SketchUp Free 2025: Materials Guide 🖌️

In this video, learn everything you need to know about materials in SketchUp free, like how to apply them, how to change them, adjust their size, create custom materials, and more!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - How to apply materials in the free version
1:18 - Selecting materials and applying them
2:00 - How to apply materials to multiple faces at once
2:30 - Applying materials to groups rather than to faces
3:56 - What happens when materials are applied to groups and faces in the groups
6:14 - How to adjust material size and placement in SketchUp Free
8:37 - How to apply adjusted materials to other faces
9:24 - Applying materials with transparency and fitting to faces
11:25 - Downloading additional materials from the 3D Warehouse
13:28 - How to import custom materials to SketchUp Free
15:42 - Setting up groups to quickly apply materials to complex objects in SketchUp