Using SketchUp on an iPad

If you are an iPad user, SketchUp for iPad is something you may not know that you need. SketchUp for iPad reimagines the functionality of SketchUp Pro while taking advantage of the input methods only available with the iPad. This means you can take your modeling projects with you, wherever you want, and you can work on them in SketchUp whenever you want. Boasting a custom user interface designed specifically for iPad, this version of SketchUp looks different, but feels familiar at the same time:

Figure 15.7 – SketchUp for iPad

I know, I already hear the pushback, “I can already take SketchUp with me because I model on a laptop!” Yes, having SketchUp Pro installed on a laptop is great (it is the main way I use SketchUp daily), but modeling on an iPad is different. We will get into the specific differences between SketchUp Pro and SketchUp for iPad in this section, but before that, I want to mention the advantages...