SketchUp at glance
Intuitive and simple way to draw accurately in 3D to produce detailed, professional grade models and documents.
Easily import and export IFC files, export customizable reports for material and cost estimates in just a few clicks!
With SketchUp, capture and communicate your intent by creating accurate constructible models.
Choose preferred 2D views from your 3D models. Generate coloured drawings for contractors to understand easily and black/white drawings for document submissions. Pull out dimensions quickly using the LayOut tool.
Adding your personal style is an important part of presenting your design to a client. Style builder allows you to create customized line styles using imported digital or hand-drawn strokes.
Direct modeling
Draw and snap directly onto your point cloud using SketchUp’s native toolbox and accurately translate your point cloud into a 3D model. Lock onto a single plane for added modeling precision.
More feature SketchUppers will enjoy
PreDesign, a climate research tool NEW!
Churn out climate analysis in seconds, generate pre-calculated glazing ratio strategy, shortlist the best shading and top lighting strategies and see quickly how to optimize the use of outside space.
Navigate and view SketchUp projects on desktops, regardless whether a user has SketchUp Pro or not. Perfect for contractors, customers and other stakeholders in your project! Simply download the Desktop Viewer app.
Navigate and present your own SketchUp projects on Android and iOS phones and tablets using SketchUp Viewer.
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Easily review and remaining seats of your account and assign license to your team.
Easily add, remove, or change seat to a different plan.
No worries about your files being too large with unlimited storage. Easily share files with your assigned team members.
Easily track changes to your files.
Bring together 3D models of different formats: IFC, RVT, SKP, DWG, DXF, DGN, IGES in one single view.
Check for structural conflict within a 3D model. Clash reports provide detailed views of the clashes in the 3D model, showing a clearance as a positive measurement and a clash as a negative measurement.
Define user groups, configure access permissions for team members and monitor project costs and maintenance requirements.
Add To Do tasks for collaborators, facilitate communications and stay on top of project status by using view or add comments feature.
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- Robust desktop 3D modeler2D
- Design Documentation
- Quick insights for design research NEW
- Experience Reality (XR) Headset Viewing
- Access to plugins for extending SketchUp Pro Desktop functionality
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- Robust desktop 3D modeler2D
- Design Documentation
- Quick insights for design research NEW
- Experience Reality (XR) Headset Viewing
- Access to plugins for extending SketchUp Pro Desktop functionality
- Render your design in real-time
- Photorealistic
- Point cloud import
- Point cloud data viewing
Universities
Named user subscription seats to be assigned to individual student and teacher laptops, for use on and off school network.
(Minimum 10 seats)
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- Automate calculation of project costs to come up with “Good, Better, Best” options quickly.
- Automate creation of 2D drawings with your 3D model.
- Foresee construction issues while reviewing animations that divide construction into phases.
- Eliminate construction wastage by making construction phases easier to understand through 3D videos and coloured 2D drawings with textures.
