Rendering a SketchUp Model IN BLENDER! Quick and Easy Tutorial

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Learn a quick way to export a SketchUp model into Blender, then use Blender to render that model! We'll talk about exporting, importing, lighting, and rendering our scene!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:41 - Downloading Example Model
1:56 - Prepping Example File for Export
2:36 - Exporting Our File in a Blender Friendly Format
3:24 - Importing SketchUp Model to Blender
4:31 - Adding Lighting
7:10 - Adding a Floor
8:26 - Setting Up a Camera
10:45 - Selecting the Right Render Engine
12:09 - Rendering Our Image
12:44 - Saving Our Rendered Image
13:16 - Changing Output Image Size

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@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about this process, OR if there are other SketchUp/Blender tutorials you'd like to see in the comments below! :)

@iftikharmalik639 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you soo soo much you are my dear brother😍😍 ill wait for your step by step more videos in blinder. i shared this video in UAE and in UK. pakistan loves you😍

@iftikharmalik639 4 жыл бұрын

your this series will more popular inshaAllah. because only few tutorials on youtube by jumping from sketchup etc.

@iftikharmalik639 4 жыл бұрын

and 1 more thing 1 wanna ask. is evee plug in? or this is already in blender?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Eevee is built into every version of Blender 2.8 and above

@salvadore.maldonado2026 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! Thx! I'd like to see a Tutorial about how to render Sketchup models in Blender using Indigo Renderer. That would be awesome.

@WhiteRaven___ 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely more videos of sketchup models to blender for rendering. I need these lol

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Lol - they're a bit tough because there's SO much Blender knowledge needed, and every SketchUp model is different - still, will try to figure out an easy to follow way to do more :)

@nandavenkat 3 жыл бұрын

Ur the ultimate expert knowledge source for sketchup. Thank you

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

@liz1411 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful.

@Henruls Жыл бұрын

OMG THIS IS SO COOL thank you man

@audviscreations517 3 жыл бұрын

u doing a great job ,studied something from ur tutorials

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@obnoxiousbong 3 жыл бұрын

FBX is a good format as it retains hierarchy and provides texture accuracy. However the version that sketchup spits out is ASCII which Blender doesn't read. To make it work we can just get the free Autodesk FBX conversion tool that converts the file to an object based autodesk standard fbx 2013 or 15 ( you can flip axes there and select from a lot of other options) After that blender imports it like a charm.

@ajmalone318 Жыл бұрын

great succinct video. thanks!

@maduharshachandimal9068 Жыл бұрын

you are a good teacher

@hectorzelaya3687 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your Knowledge with Us.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

@nicolaswicart6081 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks! I'd love to see how you would render an architecture/interior model in Blender. Since exporting to .OBJ doesn't let you affect the materials independently and exploding a large architecture model in Sketchup to export in .DAE didn't really work in my case.

@airkidproductions2848 4 жыл бұрын

nice, its coming together. i use da same workflow. love your videos and your voice. greats to da dog

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

The default dog! :)

@Timyur0530 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@RK66-RK66 3 жыл бұрын

this guy is the single reason society hasnt fallen yet

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

LOL - seems serious

@ebinyoseigha1694 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@juanpabloochoa526 2 жыл бұрын

Greta tutorial!

@mariailarianichele6724 2 жыл бұрын

Great job and great tutorials!!! You're my fav sketchup and blender teacher :) I've got a problem uploading a file from Sketchup on Blender, I saved it as a collada file and also as a obj file but when I try to open it on Blender it doesn't work... any idea? I'm using the sketchup trial but I've already uploaded a obj file from skp without any problem...

@aufavanjava 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Justin, can you make tutorial for photorealistic setting render in blender?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

I'd start here to get the basics - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNugm6WIpq6-aKM.html

@karlarodriguez4593 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for the video. I only have one question, I've googled it but I can't find a solution. When I swich from eevee to cycles the model turns black. Any idea why that happens? Thanks.

@evillstan1871 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing bro , I am regular fan from India

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@TriggaCoca 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, ima beginner, why on my blender, either in light or mesh/plane there's no axis to move the object like yours, i google it everywhere and cant get how to enable it, so when i move plane or light its just randomly move on 3d space. thank you so much

@rickmccaskill7888 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I will look into Blender.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

It's definitely more complicated that SketchUp, but also very powerful

@nielsevenepoel3262 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, Importing & exporting works great! :) But i have problems with the matierials. At min 4.20 you suggest to make a video about this topic. Can you make one please. Thanks a lot :)

@tba1879 2 жыл бұрын

Does Blender support clip maps for 2D textures (billboards)?

@dhrubojyotibiswas8817 3 жыл бұрын

when i am importing the collada file from sketchup, my materials are not importing :( what to do ??

@Kenshin1990 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! This video is awesome! Would love to see the adding textures and more photorealisme tutorials from sketchup inputs, blender has such a high learning curve, it makes my head hurt! Also i've had 1 problem where i wanted to move the plane a bit and my whole model split apart... i re-exported the sketchup file and problem was fixd... but what do you think that causes this problem?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like objects got imported as individual items rather than a single model? Hard to say without seeing the model

@loverofkpop6558 3 жыл бұрын

is it possible to export any textured mesh model to google earth say statue of liberty model ---- please suggest

@illyriangods8657 2 жыл бұрын

Please can u help me? I make a 3d astrounatut at sketch up and i want to create from that 3d model , layers in blender for head and equipements what to do?

@ivansamokhin2750 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, anyone knows why my model gets imported into blender with an incorrect scale?... like I make a box 2m x 2m x 1m in sketchup, export it to COLLADA, and then why I import it to blender it imports as a GIANT mother of all boxes - seems like 100 times bigger. Anyoner faced this kind of behavior? Using sketchup 2021 and just downloaded blender 3.2.something - the latest Many thanks for your help!!!

@romarioballoon7319 3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate is it possible that can you show us how to render in ONLINE ONLY VERSION of Sketchup. I cannot find any information on that on web.... Downloadable version of sketchup is not free anymore...

@byronalfaro-addongroup6344 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i am mac user, you can help me to find a Mac Addon to do that, Thank´s

@shirocp 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! Quick question, how do I resize my toolbar icons on SketchUp Web? I don't know what I might have done. They take up most of my workspace. Thanks in advance!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

No idea - is the zoom on your browser turned up for some reason?

@shirocp 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials I've gone into settings, but there's nothing that helps. Everything else on my browser is fine, except when I open SkethUp Web. Well, I guess it is what it is... I appreciate your help. Thanks again!

@shirocp 4 жыл бұрын

Update!! I found out how. While you're in your work space, press and hold Ctrl, while holding Ctrl scroll (IN / OUT) with mouse wheel. It's like zooming in, but instead, it makes your icons smaller or larger. I hope this will help everyone or anyone in the near future. (Note: This applies to SketchUp Web)

@ritikoswal5102 4 жыл бұрын

Sir can you help to find out that which site provide 3d models of less memory in SketchUp

@ritikoswal5102 4 жыл бұрын

Because if the memory is more the file size increase a lot & because of that SketchUp get very slow

@marperero1380 3 жыл бұрын

Is this possible using sketchup make??

@kathlenewang539 5 ай бұрын

Very interested and n blender how-tos .

@nitin1forever 3 жыл бұрын

how to smooth those rough edges on surface , i tried importing a table and got the same lines that are in your model. help!

@donaldclark5804 3 жыл бұрын

Right click on any model and select smooth shaded

@kiranakepakisan3260 3 жыл бұрын

I'm don't think I'm going to learn blender shortcuts... I'm afraid to forget the Sketchup ones 😂 Edit: I learned Blender shortcuts. And every single time I open another app, either it's Sketchup or File Manager, I get frustrated when "X" doesn't delete 😂

@Kupta 4 жыл бұрын

Hello. I recently tried to model human head and other sophisticated models in sketchup and I would really need some tool that could pull a face from already existing face. If you could help me with this feature I would be really happy.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen anything like this for SketchUp. Maybe look at this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a714atZerratlYE.html

@Kupta 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials What I am basically trying to do is to seal a head that I tried to model. I made it into half of the head leaving me with only human face and now I ran out of faces to do back of the head and I don't know how to seal it or how to create some faces to continue model rest of the back.

@shakaama 2 жыл бұрын

i've had sketchup for 5 years, it's paid now?

@alexandersalarms5380 3 жыл бұрын

I can't do it because i have to upgrade. Great.

@voldek32167 3 жыл бұрын

Hey. I exported the project as obj and only thing i have in blender is the guy standing. I don't know what is this, looks like some sort of protection to me. Any help?

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Did you explode the group?

@voldek32167 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials I don't think so, will try that. If i won't response later that means it worked.

@blah8068 4 ай бұрын

can these renders be done with interior design models as well?

@Thesketchupessentials 3 ай бұрын

Sure

@blah8068 3 ай бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials thats wonderful! thank you so much!

@xAnAngelOfDeathx 9 ай бұрын

Can't save this video to my playlist?

@jeffharmed1616 4 жыл бұрын

Yes thanks. It looks like free users are going to be squeezed out of SU in the near future and Blender would be one of the switch alternatives. IMHO the learning curve is very steep, I estimate twice that of SU.

@SketchupStyle 4 жыл бұрын

Blender is much more powerful than SU, without a doubt. But Sketchup has its advantages over Blender. One of them being that is much easier to learn. For someone with a little bit of experience in 3d modeling, you could probably learn SketchUp in a couple of days. With Blender, that is impossible.

@-MinhazulFerdous 4 жыл бұрын

it's not that hard mate, and Blender is much much easier now to learn after new updates... you should take some time to learn it... i bet you'll love it... i used SU for about 5 years, and been playing with Blender for last last few months (Quarantine days) and i'm loving it..

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

It's definitely more complicated - I don't see this as an either/or situation though - I think SketchUp is great for some things, and Blender is great for some things - if you can learn to use them together, then you've got 2 great tools :)

@-MinhazulFerdous 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials Agreed, as i am a student and SU is paid right now, so Blender, right now is the best solution for some people (i guess) but SU is much more user friendly...

@airkidproductions2848 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials that s da point. using both is the key. dont forget SUlayout. i create architecture plans(defined scales) with it. you can t do it with blender. but you can import the house or whatefer as a colada or obj is working also, and put a sun in blender, light strength on 6.0 and check if the glas is transparent and you could render it. further go to mixamo, take the rapper character, choose a action, download the fbx, import in your blender-scene. add a camera and set some keyframes on your camerapositions, then render your video and your done great. :-)

@TheCSJones 2 жыл бұрын

11:30 Imagine if your shadow started doing that.

@cekuhnen 3 жыл бұрын

BTW setup units and SketchUp and Blender correctly and you dont have to scale at all!

@victoriaying103 Жыл бұрын

I know this comment was from a YEAR ago, but I'm curious, how do you set them up so that you don't have to scale? Some of my models are massive!!

@cekuhnen Жыл бұрын

@@victoriaying103 export as meter in sketchUp import that into blender

@rana.hamza49 4 жыл бұрын

Hope my suggestion would be helpful. What if you provide the certificate for the sketchup course you teach?? What do you think??

@niely3787 2 жыл бұрын

Why are my windows not transparent when I import them😭😩

@postnuclearjunkies 3 жыл бұрын

You sound like Joker :)

@kshitizshrestha9689 4 жыл бұрын

Can u teach rendering via vray

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Start here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p92Ckq2qtLeUZpc.html

@skeeboysx2858 2 жыл бұрын

Wuuuu Whats Up 😂😂😂😂

@codyethan5370 Жыл бұрын

Uuuuu... Imagine rendering a house and make a day to night gif with it...

@andrewmd10 3 жыл бұрын

short answer: use cycles

@GiveMeABloodyUser 3 жыл бұрын

Dude you look like Thomas Muller 😳

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Personally don't think so, but ok I guess

@phucle8675 4 жыл бұрын

How about entire interior scene ??

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Well obviously this would be a much more in-depth video that would be done mostly in Blender, so I'd probably do that on my Blender channel...

@phucle8675 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials i found method kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdB1hJeeusWwaGg.html

@liliaellis4366 3 жыл бұрын

No need to explode your model in SketchUp if uncheck box 'Preserve components hierarchies' in export settings

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Will have to re-test this

@dpgedward5947 4 жыл бұрын

clear signs that Justin is also leaving sketch-up slowly.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Hardly - I've started a Fusion 360 channel and a Rendering channel too. More a clear sign that I want to grow and develop both as a 3D modeler and an instructor. Architects learn SketchUp, Revit, AutoCad, and much more - that way they have multiple tools in their toolbox - why should I be any different?

@dpgedward5947 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials am just messing.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

@@dpgedward5947 Well I just want to make sure I'm clear to everyone