SketchUp Course Online
Learn to use SketchUp to design stunning 3D models and renderings. This bundle takes you from the basics to intermediate techniques, enabling you to create professional-grade models for architectural and landscape projects.
Learn to use SketchUp to design stunning 3D models and renderings. This bundle takes you from the basics to intermediate techniques, enabling you to create professional-grade models for architectural and landscape projects.
Get hands-on with SketchUp Pro, one of the most widely used tools for architectural 3D modeling and rendering. This course walks you through the interface, core tools, and key integrations like Extension Warehouse and 3D Warehouse, using professional, real-world projects. You’ll build practical skills for creating, editing, and optimizing models so your workflow stays fast, accurate, and efficient.
You’ll learn how to create massing studies, preliminary 3D models, and site topography directly from floor plans using SketchUp’s core tools and components. The course also covers editing textures, colors, and model elements to improve both visuals and usability, along with advanced workflows and best practices that help you model more accurately and complete projects with confidence.
Unit 1 30 Hours
Create a Community Park, including topography. Make 3D models of a picnic table, carousel & other site furnishings. Learn to navigate SketchUp and different workflows to create the 3D model of the Park.
Unit 2 30 Hours
Learn to use the Sandbox tools to create 3D Topography, and to use Project Geo-Location. Model a Clubhouse for the Community Park. Explore new workflows. Include the 3D Warehouse assets & the SketchUp camera tools.
From our immersive, hands-on training and world-class instructors to our meticulously crafted curriculum, we consistently deliver results that our alumni proudly endorse.
These lessons are great and wonderfully paced!
Madeline T.
This class has been truly amazing. It is so great to learn how to use a 3D modeling program like this and the videos and the professor have done a great job of explaining everything clearly and positively! It has truly been a joy to take this course and I am looking forward to learning more!
Matt G.
SketchUp Course Online is rated 4.6 stars by 28 students
I really appreciate the instructor's pace and the way he delivered step-by-step instructions.
Overall, I thought the course was good and helpful.
Great course. I enjoyed the speed at which the material was taught. I didn't feel like I was sitting around wasting time, and easy enough to pause and go back if I needed. Great workflow.
A great and informative course!
I really appreciated having Derek as an instructor for this course. I reached out several times throughout, especially while navigating challenges related to differences between PC and Mac versions, as well as variations between SketchUp versions. Derek was consistently helpful, responsive, and patient in addressing my questions. He made an effort to clarify things in a way that was easy to understand and helped me stay on track despite the technical hurdles. His support definitely made a difference in my learning experience, and I’m grateful for his guidance throughout the course.
Thank you! I look forward to learning more in Pro.
I liked this course because it was online and I was able to do it at my own pace on my own time anytime of day! This course gave me confidence in doing SketchUp drawings for clients and when reading blueprints.
Very knowledgeable and good teacher!
I think the quizzes were a little hard but videos were very easy to follow and overall, I really enjoyed this course!
Was a bit challenging but I loved the course! The best teacher! I think I learned everything to start using SketchUp, now just need to practice. Great instructor who answers questions 24/7! He makes sure you are not stuck!
These lessons are great and wonderfully paced!
This class has been truly amazing. It is so great to learn how to use a 3D modeling program like this and the videos and the professor have done a great job of explaining everything clearly and positively! It has truly been a joy to take this course and I am looking forward to learning more!
I loved it! Super interactive, diversified course that implies some basic knowledge. Instructor has great voice, giving info slowly and understandable. If you are detail oriented and will listen carefully, all questions are covered in the videos. For some info I was rushing and thus did make a couple mistakes. I suggest taking your time and if schedule allows go through every class twice. Instructor is there to help and answers right away. Loved the course!
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We want you to leverage the skills you’ll learn. In addition to 60 hours of hands-on, self-paced training, you’ll receive one live 1-on-1 training session where you can:
Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!
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This course is ideal for individuals aiming to develop or enhance their skills in 3D modeling using SketchUp Pro, including:
Yes, this course is open to beginners. Students must be comfortable using a computer. No other prior knowledge is required.
This course does not qualify for payment plans or student financing. See our Payment Options FAQ to find related programs that qualify.
This program is available for 60 days.
You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 60 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
For this series of 2 courses, you are entitled to a 90% refund (your payment less the nonrefundable 10% registration fee) within 30 days of purchase for any course in the bundle that you have not accessed.
There are no extra fees or taxes for our courses. The price you see on this page is the maximum you’ll pay us.
This program is a discounted package of classes that is 15–25% off the individual class prices, so additional discounts do not apply.
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Each installment is charged to your card on file every 30 days or before you begin your next class.
| Installments | List Price | |
|---|---|---|
| $579.00 | Deposit – Intro to SketchUp Course Online | $579 |
| $220.00 | Intermediate SketchUp Course Online | $579 |
| ▴ The certificate discount of $359 has been applied | ||
| $799.00 | Total You Pay | |
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Instructor
Over the course of the last 10 years of his architectural experience and training, Derek has developed a very strong set of skills and talents towards architecture, design and visualization. Derek grew up in an architectural family with his father owning his own practice in custom home design. Throughout the years, Derek has had the opportunity to work and be involved at his father's architecture office, dealing with clients, visiting job sites, and contributing in design and production works. Recently, Derek has built up an incredible resume of architecture experiences working at firms such as HOK in San Francisco, GENSLER in Los Angeles, and RNT, ALTEVERS Associates, HMC, and currently as the lead designer at FPBA in San Diego. Derek has specialized in the realm of architectural design and digital design.
Instructor
David, the Chief Academic Officer, has a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Point Loma Nazarene University. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has been teaching Autodesk programs for over 10 years and enjoys working and teaching in the architectural industry. In addition to working with the Autodesk suite, he has significant experience in 3D modeling, the Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu, and SketchUp. David enjoys spending his free time with his wife, biking, hanging out with his kids, and listening to audiobooks by the fire.
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