enhancebuilding](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/enhancebuilding)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/41 "2015-11-25T22:58:06Z")
Hi, can someone please help me? I have model that would like to turn off layer but have error that come up when selecting the differing parts of the drawing. The error is (you cannot hide the layer the active group or component is on). I have deadline to meet and not sure what I have done wrong. Please help? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/42 "2015-11-25T23:02:41Z")
It sounds like you have made a layer other than Layer 0 active and now you’re trying to turn off that layer’s visibility. Make Layer 0 active and try again with the visibility. If that’s not it, perhaps you can share the SKP file so we have some better hope of helping you. Or share it with me privately if you prefer. I’ll look at it. ---
**Author:** ![enhancebuilding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b19c9b/32.png) [@enhancebuilding](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/enhancebuilding)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/43 "2015-11-25T23:14:06Z")
Thank Dave, as you can tell I’m new at this. [Gloria and Daniel House - Final.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/xy7K8PbqbXctJ41Mqf42sXQKz5i.skp) (1.2 MB). I hope the upload has worked ---
**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/44 "2015-11-25T23:59:25Z")
Dave is right: you have a bunch of primitive geometry (edges especially) associated with layers other than layer0. In the attached, everything highlighted in blue is associated with layer Context 48 Patricia. I didn’t check for other cases, though if you did this once the odds are you have done it multiple times. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/2X/1/1e239b866c72f33129c627c69291b2dc4fc3e7c5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/tommy/32/22258_2.png) [@Tommy](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Tommy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/45 "2015-12-15T21:17:27Z")
New Skill Builder today! We’re snowed in here in Boulder, and @TysonK had the brilliant idea of creating a tutorial on how to make snowflakes. Check out [this thread](http://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder-making-snowflakes/18564) to learn more. ---
**Author:** ![Lindsey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/lindsey/32/252104_2.png) [@Lindsey](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Lindsey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/46 "2018-04-25T02:10:45Z")
@TheOnlyAaron, watched your new revision cloud skill builder today, great video. A subtle addition to consider is numbered “revision triangles”, grouped, with each cloud. Looking forward to your next video. Best. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlyAaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/theonlyaaron/32/9436_2.png) [@TheOnlyAaron](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TheOnlyAaron)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/47 "2018-05-07T15:48:44Z")
12 posts were split to a new topic: [Deleting a space inside a space](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/deleting-a-space-inside-a-space/67993) ---
**Author:** ![scheurerdidier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/scheurerdidier/32/103934_2.png) [@scheurerdidier](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/scheurerdidier)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/48 "2022-02-20T13:44:08Z")
Hello, I would need a tutorial to create earthwork slopes. Currently, I recover the bottom of the building, I shift 80 cm towards the outside for the work place of the workers and then I create a cone upwards from the side under the building with a follow me tool. The embankment can be 3 high by 2 wide, 3 high by 1 wide (depending on the quality of the terrain). The native SketchUp tool for land is not useful to me because we choose an offset and it connects the bottom of the building to the land on the width of the offset with variable slope embankments. Instead, I need embankments with a defined slope and the line of intersection with the terrain is defined by the intersection between the terrain and the cone. I am attaching a 2D plan that I made of the earthwork to illustrate my remarks. Thank you ! [2.1772.001 Terrassement\_Approbation\_20220216.pdf](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/qqFwcMQLchiAvn2p9BiIRnjohl9.pdf) (1.2 MB) ---
**Author:** ![Missa\_g](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/missa_g/32/214476_2.png) [@Missa\_g](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Missa_g)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-skill-builder/6431/49 "2025-07-16T15:21:16Z")