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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.

SketchUp Details
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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
Seller
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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5.0 out of 5
"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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"Very user friendly and very intuitive."
Very easy to navigate and you can build anything with simple lines and make it real with textures and materials. Supports rendering softwares such ...
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SketchUp Media

SketchUp Demo - Ambient Occulsion on iPad
Model on SketchUp's iPad app. Add visual emphasis and perceived depth at model edges with a global style setting called Ambient Occlusion.
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SketchUp Diffusion LABS, lets you harness the transformational power of AI within SketchUp to create rendered images in seconds.
SketchUp Demo - Diffusion
SketchUp Diffusion LABS, lets you harness the transformational power of AI within SketchUp to create rendered images in seconds.
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Use SketchUp's 2D documentation tool for visualizations and construction documents
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SketchUp Pros and Cons

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

I like that its universal for designers and fabricators and architects in my field. I like that it's simple and easy to use so that you can be complex with your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

I dislike how theres limitations or difficulties with more oranic modeling and its not really meant for modeling products or smaller items that aren't spaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Helps me mock up and plan spaces accurately to real life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

The view slicing plain feature and flat shots of them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

some of the features are buried in menus and are named oddly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

its usually a smoother running program and smaller file size than other programfiles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

I can use Sketchup without the hassles of the more industrial-use 3D modelling programs. With the help that is out there on Youtube and such, there's pretty much nothing I can't draw in Sketchup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

I don't love having to be signed in to use it. That is a hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use Sketchup to create scale 3D models that our drafting group uses to make fabrication drawings. Sketchup is great for this step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

User friendly and a plethora or resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

It is so powerful that there is a constant learning endeavor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Providing professional drawings to our customers, setting us apart from our competition Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

A very easy and user-friendly interface. Easy to learn and use. Can be self-taught, thus it is easy to explore new tools. Sketchup has good integration with many third-party softwares which makes it very efficient and productive, thus saving a lot of time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

One of the major setbacks of sketchup is its inability to run heavy files seamlessly. This in turn disrupts workflow. Frequent crashes and glitches within the software are two areas that need to be rectified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Helps me visualize 2D drawings in 3D which has been the most important attribute that takes it a level above AutoCAD. Sketchup is very versatile and its seamless integration with various third-party plugins has helped realize my design much better and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

SketchUp is incredibly user friendly, very easy to learn. Quick modeling with potential for great visualizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Sometimes it crashes if you get too complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

3D views are easy to obtain when orbiting the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

The 3D models making is lot more easier than any other softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

The software take much loading sometimes when models have smooth surfaces.

The realistic view like autocad 3d is not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It is very helpful tool for reviewing and visualising complex 3d objects.

It is helpful sometimes for finding quantity like volume parameters for any uneven and assymetrical objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Its plug ins. The ease of where you can link to Layout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Updates on the layers. I rather have the layers yhan the tags tab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

For clients to Visualze our deisgns in 3d Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

I like that it's easy to jump in and get started. The interface is streamlined and user friendly. The 3D warehouse makes previs faster. I also love that I can type in measurements and have lines and shapes form accurately based on those measurements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

I think it could be more robust. One complaint I have is it's not always clean to professionally format set designs in layout after transferring in the model from sketchup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I can easily adjust models according to my Art Directors notes. I have also created a mock-up for a client much faster using sketchup than I could have otherwise. It helps me create directors plans for film tech scouts. I have also used it to 3D print scale models for presentations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SketchUp?

Easy to use and integrates nicely with what I do on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SketchUp?

Probably some of the exportation features into certain formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It helps to quickly come up with a series of designs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.