Editorial policy

SketchUp Guide explains how to build an editable model, choose the right plan and deliver a usable file or drawing. I'm Oliver Grant, the site's modeling and presentation editor. I put the answer first, then the steps, conditions and checks that make it work for your model.

How a guide is researched

Trimble's SketchUp documentation, release notes and license terms establish what a tool, file route or subscription supports. A desktop command isn't a Web command, and a feature in Studio isn't automatically in Pro. Guides name the relevant application, operating system or plan when that changes the answer.

I compare the questions and approaches in existing search results to find steps readers still need. Product facts get their own check against the original documentation. A page ranking well doesn't make its instructions correct.

Source links sit beside the claim they support. When official pages disagree, a guide explains the conflict and gives you a way to check the condition that matters before you pay, reset an activation or change a file.

How results and examples are used

Published tests can inform a recommendation when their versions, hardware and settings are comparable. A combined result identifies the source measurements and calculation; results gathered under different conditions stay separate. An individual report is attributed to its source.

A modeling example explains a choice: which faces to select, which context to edit or which file to deliver. It isn't evidence of a client project or a measured performance result. Interface images help you locate a control or understand the geometry; their labels and instructions must agree with the documented feature.

What determines a recommendation

I'd choose the least expensive plan that supplies the required application, file format and license for the job. Recommendations explain the deciding feature and its limits. Price comparisons distinguish an annual payment from a monthly subscription, and name the currency and tax basis.

SketchUp Guide is independent of Trimble. Links to a vendor's site let you check a feature, price or instruction at its origin; they don't make the vendor the author of the recommendation.

Corrections and updates

Guides are updated when a product change or a confirmed error affects the advice. Publication and update dates have different meanings: an update date records a content change. A fresh date alone doesn't establish that an older instruction still applies.

For a correction, include the guide's URL, the affected step, your SketchUp version, application and operating system, and a link to supporting information. Keep passwords, license keys and private model files out of the report. The About page explains the topics and editorial focus of the site.