SketchUp Help & Tutorials — trimble

3D Printing a Model Before you print a model on a 3D printer, you need to make sure your 3D printer can understand your model data. Here’s a quick overview of how to set up your SketchUp model for 3D printing: Orient your model so that the 3D printer has a base on which to build your model. Your 3D printer prints your model one layer at a time. If your model juts out at the top, the 3D printer has nothing to build upon. For example, if you want to 3D-print a gear, rather than orient the gear vertically, place...

Like many computer programs, SketchUp requires certain hardware and software specifications in order to install and run. These are basic requirements, though, so you may want to use our recommended suggestions to improve performance. Summary of  Windows 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 (Google Chrome is the recommended browser) SketchUp Pro requires .NET Framework version 4.5.2. For more information about the .NET framework, click here. Boot Camp, VMWare, and Parallels are not supported environments. Operating System SketchUp 2021 Windows 10 SketchUp 2020...

One of the features of the Sketchup Pro subscriptions is Trimble Connect. Here's a  video explaining how you can use the Trimble Connect with Sketchup.