In this video, we talk about multiple ways to expand your SketchUp material libraries, allowing you to save more materials for use in the future!
THE BEST MATERIAL / TEXTURE WEBSITES
https://www.thesketchupessentials.com/Materials
POLYHAVEN FREE TEXTURES
https://polyhaven.com/
THE SKETCHUP ESSENTIALS COURSE
http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/course
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:11 – Why SketchUp 2025 and beyond have less materials
1:10 – PBR Materials vs “Simple” materials
3:09 – Download additional materials from SketchUp’s content library
5:02 – How to save SketchUp materials
5:37 – Where to save SketchUp materials
6:34 – How to open a material collection in SketchUp
7:48 – Importing full collections from the content library to SketchUp
9:25 – Dragging materials from your model to your material library
10:49 – Saving entire material collections to your material library
12:43 – Breaking groups of materials up into different collections
14:15 – How to import the old materials from SketchUp 2024 or sooner
15:48 – Setting material collection organization with file names
17:30 – Using names to group material collections together
18:40 – How to add materials from third party websites
20:00 – How to create PBR Materials in SketchUp
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