SketchUp guides
How to find and fix the problems that slow a SketchUp model down, bloat the file or spoil an export. Each guide shows the manual way in SketchUp first, then what Lookover can do for you.
- How to check a SketchUp model for errorsA manual check you can run in ten minutes, and what to look for at each step.
- Why your SketchUp file is so big, and how to shrink itTextures, unused items and copied groups are the usual causes. Purge Unused is only the start.
- How to speed up a slow SketchUp modelFind the heavy objects, cut the polygons you don't need and hide the rest while you work.
- How to make a SketchUp model solid for 3D printingWhat “solid” means, how to find the holes and how to export a clean STL.
- SketchUp reversed faces: why they're blue and how to fix themWhy some faces look blue-grey, and how to turn them the right way round.
- Stray edges in SketchUp: how to find and delete themLeftover lines, faces that won't fill in and how to clean them up safely.
- How to organize a SketchUp model with tagsTags control what you see; groups hold geometry. How to use the two together.
- SketchUp groups vs components: which to useWhen to make a component, how to convert copied groups and how deep to nest.
- How to set up SketchUp scenes for LayOutScenes that drive your viewports, and why a viewport stops updating.
- SketchUp cleanup tools: Purge, CleanUp³, Solid Inspector² and AI reviewPurge Unused, CleanUp³, Solid Inspector², Skimp, Transmutr and Lookover: what each is good for.