在二年级的建筑设计教学中，制作模型是一种很重要的学习手段，能帮助学生形成立体思维方式。但手工制作模型有一定的不足。Sketchup绘图软件克服了手工制作模型的一些弊病，并带来推敲方案的新手段，因此在教学中起到了很好的辅助作用。

Making model is an important method in teaching students in sophomore class how to design architecture，which can help students to design with solid concept. But there are some limitations in model making by hand. Sketchup is a drawing software which can get over some limitations in model making by hand, and brings to students some new methods to polish architecture plan, so it dose well in teaching of architecture designing.