BenchUp 0.6.6 — BenchUp, workshop labels, and faster modeling

2026-11-08

Meet BenchUp

KetchUp is now BenchUp, with updated branding and .bup project files. Existing projects, saved data, preferences, and desktop updates remain compatible.
Explore the refreshed website and woodworking documentation for joinery, grain orientation, materials, cutting plans, and estimates.

Set wood grain direction with a snapped two-point gesture and axis locks. Grain orientation stays with parts and linked components, with optional surface and end-grain guides at consistent physical spacing.
Export printable A4 workshop labels from Tools, with one label per physical piece, cutting-plan marks, and finished dimensions.
Include whole-project joinery in sidebar and PDF time estimates, with adjustable, remembered time allowances for each joint type.
Find the joint creation action under the clearer Create joinery label.

Walk through models at eye level with body collisions, steps, slopes, crouching, jumping, and sitting. Adjust person dimensions, walking speed, and look sensitivity with remembered settings.
Toggle Push/Pull new-face mode with Ctrl to keep the starting face and create a new cap and walls. The mode is remembered across reloads and restarts.
Choose Settings → Tools → Automatically group new shapes to enable automatic grouping. New installations leave it off, and the preference is saved immediately.
Import small and warped SketchUp faces more reliably while preserving holes, colors, groups, and positions.
Recognize Move, Push/Pull, and Rotate more easily with clearer toolbar arrows.

Improve large-model responsiveness with retained GPU geometry and shadows, faster selection overlays, indexed picking and snapping, and background selection measurements on desktop and in the browser.
Speed up edits inside groups, connected drawing, erasing, undo and redo, and inspector and Outliner updates.
Save compressed project files while continuing to open legacy uncompressed files with undo history intact. Autosave records incremental edit checkpoints to reduce work after each change.