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SketchUp Overview

What is SketchUp?

SketchUp helps architects and designers turn their ideas into reality with simple, powerful 3D modeling software. Whether your design is massive or miniature, we'll be with you every step of the way. Sketch it, share your vision, refine concepts, and bring them into the real world. Owned by Trimble Inc., an entrepreneurial company focused on leveraging technology to change how the world works, SketchUp is intuitive and interoperable. From the ability to create stunning renderings, to powerful sharing and presentation tools, it's easy to see why professionals trust SketchUp to build their ideas.

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Product Description

SketchUp is intuitive, powerful 3D modeling software built for professionals and creatives of all kinds.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

A leader in architecture software based on independent ratings from thousands of architects, SketchUp leads the pack with the highest satisfaction score according to G2’s Report for Architecture.

97% of users rated it 4 or 5 stars
85% of users believe it is headed in the right direction
91% of users are likely to recommend SketchUp

Explore everything SketchUp has to offer:

SketchUp Pro: Full-featured desktop modeler
Extension Warehouse: Library of custom third-party extensions
Sefaira: Early-stage analysis for better building performance
PreDesign: Weave in contextual insights from project start
LayOut: Take your 3D model into 2D space
Add Location: Aerial imagery, precise shadows, and 3D terrain
V-Ray®: Photorealistic and real-time rendering
Scan Essentials: Turn point cloud data into accurate 3D models
SketchUp Viewer: View models from anywhere in the world
3D Warehouse: Share or find models and inspiration
Trimble Connect: View, share, and access project information


Seller Details
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Trimble
Year Founded
1978
HQ Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Twitter
@TrimbleCorpNews
11,581 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
9,167 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$3,147
Description

Trimble develops positioning technology solutions for surveying, construction, agriculture, public safety and mapping purposes.


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"Fantastic Program"
Amazing ability to quickly generate a 3D model
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"Sketchup rules!"
It's great for visualization of ideas to seel to clients.
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SketchUp Pros and Cons

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Serdar O.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

It is very protaic to use and there are a lot of ready-made models in the warehouse. anyone can easily make modelling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

as updates come in, it starts to demand more and more hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

ı just know basic design procedures of my work. ı have to show them to customers as a 3D model. this one saves me about this problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

I like SketchUp's ease of use and intuitiveness. I also like it focus on graphic quality. I appreciate how well it works with Layout. I think that for small to medium-sized projects ist SU is a good tool. I'm not sure it has the sophisitcation to document a large project fully. I do wish a tool as intuitive with the ease of use SU existed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Still not sure the conversion and importation of DWG/DXF files are as efficient as it could be. I've always felt it a little inefficient to clean up line work when importing and exporting these files. I also wonder if a line weight feature within SU would be a good thing.I wish there were a way to x-ref in DWG and DXF files, similar to the way SU and LO work together. Model sizes when drawing something complex is still a problem as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use the application to design and document small to medium-sized projects for my architecture office. SU has become a productive tool to use in my office and an invaluable way to produce professional-quality documents. SketchUp also creates efficiencies within my work flow because it allows me to produce multiple drawings at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael D.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Keyboard shortcuts, access to components in the 3D warehouse, exporting to JPEG images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Hasn’t been working with the HDMI port on my desktop docking station. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Giving customers an idea of their planned projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Colin M.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

My favorite thing about Sketchup is the ease of use and intuitive commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

I don't have a dislike of Sketchup, it is perfect for my use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Clients inabilty to visualize a design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

The ability to create detailed custom spaces with actual materials and products I have selected while also going from plan to elevation to perspective all in one file is so easy. There are tons of videos available to learn the program quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

There are a lot of extensions and its hard to distinguish which ones are the best for what I need so It takes more additional research to find out what others in my field are using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sketchup has reduced my design time since I no longer have to use two separate programs to create my designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike M.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Ease of use and speed for creating 3D concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Some compatibility issues with other programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rich warehouse of components necessary for light rendering and space planning. Realistic visualization of concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom S.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

It allows me to design interiors, furniture and architecture as I would build. It allows me to direct fabricators to execute exactly as I want it. There is a broad community of users that are a boon to finding solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

It's a work in progress, I find if I have a problem I can find a solution. Most all of their upgrades expidite the process. I must admit that most all my complaints get addressed eventually or I find easy work arounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allows my clients to take design risks they wouldn't normally do. Allows presentations that solves the " it looks like this, from this viewpoint" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heidi P.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Sketchup has been easy to learn and use. There are lots of features to support you and many of the questions I run into are answered by googling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

I wish that layout was better integrated with sketchup. I find that i have to go back and forth between the two programs several times to tweak my documents and each time I have to save sketchup then request the latest version in document set up within layout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can create professional plans that are to scale for my clients and contractors to be able to make my design vision a reality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Sketchup has an exceptionally well designed user interface that is inherently intuitive. The ultimate functionality of the application is expandable around a small set of core functions; so, the user can customize the experience to minimize the clutter of functions that are unneeded. Sketchup is the best example of the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle applied well to a piece of software that I have ever experienced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Sketchup's sister program, Layout, has serious speed issues and is inconsistent with Sketchup's terminology and sequencing of selections and settings. Someone really needs to sit down and overhall the whole thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sketchup is so quick and easy to use to explore design ideas, I am able to design, revise and refine designs on the fly in front of clients. It is almost as easy as hand sketching, but much more meaningful to clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mandilee N.
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What do you like best about SketchUp?

User-friendly, intuituve. Well-priced. Excellent design tool. Refines/ articulates our three-dimensional thinking as architects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

No dislikes observed. Perhaps the way tools shift around between versions can be a little irritating, but it's all for improvement of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SketchUp solving and how is that benefiting you?

I started using Skethup in 2006. What was interesting is the way it helped refine my 3-D thinking and my hand sketching skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.