I’m putting together a list of videos to help SketchUp users learn Blender. Here’s the first and second videos. I hope this is the right place.

Hi Chipp, Nice to see you here as well! Blender rules. :slight_smile: :+1:

Hi Metin! Yep, finally starting to come on over to this side :slight_smile:

Some new videos on switching from SketchUp to Blender:

New video showing you how to accurately create dimensioned drawings and models in Blender using their version of the pencil tool and a background template.

New Tute-- this one is about taking the lines (edges) created from the blueprint of the last tutorial and converting them magically into walls. :grinning:

Another tutorial on setting up Cycles for a quick rendering.

I like that you keep it simple, I’m sure most beginners will appreciate it. And you didn’t make it Setchup users exclusive. A few hints I would add to that particular video: To enable the graphics card in the user prefs, you might have just “none” available, which can mean you have no compatible d…

Thank you for your helpful comments. They are appreciated! If you have time, please let me know of any mistakes and/or suggestions you may have for any video. My goal is to try and make Blender easy to learn and understand for folks who know 3D, but just not Blender-- and as such I want to start wi…

New tutorial on Smoothing meshes in Blender. Compares with how SketchUp does it.

A primary reason for switching from SketchUp to Blender is that SketchUp (in 2018) still cannot do bevels! Even with Fredo’s amazing plugin, it still doesn’t work-- and it’s not Fredo’s fault as he’s told me it’s about how the engine architecture in SketchUp works. UGH! Blender does magnificent be…

20 reasons to switch from SketchUp to Blender

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chippwalters (chippwalters) September 12, 2018, 9:18am 18

For those interested in tips on how to model in Blender, I’ve created some very short tutes on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnnsDb0HODL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

There’s also a copy over on ba Tips and Tricks: