Resources

Useful links

If you're new to SketchUp and need some help getting started there's a wealth of information available.  To point you in the right direction, here are a few useful links:

Google SketchUp resources

SketchUp training videos

SketchUp Blog

SketchUp Help forum

 

Third party resources

SketchUcation - full of clever people to help you with all things SketchUp 

SketchUpArtists - a great place to find SketchUp tutorials

Go-2-School - providing SketchUp and Google Earth training.  Check out the SketchUp show  videos too.

CG Textures - recommended free resource for textures (use small textures for best results)

Dynascape Sketch3D - a great product for landscape architects using Google SketchUp

IES Viewer - lets you render and preview IES light profiles

3DOn - a cool app to view your SketchUp models on your your iPhone or iPad

PaultheCAD - online store and training resource

 

Shaderlight links

Shaderlight Blog

Online help - Mac

Online help - Windows

Manual activation