The ULTIMATE Guide to PBR Materials in SketchUp 2025



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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:41 – New PBR Material Slot Inspection
1:27 – Metalness and making objects metallic
3:09 – Intro to PBR Maps
5:29 – Loading a metalness map and metal settings
6:23 – Roughness Map effects and settings
8:32 – Normal Map effects and settings
10:02 – Ambient Occlusion Map effects and settings
12:18 – Free PBR materials from SketchUp
13:35 – How to Save the library files to your computer
15:27 – The best websites for downloading PBR Materials

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