I’ve also found it useful to be able to temporarily hide selected faces, and quickly unhide them. To be able to toggle back and forth between this is super helpful, so I’ve assigned it to the letter X. SketchUp has a great feature built in called Hide Rest of Model, and what that does is it hides anything outside of the current groups or component that you’re editing. One of the ways I’m able to increase my speed, and reduce frustration, is to have control over what objects I see in my model. Controlling what you see at any given moment X = Hide Rest of Model

Where it says “Add Shortcut”, click in the text box then tap the key combination (or single letter) you want to use for the shortcut. Then, select the command you’d like to create a shortcut to. To add a custom shortcut, go to Window -> Preferences -> Shortcuts. You can add your own custom keyboard shortcuts, or, if you like the one I use, you can download my keyboard shortcuts and import them right into SketchUp. In addition to the default keyboard shortcuts that I use, I have found the need over the years to add a few additional custom keyboard shortcuts as well. If you’d like to see a guide to all the built-in SketchUp keyboard shortcuts, sign up for my email list and you can download it for free. The arrow keys are also frequently used to lock axis any time I’m drawing a line, or moving an object.

I pretty much always use exact dimensions, so I’m always typing numbers to define measurements as well. Watch the video below to see how fast keyboard shortcuts are, as well as my 6 custom keyboard shortcuts. G – Make Component (See below, I created a custom shortcut SHIFT + G to make group).So you could grab the handle and rotate it around 😉 ) But I remember it because the letter Q is round, and has a “handle” on it. Q – Rotate tool (This is one with a weird letter.By tapping the designated key, you’ll activate that tool without having to select it from a menu or toolbar. Below are some of my most frequently used keyboard shortcuts. You can also add your own, custom keyboard shortcuts by going to Window -> Preferences -> Shortcuts. SketchUp has a number of keyboard shortcuts configured by default. Start out with a few simple ones, like Select ( Spacebar), Push/Pull (P), and Rectangle (R). Many people are intimidated with the idea of having to remember a ton of keyboard shortcuts, but I assure you, the majority of them are obvious and easy to remember. SketchUp-Web-Keyboard-Shortcuts-WIN.pdf (341kb).

SketchUp-Web-Keyboard-Shortcuts-MAC.pdf (289kb).

SketchUp-Keyboard-Shortcuts-WIN.pdf (447kb).

SketchUp-Keyboard-Shortcuts-MAC.pdf (431kB).

Download them for free below.ĭownload the keyboard shortcut guides for free by creating a free MasterSketchUp account. I created some custom keyboard shortcut guides for every version of SketchUp. They reduce the friction between the design and the software.

They are a tremendous time saver, enabling you to get your ideas modeled more quickly. I have always been a strong advocate for using keyboard shortcuts. You can also download my custom keyboard shortcuts at the bottom of this article, and import them into your SketchUp. How can you become faster at modeling? In this article, I highlight the keyboard shortcuts I use most often, and demonstrate how helpful they are in saving time while modeling.

Standard sketchup shortcuts