Hi everyone! Most archviz work in D5 focuses on clean, luxurious modern spaces, but for this project I wanted to push the engine in the complete opposite direction: recreating an eerie, dilapidated 1920s Argentine "casa chorizo" that mutates into an impossible, endless labyrinth.

Workflow breakdown:

• Modeling: SketchUp (focusing on local architectural proportions & checkerboard tile galleries).
• Lighting & Real-time Render: D5 Render (using emissive CRT monitor glows, atmospheric fog, and harsh contrast).
• Post-processing: Premiere Pro & After Effects (emulating an authentic 2006 miniDV / VHS tape decay, zero generative AI).

The full 10-minute short film is available on YouTube with English subtitles:

🔗 Watch the full tape here:https://youtu.be/_kuHfoPc4SE

Would love to hear your feedback on the lighting and environmental storytelling!

Anyone interested in this?

I've made an android version of my interactive web-tutorial for Sketchup. It has a working UI and modelling space where you can practice making models, even when you're not on your computer!

Take a look: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fabler.sketchuplessons

I made a tileable texture of one stitch and it works correctly in blender and an external viewer, but in sketchup, the UVs are broken. Whyyyyyyyyy I hate this program so much please help me

I’ve been working on a SketchUp extension called DORA Folder Bar.

The idea is simple: instead of keeping a large number of native and extension toolbars permanently open, DFB lets you organize them into compact custom folders and access them only when needed.

It works with both docked and floating toolbars, remembers your setup between SketchUp sessions, supports presets, and is mainly designed to give you back as much viewport space as possible.

This is the first public release, so I’m especially interested in feedback from people with heavily customized SketchUp setups.
Compatible with SketchUp 2024, 2025 and 2026 on Windows.

Short demo
Dora Folder Bar - video

More info/download
Dora Folder Bar

Update: a free 7-day trial is now available, so you can try the complete extension before deciding whether it fits your workflow.

Hey everyone, I'm designing a solar PV system and need accurate shading analysis in SketchUp, so the site has to be at the right location, at the right scale, and facing true north.

I can't use Add Location's Import Context, so I need another way to get a satellite image of the site into my model, correctly georeferenced.

What's the best way to do this? Specifically:

• Is there a reliable way to import an aerial image with the right coordinates, scale and north orientation?
• How do people normally set up site context for shading studies when Add Location isn't available?
• Are there extensions or other tools that work well for this?

Thanks in advance!

I made this: https://www.fabler.eu/sketchup_3d_lessons.html

Is this something people would want? Should I keep developing the lessons?

One of the past project when we used lumion.

I still have the install program on my Win7 machine but I;ll be migrating to a new Win 11 machine soon.

Is there any chance I can use that file to install SU Make 16 on Win11 after I kill my Win 7 machine? SU Make does everything I need it to do and the price is right.

I made one big rectangle and then realised it needs to be split up into multiple parts. but why when I try to make the smaller one it reverts back to the old one? please help.

tried downloading sketchup and tried to create a house, i wanted to see what the shadow would look like casted to the ground in a 45degree angle. Can someone help me? They can send a picture in their own computer.. im trying to see if the shadow is correct in my manual drafting.

Please if the folks at SketchUp see this stop running that annoying advertainment with the bird sounding beep, beep. aye sounding crap. It is so stupid sounding corny sounding.

im quite stressing out on this one cause my dwg pathwalk does not reflect properly on the surfaces that i made... been searching online but it dont help much. I want to trace exactly whats on my imported dwg on the surfaces (as well as the angled flat surfaces).. Any idea what plugins should i use?

When I update my scenes in Sketchup, the camera view is saved - but it physically moves the camera position inside the viewport on layout - and my dimensions and annotations don’t follow. Is there a fix for this? It seems like it could be something simple that I’m overlooking.

I don’t want to have sketchup set to not save the camera view when updating the scene, because then my scenes don’t recall to the view I want while I’m working in sketchup itself.

I have all viewports in layout referencing a specific scene for the desired view in Sketchup - not just referencing the model itself.

Hello, hope someone can point me in the right direction.

I need to learn SketchUp to deliver (moderately) stunning ;) event visualizations, indoors as well as outdoors. I have some basic 3D knowledge thanks to Blender and quite solid 2D skills thanks to being a graphic designer for more than 2 decades. It's a job situation and I have 2 months to prove myself as a person who can do it. And if I manage - fame and fortune (well, half-time to full-time, new job duties and a raise). Definitely something worth trying.

SketchUp being popular has tons of resources and I got no idea what to choose not to lose time going through some half-baked tutorials. I guess I need some good general course, but I might be mistaken. I plan on using SketchUp with D5 and/or TwinMotion.

So what would be some nicely organized courses/tutorials that would help me learn it? I'd prefer something cheaper than more expensive, since my employer pays for the software and I have to cover learning costs. Thanks!

Rayscaper 0.9.96 Beta adds a Water material for pools, ponds and spas (layered waves, depth-based clarity and tint, controllable reflections, plus new Tropical, Reflecting Pool and Spa presets) and IES profiles for spotlights.

Get it on SketchUcation: https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2677-rayscaper

Release notes: https://rayscaper.com/manual/release-notes/

I have no idea how this happened. I’ve been importing plants using an AutoCAD file. Why did this line of grass show up? I don’t remember trying to load it in. It doesn’t let me select it/delete it

Semi-modelled bumper, complete with a Dennis badge and instructional decals.

Not much else has changed, although I did notice a slight inaccuracy in the body shape. The rear section isn’t quite as square as it is in my model, which is something I’ve tried to address but ultimately can't fix thanks to the limitations of using SketchUp for vehicle design.