Here’s a quick look at the types of things you can save to a template: If the default templates aren’t quite to your liking, you can add your own custom touches and save them as a custom template file. That’s why those templates default to feet and inches or meters. However, if you’re designing a building or a landscape, working in millimeters or inches would be annoying and impractical. For example, 3D printing and woodworking require a high degree of precision, so the 3D printing and woodworking template units are either millimeters or inches. In each of SketchUp’s included templates, the default units reflect each template’s application. Your template determines a model’s default units of measurement.
SketchUp includes several templates for common applications, like architecture, construction, urban planning, landscape architecture, woodworking, interior and production design, and 3D printing. Your model’s template determines your model’s default settings.
