SketchUp Advanced Module

Refine your professional workflow with our SketchUp Advanced Module — meticulously designed for interior designers who aim to produce elegant, precise, and client-ready 3D designs. This module guides you through advanced modelling techniques, efficient workflows, and high-quality presentation outputs, ensuring every project reflects a polished, professional standard.

To guarantee you are always working at the forefront of industry practice, our SketchUp content is updated annually, aligning with the latest software version so students benefit from the newest tools, features, and best practices for a seamless, cutting-edge design experience.

Advanced Module in SketchUp for Interior Designers by IDI

The Power of SketchUp for Interior Designers

SketchUp enables you to design with clarity and intention — helping you present ideas with accuracy, depth, and polish. From quick studies to photoreal final renders, SketchUp supports every stage of the interior design process. Visualise concepts with precision and confidence, experiment with materials, lighting, layouts, and scale, and create presentation-ready visuals that elevate your design story.

A render showing an open plan kitchen and living room created in SketchUp Image Source: SketchUp Render Created by Graduated #IDIstudent Molly Brown.

Module Topics

This module guides you through every essential step of advanced SketchUp for interior design. You’ll begin by meeting your host, Kate, and learning how to obtain your SketchUp license. Metric and imperial cheat sheets ensure you work efficiently from the start. You’ll progress through setting up your workspace, mastering drawing tools, and creating both basic and complex 2D floor plans. Next, you’ll import furniture, export to Layout, and produce reflected ceiling plans. The module then moves into 3D modelling, furnishing your model, rendering high-quality visuals, and assembling presentation booklets, finishing with photorealistic rendering techniques. By the end, you’ll have a complete workflow from concept to client-ready presentation, ready to elevate your design projects with precision and style.

Module Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will confidently build detailed 2D and 3D interior models using advanced SketchUp techniques, apply materials, lighting, and finishes with a polished, professional touch, and produce high-quality renders and presentation files that clearly communicate your design vision. Our materials are updated every year to align with the latest SketchUp version, ensuring your skills and resources are always current and relevant.

Ready to Bring Your Designs to Life?

The SketchUp Advanced Module is available exclusively to students enrolled in our online Interior Design Course. When you add this module to your studies, you’ll also receive a free six-month course extension and the support of a dedicated tutor who will guide you through every step of your 3D journey.

Whether you’re new to 3D modelling or ready to elevate your technical skills, SketchUp gives you the power to visualise your ideas with clarity, precision and impact. With our expert-led training and continually updated tutorials, you’ll learn how to create beautiful, professional models and renders that bring your design vision to life.

Enrol in our Interior Design Course and unlock the option to add the SketchUp Advanced Module. Transform the way you design, present and communicate your ideas – because your concepts deserve to be seen in their full potential.