r/Sketchup

First image is the raw construction shot with a quick concept sketch on top

(where cabinets, island and shelving would go). Second is what the AI

rendered from it — added the oak cabinetry, concrete island, warm evening

light and materials automatically.

Wild how fast this makes concept visualization. Not a replacement for a

proper model, but for showing a client "here's the direction" it's insanely fast.

Anyone else using AI in their render workflow yet?

I like to make some DIY projects from time to time as a hobby. I am not a professional and I do not make any money of of it

Why is this a thing to limit my project creation to twice a month😭

I sometimes plan something and then I duplicate the project to make changes without losing the first version

So this is just so annoying

Why is this a thing

I remember back in 2017 that I could have a free sketchup for life if I was a hobbyist...😑😑😭

Is this happening to anyone else?

I'm running Sketchup on a Mac. This only recently became a problem.

hi, im an interior designer with a LOT of free time LOL. just designed these for a friend...

As designers, we often spend hours solving the same modeling problem repeatedly.

One challenge I kept running into was creating true braided geometry in SketchUp.

Not twisted wires.

Not simple helices.

Real braided structures where strands continuously pass over and under each other in a repeating pattern.

This became useful while exploring architectural visualization, interior design, decorative elements, furniture details, lighting fixtures, and product rendering.

Modeling these forms manually was possible, but it was slow, difficult to modify, and not practical for iterative design workflows.

So I started building Live Braid Builder — a parametric SketchUp tool that generates braided structures with control over dimensions, strand count, braid density, and geometry quality.

What began as a modeling problem turned into a small workflow tool that can be adapted across different design disciplines.

I’m curious: how would you use braided geometry in your own design or visualization workflow?

I’ve recently had some issues sending dfx files to cnc. I don’t know what program the shop used to open the dbx files, but they came out with lots of artifacts and were impossible to read. I extracted the files again and the artifacts went away, but I want to know what might be causing the problems, so that I can more consistently avoid the issue.
I send the shop variations of the file, so I don’t know what changes have better results, and they didn’t respond when I asked. Some of the files had a 2d backer to represent the scale of the cutting material, so that might have caused issue.
Can any give advice one sending DXF to cnc shops? Thanks

I am wondering how i can create this protruding angled curve in the second image. I have tried using 2 point arc and arc. Additionally, what is the simplest way to create a hex grid, similar to the one shown here seeing as sketchup does not have a pattern tool?

Thanks.

Eu sinceramente acho que a Trimble não merece ganhar nenhum dinheiro, de usuários Mac, por seu produto Sketchup. O que essa empresa merece é somente a pirataria mesmo. Eu respondo o por que: até hoje não tem modo escuro, a interface é porcamente desenvolvida e inferior ao windows, não exibe as miniaturas dos arquivos no navegador, ícones de interface não tem tamanho Grande ou Pequeno, entre muitos outros detalhes dignos de um aplicativo vibe code.

Hello whenever I try to trim one object from the other it says the object is not solid or not in a group despite it being both. Please can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong.