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  • Trimble Education and Outreach team educates Alaskan students on construction technology

    Trimble Education and Outreach team educates Alaskan students on construction technology

    The Trimble Education and Outreach team collaborated with Alaskan authorities to educate Alaskan students on construction technologies. Learn about the great work in the video. The Trimble...

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  • Laura Rocha’s BIM Journey with SketchUp

    Laura Rocha’s BIM Journey with SketchUp

    Laura Rocha, a renowned architect from São Paulo and founder of Laura Rocha Aquitetura and Interiores, shares her SketchUp journey from her early college days teaching 3D modeling to fully...

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  • SketchUp: The future is yours to build

    SketchUp: The future is yours to build

    How do you want the future to look? Designers want to inspire other creatives and communities with their work, but they often lack the tools to communicate and refine their vision. With...

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  • Say hello to monthly Go subscriptions

    Say hello to monthly Go subscriptions

    We’re all about giving you more flexibility so you can make SketchUp work for your workflow – not the other way around. With a monthly Go subscription, you can create wherever you want and pay...

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  • Creating Community: Inside a Vancouver Firm's Placemaking Process

    Creating Community: Inside a Vancouver Firm's Placemaking Process

    We visited DA Architects + Planners in Vancouver, BC, for an inside look at their process. Seylynn Village is a development on Vancouver's North Shore consisting of four buildings; three...

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  • Six tips to maximize the Revit Importer

    Six tips to maximize the Revit Importer

    SketchUp’s much-anticipated, native Revit Importer headlined our 2023 Studio update. Now that you’ve had some time to test it out, use these six tips to step up your Revit to SketchUp workflow and...

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  • [Webinar] Top 10 features you may have missed in SketchUp

    [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.  Tune into this live recording with Senior Product Marketing Manager Sumele...

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  • SketchUp for iPad: a powerful tool for residential design

    SketchUp for iPad: a powerful tool for residential design

    Rancagua, Chile Architect Alberto Beitia shares how he models on iPad to quickly visualize and communicate design intent for residential projects. Model of Casa Boyeruca in SketchUp and a...

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  • Customer interview: Telling stories with SketchUp

    Customer interview: Telling stories with SketchUp

    Watch an interview with James Akers, a longtime architectural design and visualization consultant, who uses SketchUp to tell stories.  From napkin sketch to ribbon cutting, SketchUp’s...

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  • From student to staff architect: SketchUp in the professional’s toolkit

    From student to staff architect: SketchUp in the professional’s toolkit

    Alaska, United States Architect Jack Danberg learned SketchUp in university and immediately adopted it as a critical piece of his creative workflow. We find out how he mastered SketchUp and why...

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  • Visualize and build automated warehouse systems with SketchUp

    Visualize and build automated warehouse systems with SketchUp

    Austria Senior Applications Engineer, William Arkle, shares how his company TGW, an international provider of warehouse automation solutions, uses SketchUp to reduce their time from idea to...

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  • How a Marvel and Disney art director streamlines set production with SketchUp

    How a Marvel and Disney art director streamlines set production with SketchUp

    London, United Kingdom Renowned UK-based art director Luke Whitelock shares how workflows typically employed by architects help him create movie sets for some of the biggest studios in the film...

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  • Customer interview: Working with nature using SketchUp

    Customer interview: Working with nature using SketchUp

    Watch an interview with Landscape Architect Anders Hus Folkdal, who uses SketchUp to design sustainable environments.  “Why buy SketchUp? It is the best program for landscape architects. We...

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  • Three ways to use SketchUp for rooftop amenity design

    Three ways to use SketchUp for rooftop amenity design

    Salt Lake City, Utah Nate Jaramillo from Loft Six Four shows us how to communicate the value of rooftop amenities to clients and the top ways to design for these specialized spaces. Improved...

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  • Customer interview: Consolidate construction models with SketchUp

    Customer interview: Consolidate construction models with SketchUp

    Watch an interview with VDC Professional Renzo di Furia, where he discusses consolidating construction models with SketchUp. Reduce rework and coordinate with teams during construction more...

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  • Customer interview: Thinking outside the box with SketchUp

    Customer interview: Thinking outside the box with SketchUp

    Watch an interview with Interior Designer Kamila Lopes, who uses SketchUp to get creative and collaborate with clients.  Create floor plans, visualize rooms in 3D, and pick custom textures for...

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  • Revit importer delivers flexible workflows in SketchUp

    Revit importer delivers flexible workflows in SketchUp

    SketchUp unveils native interoperability and removes barriers to creative exploration in 2023 with the Revit Importer for Studio and elevated modeling tools in SketchUp for...

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  • SketchUp 2023’s renaissance duo — meet Heather and Lily

    SketchUp 2023’s renaissance duo — meet Heather and Lily

    Meet SketchUp for Desktop’s new scale figures, Heather and her fierce but sweet cat, Lily. From urban homesteading to ice climbing to coding as a Senior Software Engineer here at SketchUp, Heather...

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  • More control, more options, more tools on iPad

    More control, more options, more tools on iPad

    New updates in SketchUp for iPad give you more control over groups & components, more import and export options, more ways to customize your interface & toolbars, and more tools to streamline your...

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  • Customer interview: Fuel your creativity with SketchUp

    Customer interview: Fuel your creativity with SketchUp

    Watch an interview with Design Principal Omar Calderon, who uses SketchUp as his go-to tool for creating concepts.  “SketchUp is integral to fueling my creativity. I can generate conceptual...

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