SketchUp
SketchUp is a 3D modeling and design app for Mac that helps users create, edit, document, and share architectural, interior, and fabrication projects.
What is SketchUp?
SketchUp is a desktop 3D modeling app for Mac used to create and refine digital models for architecture, interior design, construction, woodworking, landscape planning, and other spatial design work. It gives users drawing and editing tools for building models quickly while keeping dimensions and geometry precise enough for professional workflows. Many people use it for concept development, design presentations, client communication, and preparing project visuals or documentation. SketchUp also supports extensions that expand its workflow, along with related tools and services such as LayOut, 3D Warehouse, and Trimble Connect. It is published by SketchUp and is widely used by designers, builders, makers, and students who want an approachable modeler that can scale from simple ideas to detailed project work.
Key features
- Create 3D models with drawing, push-pull, measurement, and editing tools
- Develop architectural, interior, landscape, and fabrication concepts in a visual workspace
- Prepare 2D documentation and presentation layouts with LayOut integration
- Browse and reuse ready-made models and components from 3D Warehouse
- Extend workflows with plugins and add-ons from Extension Warehouse
- Share models and collaborate across connected SketchUp services
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
SketchUp is legitimate design software. It normally accesses files you choose to open or save, and cloud-connected features may use account sign-in and online storage or sharing services as part of normal project workflows. Keep it if you use SketchUp projects, extensions, or connected collaboration features. If you remove it, the app will stop opening SketchUp project files on this Mac, but your saved models remain unless you delete them separately.
Recommendation: Keep SketchUp if you create or edit 3D models, technical drawings, or project presentations on this Mac. Remove it only if you no longer use its design workflow, and consider keeping your project files, custom extensions, and shared assets before uninstalling.
Common paths
/Applications/SketchUp 2026/SketchUp.app/Applications/SketchUp 2026/LayOut.app/Applications/SketchUp 2026/Style Builder.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.sketchup.SketchUp.2026
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2026~/Library/Application Support/com.sketchup.SketchUp.2026
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.sketchup.SketchUp.2026.plist
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