Choosing a Style

Styles in SketchUp can help you convey information about your model without saying a word. In SketchUp, a Style is a collection of specific settings for edges, faces, and backgrounds. A Style with pencil-drawn edges and a fuzzy color scheme can suggest your model is still a work-in-progress while a more formal model will use colors and settings that can help make your model more photo-realistic.

Using the Styles Panel

To choose a Style:

1. Locate the Styles panel in the Default Tray. If you have hidden the tray, or closed the Styles panel, click Window > Default Tray > Styles.
   

   

2. The panel should default to the Select tab. If not, click the Select tab.

3. Use the dropdown list to select from one of the available predefined Style types. Predefined Styles lists all the available predefined Styles.

4. Each Style type can have multiple options. Those options will appear listed in the Styles panel. To see the name of the Style, hover over the thumbnail representing each option.

5. Click the Style option you want to apply to your model.

More Style Options

The Styles panel includes several tools you can use to create or edit a Style:

• Customizing a Model's Background with Styles – Details how to customize background colors or use foreground or background photos.

• Creating and Editing a Style – Learn about all of SketchUp's edge and face options and how to combine them into a Style.

• Managing In Model Styles and Collections – Save multiple Styles as In Model so that you can switch among them quickly and easily, or organize predefined and custom styles into collections. 

• Sharing Styles – When you're collaborating on a project or with a team, you can make sure everyone has access to the same Styles by sharing them.