The library

Notes on modelling faster

Not a blog. A reference library — diagnostics, benchmarks and comparisons we keep updated as SketchUp changes, written from a working studio's projects.

Reference

How to install SketchUp extensions — the 2026 guide

Every way to install a SketchUp extension in 2026: Extension Warehouse, .rbz files on Windows and Mac, Extension Manager, and what to do when the toolbar never appears.

Updated August 2026 · 8 min read

Diagnostics

Why is my SketchUp model not solid? — the complete decision tree

Every reason SketchUp refuses to call your model a solid, in one decision tree: stray edges, holes, internal faces, nesting, reversed faces and CAD-import precision — how to see each one and how to fix it by hand.

Updated August 2026 · 11 min read

Benchmark

Cleaning up a heavy SketchUp model: what actually moves the file size

What really makes a SketchUp model heavy — texture resolution, duplicate materials, unpurged components — plus the correct manual purge order, an honest look at CleanUp³, and a benchmark of real 3D Warehouse models with the methodology published before the numbers.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read

Case study

Eighty scenes before the coffee got cold

A live apartment project needed a full scene set for client review and render prep. What that afternoon used to look like by hand, and what it looked like with Scene Director.

Updated August 2026 · 6 min read

Case study

The bathroom that ordered its own tiles

A case study from our own studio: how DocSet's tile set-out and CSV schedules turned tile ordering for a bathroom from counting off a screen into a file the contractor could order from.

Updated August 2026 · 5 min read