2024: a year-in-review with SketchUp
From exciting product releases to our new creative community and 3D Basecamp, check out a summary of all the fantastic things SketchUp got up to in 2024.
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Modernizing structural engineering: improved workflows with SketchUp
Revolutionize your structural engineering workflow and cut hours off your modeling process timeline with these tips and tools from Zachary Engineering.
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Spur productivity by combining SketchUp workflows with Trimble technology
Break down project team silos with easy ways to connect SketchUp with Trimble technology: Tekla for structural engineering, Site Vision for construction, and Trimble Business Center for surveying.
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Exploring timber’s possibilities for a new era of sustainable construction
Andreas Lebisch, architect and sustainable construction business developer, uses timber for the sustainable construction of his country home, Villa Skäret, featured on Grand Designs Sverige.
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Simplify your next project with a 4-step BIM workflow
BIM workflows don’t have to be overwhelming. We talked to SketchUp’s construction software workflow expert, Stephane Desmulie, to walk through an easy BIM workflow powered by connected technologies.
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Inside the complex construction of Seattle's new aquarium
This time on Built in SketchUp, Aaron visits Turner Construction to tour their Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion project. https://www.seattleaquarium.org/explore-the-aquarium/campus/ocean-pavilion/ Wa
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Scion Innovation Hub: The design thinking behind the world's best timber building
The best in sustainable building design and how to use woodworking systems to build an all-wood structure — here's what went into creating the world-renowned Scion Innovation Hub.
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Why use a Common Data Environment?
A Common Data Environment (CDE) allows architecture, engineering, and construction teams (AEC) to get centralized access to all data related to one construction project.
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[Webinar] Top 10 features you may have missed in SketchUp
Watch the live recording for a look at our top ten new and not-so-new features you may be missing out on in SketchUp.
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A life-cycle BIM workflow reduced the Chengdu Hotel’s construction time by 50%
Breaking through preconceived time expectations, the interior design team for the Chengdu Dong’an Lake Kapok Hotel combined Trimble tech and SketchUp to reduce construction time by nearly 50%.
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Greening LA: A ‘green workforce’ collaboration builds in the metaverse and real life
Collaborate, design, scale, and repeat! The Greening LA project brings together community colleges, universities, municipalities, and designers on a series of urban ecological pursuits to beautify LA.
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Is your cost estimator using SketchUp? They should be
Does your cost estimator know SketchUp? They should, says Russ Thames, a (project) estimator at a high-end residential construction company.
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Interoperability unpacked: Three tips for an efficient SketchUp and Revit workflow
SketchUp models can transition to or from Revit projects and each project's best method depends on your deliverables and goals. Here’s how to move from SketchUp to Revit and back again.
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3D Warehouse AR View: See your models in a whole new dimension
We’re excited to announce augmented reality (AR) viewing — via a QR code — for 3D Warehouse. Upload a model to SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse and share it in a new dimension with anyone.
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SketchUp for iPad: Capture your creativity on the go
We can officially answer the call; SketchUp for iPad is here to help you capture design inspiration whenever it strikes!
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[Webinar] Designing Highly-Sustainable Buildings
Join Architect at JLG Architects, Dane Andersen, and in-house performance design expert Niraj Poudel (Ph.D.) in our on-demand webinar about designing highly-sustainable buildings.
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[Testimonial] See why firms choose SketchUp
See why firms choose SketchUp for their entire design process including construction documentation.
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Cross Trimble technologies to improve virtual construction workflows
Fredrik Bergström, CEO of FMT AB, exclusively works across Trimble software to make FMT AB an estimated 30% more efficient than his big-business competitors.
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Five Key Factors for Calculating Design Technology ROI
Read on for five factors to consider when assessing, adding to, and optimizing your design technology.
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Revolutionizing the civil construction industry with Brasil ao Cubo and Trimble technology
We sit down with Cáudia Mateus, Co-Founder and Architecture Manager, and Matheus Dubkowski, Architect, to talk about SketchUp’s role in all of their projects.
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