Composition Guides

In SketchUp, the Composition Guides options allow you to display various types of composition lines or grids in the 3D Viewport to help you compose your scene.

Here is a list of the Compositing Guides options available:

• Rule of Thirds
• Center
  • Cross
  • Diagonal
• Golden Ratio
  • Phi Grid
  • Triangle A
  • Triangle B
• Harmony
  • Triangle A
  • Triangle B

You can also change the camera Aspect Ratio between the following

• Match Viewport
• 16:9 - Widescreen
• 1:1 - Square
• 4:3 - Picture
• 5:4 - Landscape
• 4:5 - Portrait
• 3:2 - Landscape
• 2:3 - Portrait
• 1:1.618 - Golden Ratio (Landscape)
• 1.618:1 - Golden Ratio (Portrait)

The buttons on the top affect the SketchUp pages

• Trash button - This will delete all your SketchUp pages/scenes

• Minus button - Remove the current page/scene
• Plus button - Add a new scene with a user-specified name
• Left-arrow button - Move to the page on the left
• Right-arrow button - Move to the page on the right

After installing the extension restart SketchUp and then try running the tool.

• Extensions > i3D > Composition Guides > Activate