LayOut
LayOut is a native macOS document and presentation app for turning SketchUp models into annotated 2D pages, drawing sets, and PDFs.
What is LayOut?
LayOut is a desktop design and documentation app that helps users turn SketchUp models into 2D pages, presentations, and drawing sets on macOS. It is commonly used by architects, interior designers, woodworkers, builders, and other professionals who need to present model views with dimensions, labels, title blocks, and page layouts. The app combines page-based document tools with drafting and annotation features so users can place multiple model views, add notes, organize sheets, and prepare client or construction documents. LayOut also supports templates, scrapbooks, layers, and style controls that help keep repeated elements consistent across projects. Documents can be exported for sharing or printing, including PDF and common image formats, and CAD export options are available for DWG and DXF workflows. Published by Trimble Inc., LayOut is part of the broader SketchUp desktop workflow for communicating designs in a clear 2D format.
Key features
- Create page-based documents from SketchUp models
- Add dimensions, labels, text, and shape annotations
- Place multiple model views and presentation elements on one page
- Use templates, title blocks, and reusable scrapbook content
- Organize drawings with pages, layers, grouping, and alignment tools
- Export documents to PDF, image formats, DWG, and DXF
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
LayOut is legitimate design software used for creating and sharing project documents from SketchUp models. It normally accesses the files, images, fonts, and exported documents you choose to work with, which is expected for a drafting and presentation app. Removing it will not harm macOS, but it can affect your ability to open or edit LayOut project files and continue related SketchUp documentation workflows. Keep backups of active project files before uninstalling or cleaning up related data.
Recommendation: Keep LayOut if you use SketchUp for presentations, annotated drawings, or printable document sets. If you no longer use this workflow, you can remove the app, but save any active LayOut documents and exported project materials first.
Common paths
/Applications/LayOut 2025/LayOut.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.sketchup.LayOut.2025
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2025/LayOut
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.sketchup.LayOut.2025.plist
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