SketchUp Free 2025: Floor Plan Modeling Guide 🏠

In this video, learn all the steps you need to quickly (and correctly) model a floor plan in the free version of SketchUp!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Where to get the example plan
0:30 - Importing a reference image
1:16 - How to set an image to scale
4:19 - How to model walls in SketchUp Free
6:54 - Adding thickness to walls
7:50 - Why you should group geometry before extruding to 3D
8:23 - Adding door and window locations - BEFORE extruding to 3D
11:30 - How to use symmetry for equally spaced objects
12:44 - Extruding our walls to 3D
13:40 - Modeling our openings in walls
14:46 - A trick for window openings
17:00 - Modeling interior walls
19:24 - Adding interior wall openings