Get SketchUp Pro For Educators
Overview of the SketchUp Pro Education License
The SketchUp Pro subscription bundle for Educators gives teachers and lecturers everything needed to get projects done; an easy-to-use UI and intuitive tools make SketchUp the easiest way to design and communicate ideas to your class. SketchUp Studio for Educators includes use of SketchUp desktop, Sefaira, LayOut, Style Builder, PreDesign SketchUp Viewer for XR apps, SketchUp Viewer for Mobile apps, SketchUp web, Pro support, Pro learning and Trimble Connect.
What's included in SketchUp for Educators?
SketchUp Pro
There’s a reason SketchUp is synonymous with intuitive and user-friendly 3D design software: it doesn’t sacrifice usability for functionality. Start drawing lines and shapes. Push and pull surfaces to turn them into 3D shapes. Stretch, copy, rotate and paint to create anything you want.
The SketchUp Pro bundle includes the premium online modeller (SketchUp for Web), Trimble Connect for Business, as well as the desktop applications; SketchUp Pro for Desktop, LayOut, PreDesign and Style Builder perfect as educational software for teachers.
The SketchUp education license also includes augmented reality features within SketchUp Viewer for iOS and Android and viewing apps for the following XR devices: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Microsoft HoloLens, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
LayOut
LayOut takes your 3D model into 2D space; it’s the tool for creating documentation from your SketchUp model.
PreDesign
PreDesign lets you enhance your design research before you even begin to model. Figure out daylighting, shading/glazing, outside spaces and architectural response.
Style Builder
Style Builder has one primary job: enabling you to create sketchy edge styles from your own images.
SketchUp Web
SketchUp Pro’s desktop client modeller; all you need is an internet connection and your creativity.
3D Warehouse
Find a 3D model of just about anything and import it straight into your own model.
Extension Warehouse
SketchUp extensions are add-on tools that solve 3D modelling problems which can seriously supercharge your workflow.
Support
You’ll get all the help you need with any installation and technical questions that may arise.
Trimble Connect
The Trimble Connect extension for SketchUp provides direct access to projects, models, and other features of the Trimble Connect platform.
SketchUp Campus
SketchUp Campus is a unique, in-depth learning hub with SketchUp-approved courses, to make learning SketchUp convenient and simple.
Mobile Viewer
Wherever you are – so are your models. Access your models from 3D Warehouse, Trimble Connect and Dropbox.
Sefaira
Sefaira is early-stage analysis for better building performance. It amplifies your building performance by running full annual simulations powered by industry-accredited analysis engines, allowing you to view building performance results in minutes instead of weeks.
SketchUp Education: Tutorials and Training
You are consistently supported when you subscribe to SketchUp for educators. We provide a dedicated telephone and email support outreach. However, if you need further training you can find authorised training centres here.
Elmtec’s in-house SketchUp Customer Success Manager is also on hand to guide you through a range of SketchUp tutorials. Elmtec’s exclusive onboarding webinars also get you up to speed with SketchUp quickly and easily. You’ll also find a range of events listed specifically for SketchUp UK and Irish customers on events listings to help elevate your workflows and network with your contemporaries.
Hardware and Software Requirements
- Software
- An internet connection is required to install and authorize SketchUp and to use some of the features.
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher.
- SketchUp Pro requires .NET Framework version 4.5.2.
- Recommended hardware
- 2+ GHz processor
- 8+ GB RAM
- 700MB of available hard-disk space
- 3D class video card with 1 GB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL 3.1 or higher and is up to date.
- 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse.
- Minimum hardware
- 1 GHz processor
- 4GB RAM
- 500MB of free hard-disk space
- 3D class video card with 512 MB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL 3.1 or higher and is up to date.
- Software
- An internet connection is required to authorize SketchUp and to use some of the features.
- QuickTime 5.0 and web browser for multimedia tutorials.
- Safari
- Recommended hardware
- 1+ GHz processor
- 8GB RAM
- 700MB of available hard-disk space
- 3D class video card with 1 GB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 3.1 or higher and is up to date.
- 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse
- Minimum hardware
- 1+ GHz Intel™ processor
- 4GB RAM
- 500MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video card with 512 MB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 3.1 or higher and is up to date.
- 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse.
- Operating System: iOS 10 and later
- Phones: iPhone 5 and later
- Tablets: Retina iPads
- Operating System: iOS 11 and later
- Phones: iPhone 6s and later
- Tablets: iPad Pro or a 2017 iPad or later
- Official list of ARKit devices
- Operating System: Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) and later
- Phones and Tablets: 4-inch screens and higher – MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, XXHDPI resolutions
- Operating System: Android 7.0 (Nougat) and later
- Official list of supported ARCore devices
FAQs
You must be an educator at an accredited educational institution, and you must also provide a current faculty ID, course syllabus, or other similar document.
Subscriptions for SketchUp Studio for Educators expire one year from the date of generation. You can install SketchUp Studio on both your desktop and laptop computers.
SketchUp Studio for Educators cannot be used for commercial (for-profit) work of any kind.
Yes! Anyone who has a subscription of SketchUp Pro will receive the latest updates and upgrades as they are released.
A single subscription can be used on up to 2 devices. A subscription is associated with one person. That individual can install the license on up to 2 computers he or she is using, but only one computer can run SketchUp Pro at a particular time.
You can cancel your subscription within 14-days of purchasing.
No, it will not. The reseller that you purchase from will contact ahead of your subscription expiration date and assist with your renewal.
You’ll need to be connected to the internet to activate SketchUp Pro (and other desktop applications like LayOut) on your computer for the first time. After this initial login, you can work in the desktop applications offline for up to 28 days before we’ll ask you to sign in again.
Students can purchase their own SketchUp subscription. Please visit the SketchUp Student Subscription page.
