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SketchUp Hardware and Software Requirements

System Requirements

Like many computer programs, SketchUp requires certain hardware and software specifications in order to install and run. These are basic requirements, though, so you may want to use our recommended suggestions to improve performance.

Note: To use your license with SketchUp Pro you must have internet access. For additional details concerning these internet requirements, please read Understanding Your License.

Windows 10

• Software
  • An internet connection is required to install and authorize SketchUp and to use some of the features.
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher.
  • SketchUp Pro requires .NET Framework version 4.5.2. For more information about the .NET framework, click here.
• Recommended hardware
  • 2+ GHz processor
  • 8+ GB RAM
  • 700MB of available hard-disk space
  • 3D class video card with 1 GB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL 3.1 or higher and is up to date.SketchUp’s performance relies heavily on the graphics card driver and its ability to support OpenGL 3.1 or higher. To test your graphics card’s compatibility, please download and run the SketchUp Checkup application. Historically, people have seen problems with Intel-based cards with SketchUp. We don’t recommend using these graphics cards with SketchUp at this time.
  • 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse.
• Minimum hardware
  • 1 GHz processor
  • 4GB RAM
  • 500MB of free hard-disk space
  • 3D class video card with 512 MB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL 3.1 or higher and is up to date.

Mac OS 11+ (Big Sur), Mac OS 10.15+ (Catalina) and Mac OS 10.14+ (Mojave).

• Software
  • An internet connection is required to authorize SketchUp and to use some of the features.
  • QuickTime 5.0 and web browser for multimedia tutorials.
  • Safari
• Recommended hardware
  • 2.1+ GHz processor
  • 8GB RAM
  • 700MB of available hard-disk space
  • 3D class video card with 1 GB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 3.1 or higher and is up to date.
  • 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse
• Minimum hardware
  • 2.1+ GHz Intel™ processor
  • 4GB RAM
  • 500MB of available hard-disk space.
  • 3D class video card with 512 MB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 3.1 or higher and up to date.
  • 3-button, scroll-wheel mouse.
  
  We have determined that SketchUp is running stably on the ‘Apple Silicon’ hardware that powers Apple’s 2021 Mac devices. Currently, SketchUp is supported by Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation service on this hardware. If you encounter issues running SketchUp on devices with Apple‘s M1 chip, please report them here..

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