sketchUcation

Search, import, and specify thousands of seamless and PBR textures showcasing real building material manufacturers. Free to use for commercial or educational purposes.

Key Features:

• No subscription or trial is required.
• No generic textures, meaning all textures are digitized versions of real products that your clients can buy.
• Quick imports: auto set-up of texture maps, auto-scaled materials, and auto-synced maps in your render engine.
• New textures are added every Tuesday.

How to use the extension:

1. Open the Lightbeans Extension either from the Extensions menu or via the dockable bean toolbar icon.
2. Create your professional profile
3. Go to the settings tab to select your render engine and download resolution.
4. Use the filters to search by type, brands, applications, and locations. You can also type it in the search bar
5. To import materials to your scene, click on a sphere.
6. Apply the material to the surface.
7. Render your model in Photoreal mode, Enscape, or V-Ray.

If you have feedback to share, questions about using the extension, or brands you’d like to request, we’d love to hear from you. Let us know at info@lightbeans.com

How to use the extension:

1. Open the Lightbeans Extension either from the Extensions menu or via the dockable bean toolbar icon.
2. Create your professional profile
3. Go to the settings tab to select your render engine and download resolution.
4. Use the filters to search by type, brands, applications, and locations. You can also type it in the search bar
5. To import materials to your scene, click on a sphere.
6. Apply the material to the surface.
7. Render your model in Photoreal mode, Enscape, or V-Ray.

If you have feedback to share, questions about using the extension, or brands you’d like to request, we’d love to hear from you. Let us know at info@lightbeans.com

Texture maps are now auto-applied to downloaded materials in SketchUp 2025 and later versions

Fixed a bug where the search bar and filters were disappearing if the extension window was too small.

Fixed a bug where certain products were unavailable to download.

Now preventing the selection of a download path that could cause Enscape to crash.

Fixed a bug where the address field could cause a crash.