Overview of SketchUp Pro 2026 v26.2.243:
What If 3D Modeling Could Be as Intuitive as Sketching on Paper?
For decades, creating three-dimensional designs on a computer meant mastering complex, technically demanding software with steep learning curves, dense menus, and workflows built for engineers rather than designers. Creativity was constantly interrupted by the software itself.
SketchUp Pro 2026 v26.2.243 Cracked was built to change that. It is the professional edition of one of the world’s most widely used 3D modeling tools — developed around a single guiding philosophy: that 3D modeling should feel natural, fast, and accessible, without sacrificing the power and precision that professional work demands.
Today, SketchUp Pro is trusted by over one million subscribers across architecture, interior design, construction, landscape design, urban planning, engineering, and beyond. In this article, we take a thorough look at what SketchUp Pro is, who it is built for, what makes it stand out, and what the latest version brings to the table.
SketchUp Pro 2026 v26.2.243 Full Version is the professional desktop edition of SketchUp — a vector-based, intuitive 3D modeling application developed and maintained by Trimble Inc., the global technology company known for precision measurement and geospatial solutions.
Originally created by @Last Software and launched in 2000, SketchUp was acquired by Google in 2006 — which dramatically expanded its reach and visibility — and subsequently acquired by Trimble in 2012, under whose ownership it has continued to evolve as a flagship professional design tool.
SketchUp Pro distinguishes itself from the free and entry-level tiers of SketchUp by including the full desktop application for Windows and macOS, the LayOut documentation tool for creating professional construction drawings and presentations, the Style Builder for creating custom visual styles, full DWG/DXF import and export, IFC support for BIM workflows, access to the Extension Warehouse for hundreds of third-party plugins, and integration with Trimble Connect for cloud-based collaboration.
SketchUp Pro (formerly Google SketchUp) is an easy-to-use 3D modeling software with a full database of user-created and downloadable models. You can use it to sketch (or import) models to help with all types of projects – making furniture, making video games, 3D printing, interior design, and anything else you can think of.
SketchUp Pro 2026 v26.2.243 Key Features:
Scenes Panel
Now that you have better toggling visibility with hidden geometry and objects, we decided to take it a step further. We split up hidden geometry and objects so you can save them separately on a Scene-by-Scene basis. You will see a new checkbox in the Scenes panel that lets you save the visibility state of hidden objects. This gives you better visibility control per Scene.
Section Planes & Scenes
Keeping with the Scene theme, you can now save Section Plane visibility per Scene. Why? Since Section Planes are grouped with objects, we want to make sure they behave like objects in terms of visibility per Scene. Before this change, only top-level visibility for Section Planes could be saved per Scene. Again, more control in your Scenes — and consistency. Winning!
Hidden Objects are now Editable
Good news…hidden objects are now editable. What does this mean, you ask? When you select a hidden object in the Outliner, instead of completely disappearing when you try to edit your object, it will appear as a mesh so you can more easily make edits. So keep on keeping on without any hindrance to your editing workflow.
Improvements to Grips
A small, but powerful feature: you can now use the Rotate tool when toggling through ALL Grips — just like the Move tool! This provides more consistency between the tools so you can stay focused on your project.
New logo icons for SketchUp and its application suite
Go ahead with a brand-new version of SketchUp and its suite of apps. This means new app icons for SketchUp, LayOut, 3D Warehouse, Extension Warehouse, and Style Builder, as well as changed toolbar icons. The new flags align SketchUp with Trimble’s broader product portfolio, and… they can be modeled in SketchUp!
Tag Folders
I always wanted to make it easier for people who manage models to use the long, complex tag and view lists. In this version, you can organize multiple tags in tag folders and control the visibility of folders by scene. Plus, folders can be expanded and collapsed, making it easier to analyze your tag structure and find the tags you need.
Tag Filtering
It’s been a while since we’ve had the pleasure of introducing filtering in SketchUp’s Tags panel. Hope it is much easier to target specific tags. You can also use filtering when creating a tag folder: filter on a prefix or naming convention, select the “Select All from the Tag Details” menu, and press the Add Tag Folder button.
Live Component Configuration
Dynamic components are a new type of configurable parametric object, and in this release, you can control them in SketchUp. To import components directly into SketchUp, open the 3D Image Bank in SketchUp and navigate to our SketchUp Lab Live component collection (or use the new Live Components search filter in the advanced search options). Select live components to read and upload to your SketchUp models!
- Start PreDesign from SketchUp
Along with SketchUp, we’re also rolling out a new architectural research tool called PreDesign. Available to Pro subscribers, you can launch PreDesign (in a web browser) from the SketchUp File menu. In PreDesign, you can geotag projects to understand seasonal and prevailing climates, how this climate can affect the comfort and lighting of the built space, and what design strategies might be useful for your project. Think of PreDesign as a new way to start architectural design projects in SketchUp.
Under the hood: a rebuilt *.SKP
SketchUp v26.2.243 Patch brings a significant improvement behind the scenes: a recreation of the *.SKP file format. You will likely see a significant reduction in file size when you save your model in the new format, and we are excited about the additional workflow improvements that this new file format will open in the future.
Performance Improvements
For this release, we focused on improving LayOut’s selection and deletion capabilities—they’re now much faster! And don’t worry: we’re still committed to even more performance improvements in future releases. But, that’s not all… we also made some slick improvements to the Select Tool.
Improved Select Tool
The Select Tool just got some major love. We wanted to help you make intentional – not accidental – moves with your crossing and window selection workflows. Now, when you click-drag to create a crossing or window selection, you won’t mistakenly move anything! Previously, you may have accidentally moved an object when you really just wanted to change your selection. Now you’re more likely to get the result you wanted. Also, selections and moves now occur when clicking on the actual object as opposed to the object’s bounding box, strengthening that intentional workflow. If you’re now wondering, “How do I move an object?” – no worries, we’ve got you covered. Just pre-select an entity and move from there.
What’s new in SketchUp Pro 2026 v26.2.243?
(Released on 19-05-2026)
New Features:
SketchUp for Desktop:
- Analysis Hub Advanced Shadows: SketchUp’s Analysis Hub is a new place to study your building in SketchUp. The first Analysis Hub feature, Advanced Shadows, provides tools you can use to study shadows at different times of the day or year.
- Migrate Extensions Improvements : The Migrate Extensions tool can now migrate extensions from an earlier version of SketchUp without restarting the application.
- Scan Essentials Point Cloud Improvements: The Point Cloud Manager now contains options to help manage the visibility settings of imported point clouds.
- Components Panel Filtering (Windows): The Components panel search functionality now filters components within your model rather than searching 3D Warehouse.
LayOut:
- LayOut’s Graphics Engine: LayOut’s improved graphics engine is now enabled by default and has received additional enhancements.
- Clipping Masks for Groups and Scaled Groups: LayOut’s clipping masks can now be applied to both Groups and Scaled Groups.
Bug Fixes and Other Improvements
SketchUp
Stability
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Move tool on specific geometry.
- Fixed an issue where the Welcome Window would still show with Show Welcome Window disabled in Preferences.
- Fixed an issue where the Welcome Window appeared blank when no user license was assigned at launch.
- Improved the speed of opening the Welcome Window on startup.
- SketchUp now supports uploading .skm files directly from inside SketchUp.
- Fixed multiple crashes that occurred on Windows following the 2025.0 release based on Bugsplat data for the top 3-5 crash types.
- Migrated the Extension Manager to a new UI infrastructure. This update provides improved performance, enhanced UI consistency, and better integration with the SketchUp desktop application.
- Clicking Update License in the Extension Manager now properly refreshes the dialog and verifies license validity.
- After migrating from the old Extension Manager to the Qt Extension Manager, the translation issues, broken graphics, and missing entitlements that appeared in version 2026.1.3 are automatically resolved in 2026.2
- Resolved a crash that occurred if the Extension Manager was closed and reopened during an active extension update.
- A security vulnerability has been fixed in Dynamic Components.
- Fixed an error in Dynamic Components when both the Options dialog and Attributes dialog are open at the same time.
- Updated Dynamic Components to version 1.8.5
- (Win) Fixed erratic jumping and resizing of frameless dialogs when dragged between monitors with different display scale settings.
Shadows & Rendering
- Shadows now render using a new fast shadow system that delivers significantly improved frame rates on models with shadows enabled.
- Fixed an issue where models displayed as bounding boxes prematurely during navigation on certain platforms.
- Fixed an issue where geometry outlines persisted on screen while orbiting the camera.
- Fixed an issue where the Color by Axis style incorrectly highlighted off-axis edges as on-axis.
Tools & Interface
- Fixed an issue where cycling grip positions with the Move or Rotate tool did not work when another group in the model contained a section plane with section cuts enabled.
- Corrected the display of Scale tool grips, which were previously showing back edges through foreground faces.
- Fixed an issue where the Move tool’s profile transparency highlight did not account for the object’s rotation.
- Fixed an issue where incorrect tags were applied while panning.
- Fixed an issue where the material preview did not display when creating a new material from an image.
- Fixed an issue where the solar north indicator became detached from the axes origin after relocating the model axes.
- Fixed an issue where the file size displayed in the Welcome Window did not match the actual file size reported by the operating system.
- Fixed an issue where incorrect shortcuts were appearing under the Edit menu.
- Fixed an issue where the 3D Text tool’s font list was incomplete.
- Fixed an issue where users could assign hardcoded shortcuts via import.
- Fixed an issue where SketchUp failed to import additional DWG files after cancelling a previous import.
- Fixed an issue where using the scale tool on Live Components with uniform constraints would not update the scale grips.
- Resolved an issue where switching to specific styles would trigger a false ‘invalid name’ warning message.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where Ctrl+Q was a built-in shortcut that could not be removed.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where the Welcome Window was missing some translations.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where the expiring subscription message was clipped.
- (Win) Fixed an issue so that panels in list form will no longer show all contents of subfolders.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where the undo history for scene animation used incorrect terminology.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where double-clicking undocked toolbars failed to return them to their original docked positions.
- (Mac) Fixed an issue where the space bar shortcut did not activate the Select tool after using another tool.
- (Mac) Fixed an issue where sampling a material with the Paint Bucket tool caused errors.
- (Mac) Fixed an issue where dialog visibility was lost if SketchUp was quit from the Welcome Window.
Interoperability
Revit Importer 1.2026.1.6
SketchUp 2026.2 includes an updated Revit Importer (version 1.2026.1.6) shipped with the SketchUp installer.
- Enhanced Grouped Category Imports: Improved the import process for complex Revit categories such as Railings and Curtain Walls. Parent components now host Revit assembly-level information, while child components retain individual instance data and correct IFC classifications.
- Metadata Element Naming: When “Import Revit metadata” is enabled, element naming follows Revit Element ID conventions and preserves family names at the instance level.
- Improved Geometry for Curved Elements: Curved columns and other rounded elements now feature smoother, less triangulated geometry, making them easier to render and edit.
- Roof Edge Fixes: Resolved issues where Fascia boards and gutters were missing. These now correctly appear in the UI entity list upon import.
- File Compatibility: Fixed a bug that caused import failures for certain Revit models that previously required a “Save As” workaround.
- 3D Text Support: Addressed a failure in importing long text strings within Revit 3D Text elements.
- Wall Sweeps: Fixed the omission of molding elements. These are now supported and listed under Walls/Wall Sweeps in the UI.
LayOut
Bug fixes and small features
- Improved stability by fixing the cause of some of our top reported crashes.
- Fixed a bug where the caret cursor would not move with a text entity during panning.
- Fixed an issue where the caret could disappear in table cell edit mode.
- Fixed an issue so that wrapped text is no longer getting clipped without line breaks in compressed bounding boxes.
- Fixed an issue which caused an “invalid string” message when entering precise scales such as “10 mm”.
- Fixed a significant visual discrepancy for various fonts between the legacy and new (formerly experimental) graphics engine renderings.
- Fixed an issue where selection highlight for text no longer extends beyond its bounding box.
- Fixed an issue where wrapped text in compressed table cells was getting clipped without a line break.
- Fixed an issue where the dotted dash style displayed as an oval rather than a dot.
- Fixed an issue when in text edit mode where zooming in/out could cause the zoom to be choppy and intermittent.
- Fixed an issue where the scrollbar would jump around rather than staying stationary when toggling on/off Tag visibly in Sketchup Model.
- Navigating through top menu items or moving the cursor into an empty space on the canvas no longer highlights text while in the Text editor.
- Fixed an issue where some custom keyboard shortcuts like flip up/down and flip left/right were not assignable and working as intended.
- SketchUp Model inspector Tag window custom resizing persists within sessions and upon relaunch.
- Eyedropper tool is no longer unresponsive after selecting Spacebar while the tool is active.
- SketchUp model inspector sub-menu panels (e.g. Styles, Tags) are now resizable to reduce user scrolling time and will retain changes per session.
- Fixed an issue where copied dimensions weren’t editable in a new page.
- Fixed a performance issue that was affecting the movement of multiple selected objects.
- Fixed an issue where custom user line widths smaller than (0.1) would not be allowed in the value box ( e.g. (.05) and (.01)).
- Alt key can now be used in custom keyboard shortcuts that will override default top menu commands on both Windows and Mac.
- Crash no longer occurs when selecting the Edit button within Scrapbooks; even while using custom Scrapbooks and multiple documents at once.
- Floating trays now close without delay when exiting a LayOut session.
- Implemented a visual emphasis fix for color wells in Trays.
- Color Inspector sliders are now transitioning more smoothly and accurately when dragging or clicking on an area within the sliders.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where text could occasionally shift after editing.
- (Win) Fixed an issue when exporting as DWG or DXF when there are some page names in English, and the OS language is set to Japanese, could cause a crash.
- (Win) Fixed an issue that could result in the clipping of text at the bottom of a textbox.
- (Win) Fixed an issue where switching between the new (formerly experimental) and legacy graphics engines would result in a different width of bounded text.
- (Win) Re-added the ability to use Ctrl+Tab to cycle between LayOut documents and trays.
- (Win) Fixed a bug which prevented setting camera views for SketchUp Model viewports.
- (Win) Fixed an issue which would cause floating trays to migrate on each launch.
- (Win) Fixed a bug which would require multiple selections of color well in the text inspector to update with the selected text entity’s applied color.
- (Win) Text size changes can now be undone, in text edit mode, with one undo action (using shortcut Ctrl Z or Edit > Undo) instead of two.
- (Win) Fixed start-up window display position issue for dual-monitor setups.
- (Win) Fixed the application key (aka menu key) functionality to act as a context click in the paperspace.
SketchUp API
C API Additions and Improvements
- Breaking changes: The following APIs now return SU_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION if called on an SUEntitiesRef that is not attached to a model.
- SUEntitiesAddArcCurves()
- SUEntitiesAddCurves()
- SUEntitiesAddDimensions()
- SUEntitiesAddEdges()
- SUEntitiesAddFaces()
- SUEntitiesFill()
- SUEntitiesAddGroup()
- SUEntitiesAddGuideLines()
- SUEntitiesAddGuidePoints()
- SUEntitiesAddInstance()
- SUEntitiesAddImage()
- SUEntitiesAddSectionPlanes()
- SUEntitiesAddTexts()
- Added SUDimensionSetStyle()
- Added SULocationGetNorthAngle()
- Added SUStyleDuplicate()
- Breaking changes:
- SUTypedValueGetByte() and SUTypedValueSetByte() take in unsigned 8 bit integer types rather than signed char types. This fixes a bug where SUTypedValueRef instances would be assigned an Int32 value and type when SUTypedValueSetByte() is called.
- SUEntityGetType() and SUDrawingElementGetType() now correctly return – SURefType_DimensionLinear, and SURefType_DimensionRadial for SUDimensionLinearRef, and SUDimensionRadialRef types respectively. Previously, SURefType_Dimension was always returned.
- Added functions to exchange entities collections between C API and Ruby API:
- SUEntitiesToRuby()
- SUEntitiesFromRuby()
- Fixed a crash while saving a file caused by a scene remembering the visibility of a component instance inside of a component definition that was removed by SUModelRemoveComponentDefinitions().
- Added APIs to set casts / receives shadows flags on geometry input data. These flags are transferred to the created edges and faces when SUEntitiesFill() is called.
- SUGeometryInputEdgeSetCastsShadow()
- SUGeometryInputEdgeSetReceivesShadow()
- SULoopInputEdgeSetCastsShadow()
- SULoopInputEdgeSetReceivesShadow()
- SUGeometryInputFaceSetCastsShadow()
- SUGeometryInputFaceSetReceivesShadow()
- Added SUModelPurgeUnusedMaterials()
- Added SUEnvironmentsSetSelectedEnvironment()
- Added APIs for physically based material properties.
- SUMaterialSetRoughnessTextureInverted()
- SUMaterialIsRoughnessTextureInverted()
- Added LOGroupGetClipMask()
- Added LOGroupSetClipMask()
Ruby API Additions and Improvements
- Added Sketchup::Material#duplicate
- Added Sketchup::Style#duplicate
- Added Sketchup::ComponentDefinition#manifold? to allow checking if a definition is a manifold solid without needing to create or refer to an instance. Consequently, Sketchup::ComponentInstance#manifold? and Sketchup::Group#manifold? are now deprecated in favor of checking the definition directly.
- Added constants for Geom::BoundingBox#corner.
- Deprecated Sketchup.send_action. This method is no longer being actively maintained due to its asynchronous nature and fragility.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#clear.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#copy.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#clone.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#leaf=.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#push.
- Added Sketchup::InstancePath#pop.
- Added Sketchup::Text#font to get font properties (name, size, bold, italic) as a Hash.
- Added Sketchup::Text#font= to set font properties via a Hash with optional keys.
- Added Sketchup.mdi?.
- Added preserve_origin and tags_handling options to Sketchup::Model#import for ifc importer.
- Added Layout::Group#clip_mask.
- Added Layout::Group#clip_mask=.
- A new menu item ‘Learn’ has been added to Extensions > Developer menu, which takes you to developer.sketchup.com
- Upgraded CEF (used by UI::HtmlDialog) to version 137.
Ruby API Bug Fixes
- (Win) Fixed an issue where the Ruby API onKeyDown returning true did not suppress onReturn/onUserText.
- Made Sketchup.load and Sketchup.require pass through Ruby Exceptions similarly to Ruby’s own load and require, so they can be handled by the caller, instead of rescuing them
- Made Sketchup.load and Sketchup.require raise a LoadError when the file cannot be found, similarly to Ruby’s own load and require
- Fixed an issue where HtmlDialog#can_close was called multiple times when closed via the API without effect
- Fixed UI::HtmlDialog#on_close callback not called when SketchUp quits
- Improved consistency of Sketchup::Tools#active_tool_name and the tool name passed to Sketchup::ToolsObserver#onActiveToolChanged. Affecting the following tools CommentTool, FlipTool, IglooTool and LassoSelectionTool
- Resolved a bug where Sketchup::Entities#add_dimension_linear and related attachment methods could inadvertently move construction points if supplied as part of an instance path
- Fixed a bug where Sketchup::DimensionLinear#end_attached_to= could move the construction point in the instance path
- Fixed a bug where Sketchup::DimensionLinear#start_attached_to= could move the construction point in the instance path
- Ruby Console input field now correctly receives focus upon launch.
- Improved focus behavior for UI.inputbox on Windows.
- Fixed styles.duplicate incorrectly recording to the undo stack.
Documentation Fixes
- Documented additional extension requirements.
- Various API documentation improvements.
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Conclusion:
The best creative tools share a common quality: they amplify your thinking rather than interrupting it. SketchUp Pro has built its reputation over more than two decades on exactly that quality — delivering a 3D modeling experience that is fast enough to keep up with design intuition, precise enough for professional documentation, and flexible enough through its extension ecosystem to adapt to virtually any workflow in the built environment.
With SketchUp bringing native photoreal visualization, AI texture generation, and significantly improved IFC interoperability, the gap between what you can achieve inside SketchUp without additional tools has narrowed substantially. And with LayOut providing a fully synchronized documentation pipeline, SketchUp Pro remains one of the most complete and accessible professional design platforms available at its price point.
Whether you are an architect designing a building, an interior designer transforming a space, a landscape designer reimagining a garden, or a construction professional coordinating a project on site, SketchUp Pro gives you the tools to bring your ideas into three dimensions — quickly, confidently, and with the professional polish your clients deserve.
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