Settings Panel

The Settings panel ( ) in SketchUp for iPad offers a few ways to customize the interface and how SketchUp works. The Settings panel contains four categories:

• Pencil & Multitouch

• General

• Scan-to-Design

• Graphics

Pencil & Multitouch

The Pencil & Multitouch category contains options to customize the way you draw and what specific actions and gestures do in Sketchup. The following options are available:

• Pencil Mode - Choose between Just Draw or Click-Move-Click . -

• Apple Pencil Double-Tap Gesture

  • Off

  • Cancel

  • Previous Tool

  • Select

  • Eraser

• One-Finger Tap

  • Draw

  • Select

  • None

• One-Finger Double-Tap

  • None

  • Selection

  • Select

• One-Finger Triple-Tap

  • None

  • Selection

  • Select

• Quick Pinch

  • Zoom Extents

  • None

General

The General category contains the following sections:

• File Save - Here you'll see a slider allowing you to set the frequency SketchUp for iPad will autosave a recovery backup file of your current model. You can also set if you always want SketchUp to ask, or never want SketchUp to purge unused objects when saving,

• AR Model Viewing - Toggle on to use a model's real origin for the anchor when using AR.

• Tools - Allows you to choose between Standard or Lasso for the default Select tool mode.

• Appearance Theme – Choose between Light, Dark, or System.

• Shortcuts – Toggle visibility of the Shortcuts toolbar The toolbar appears in the upper right by default, but can be moved anywhere by dragging it.

• The Shortcuts toolbar is customizable and contains the following options by default:

  • X-Ray

  • Hide Rest of Model

  • Hidden Geometry

  • Unhide All

  • Select None

  • Select All

  • Zoom Extents

  • Previous Tool

• Restore Shortcuts – Restore default keyboard shortcuts.

• Reset Toolbar Positions – Reset the user interface to their default settings.

  Scan-to-Design

  

  SketchUp’s Scan-to-Design uses LiDAR scanning in SketchUp for iPad to generate 3D models of existing spaces. For more information on this Sketchup Labs feature see Scan-to-Design (SketchUp Labs).

  Graphics

  

The Graphics section contains two options:

• A toggle to adjust texture size.

• A toggle to use the classic SketchUp graphics engine.