So the question is: “which free version is best for me?”.
If you decide it is worth the investment, you can then purchase a license.
That has been, and will continue to be one of the wonderful things about SketchUp you can learn how to use the program with a version that doesn’t cost anything. If I were just starting out however, I would want to see what the program was like before I spent any money.
When I first started using (and teaching and writing about) 3D modeling with SketchUp, the differences between the free and paid versions of the software were simple to understand (this 2015 post goes into detail about the differences between “SketchUp Make” and “SketchUp Pro”) In my work I use SketchUp Pro, and I consider the cost of the license and yearly maintenance a bargain. Use the standard Windows control panel utilities to find and remove the Unreal Datasmith Exporter for SketchUp application from your system.įor example, on Windows 10, you can use the Apps & features control panel.This screen image is from SketchUp Free, the web-based, no-cost version of SketchUp Removing the Datasmith Exporter for SketchUp If the plugin is not enabled, click the toggle in the Enable | Disable column, then click Apply Changes. In the Extension Manager window, confirm that the UnrealDatasmith plugin is enabled. In SketchUp, from the main menu, go to Window > Extension Manager. In some cases, you may have to enable the Datasmith Exporter plugin in SketchUp before you can use it. Enabling the Datasmith Exporter Plugin for SketchUp
If you switch to a different version of Unreal Engine, make sure you download and install the matching version of the plugin. See Exporting Datasmith Content from SketchUp Pro.Įpic releases a new version of the Unreal Datasmith Exporter plugin for SketchUp with every new release of Unreal Engine. Now that you have the Datasmith Exporter plugin installed, you can move on to export a scene from SketchUp as a. Check the box for each version that you want to be able to export through Datasmith, and click Install. The installer automatically detects the versions of SketchUp Pro installed on your system. When the download has completed, run the installer.įollow the on-screen prompts to continue, and accept the license agreement.
For details, see Removing the Datasmith Exporter for Sketchup below.ĭownload the Exporter plugin installer from the Datasmith Export Plugins download page. If you have already installed an older version of the Datasmith Exporter plugin, we recommend uninstalling it first. If any instances are still running, the installation will fail.
Installing the Datasmith Exporter Plugin for SketchUpįollow the steps below to install the Datasmith Exporter plugin for any supported version of SketchUp that you have installed on your computer.Ĭlose any instances of SketchUp that are running on your machine. Please note, however, that you are not permitted to distribute the Datasmith Exporter plugins themselves. We encourage you to share the download link to the Datasmith Exporter plugins with any number of people, both inside and outside of your organization.