Douglas Seidler has lead the following SketchUp workshops for design students and educators. 

The resources below are made available for workshop participants and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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SketchUp Basics for Interior Design

This SketchUp workshop is appropriate for individuals with no prior knowledge of SketchUp. I hope this workshop will help you develop a basic understanding of SketchUp and how you can effectively use this software to digitally model / design space in the design studio. 

More specifically, I am hoping this workshop is a chance for you to investigate the following questions:

• What is the difference between Google SketchUp and Google SketchUp Pro?
• What are the basic modeling tools in SketchUp?
• What is the relationship between SketchUp components and AutoCAD blocks? How can components help you organize your model?  
• How does setting up perspective (or scenes) early in your SketchUp model help you more efficiently model / design the spaces in your perspectives?
• How do you create a high quality perspective?
• How does setting up perspective (or scenes) early in your SketchUp model help you more efficiently model / design the spaces in your perspectives?
• How do you create a high quality perspective?
• How do you modify existing components? What is the difference between a component and a group?
• How can you use groups and components to control visibility when modeling?

Workshop Handouts

ws1_beginning_sketchup.pdf
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creating_interior_views_in_sketchup.pdf
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Intermediate SketchUp for Interior Design

This workshop is appropriate for individuals with an intermediate understanding of SketchUp and those that attended the first student workshop. I hope this workshop will help you develop an advanced understanding of SketchUp and how you can effectively use this software to digitally model / design space in the design studio. 

More specifically, I am hoping this workshop is a chance for you to investigate the following questions:

• How do you import existing AutoCAD drawings and Revit projects into SketchUp? What are the advantages and disadvantages of importing existing drawings?
• What are the methods available to export views of our SketchUp model?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method?
• How can you create digitally rendered perspectives combining both SketchUp and Adobe Photoshop?
• What steps are required in printing high quality renderings from SketchUp?  How do the printed versions compare with the images on your computer monitors?

Workshop Handouts

ws2_creating_interior_perspectives.pdf
File Size:	279 kb
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creating_interior_views_in_sketchup.pdf
File Size:	570 kb
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SketchUp for Educators

This SketchUp workshop is appropriate for interior design educators with no prior knowledge of SketchUp. I hope this workshop will help you develop a basic understanding of SketchUp and how your students can effectively use this software to digitally model / design space in the design studio. 

More specifically, I am hoping this workshop is a chance for you to investigate the following questions:

• What is the difference between Google SketchUp and Google SketchUp Pro?
• What are the basic modeling tools in SketchUp?
• What is the relationship between SketchUp components and AutoCAD blocks? How can components help you organize your model?  
• How does setting up perspective (or scenes) early in your SketchUp model help you more efficiently model / design the spaces in your perspectives?
• How do you create a high quality perspective?
• How does setting up perspective (or scenes) early in your SketchUp model help you more efficiently model / design the spaces in your perspectives?
• How do you create a high quality perspective?
• How do you modify existing components? What is the difference between a component and a group?
• How can you use groups and components to control visibility when modeling?

Workshop Handouts

ws3_sketchup_for_educators.pdf
File Size:	1666 kb
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creating_interior_views_in_sketchup.pdf
File Size:	570 kb
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Even more SketchUp resources

Educators

Educator Licenses are available for free to educators who would like to use SketchUp Pro as a part of their curriculum. 

• You must be an educator at an accredited educational institution.
• You must also provide a current faculty ID, course syllabus, or other similar document.
• Educator Licenses cannot be used for commercial (for-profit) work of any kind.
  

Learn more at: sketchup.com

Students

Student Licenses are available for a significant discount to current students. 

• You must be a current student at an accredited educational institution to purchase.
  
• Student Licenses are valid for one year from the date of purchase.
• Student Licenses cannot be used for commercial (for-profit) work of any kind.
  

Learn more at: sketchup.com

Downloads

Download SketchUp
sketchup.com/download/all

Download Quick Reference Card
help.sketchup.com/en/article/116693

Styles & Plugins
Learn more about SketchUp styles from SketchUpArtists.org and plugins like V-Ray and SU Podium here.

Tutorials
Learn more about SketchUp with these online sketchup tutorials.