For smaller buttons and a larger drawing area, deselect the Use Large Tool Buttons checkbox. The large buttons are enabled by default because they're easier to see and use. Select the Bounding Box Only checkbox, and a component's edges appear in a different color from the component box when you select the component. Select Disable Pre-pick on Push/Pull Tool to disable the feature.ĭisplay a component bounding box and its edges in different colors. Pre-pick is enabled by default so that you can select a face, orbit, and push/pull the face even when the selected face doesn't appear in the current view. Toggle the Push/Pull tool's pre-pick feature. Deselect Auto-activate Paint Tool to disable it. Select the Display Crosshairs checkbox in the Miscellaneous area.Īctivate the Paint Bucket tool after you click a material swatch (Mac OS X only). Click Choose and select an application on your operating system.ĭisplay crosshairs on your cursor that correspond to axes colors. To Do Thisĭetermines what image editor opens when you want to edit a texture in an external editor. See the Extension Warehouse section of the Help Center for details.
To customize your workspace with extensions or manage you extensions preferences, log into the Extension Warehouse and use the extensions management features.
Tip: SketchUp extensions, also called plug-ins, enable you to add specialized tools and features to SketchUp. The following table outlines how you can customize the workspace and what preference panel enables you to make a change. In the sidebar on the left, select the preference panel that you need. To access these preferences, select Window > Preferences (Microsoft Windows) or SketchUp > Preferences (Mac OS X) from the menu bar. In SketchUp, preferences options enable you to customize your workspace. Setting preferences to customize your workspace The not-so-good news is that SketchUp doesn't officially support multiple-display systems, so if you encounter issues running SketchUp on multiple monitors, Trimble doesn't provide support for those issues. If that describes you, the good news is that you might be able to run SketchUp on a multiple-display system.
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