Instead of documenting existing conditions with pen and paper, users can draw in 3D straight from their iPad and leave the site with an accurate 3D model. To augment 2D plans, design professionals can bring 3D models to the job site and get all stakeholders on the same page. With SketchUp for iPad, users are able to:Ĭommunicate more effectively with contractors. SketchUp’s Beta testers quickly applied the app to their professional projects and found immediate efficiency gains. The SketchUp team collected feedback from thousands of users – inadvertently launching the largest Beta program in SketchUp history – and finetuned the app to meet the rigorous and nuanced needs of AEC professionals. If you build it (with customers), they will comeĪlthough SketchUp for iPad was commercially released in late April, the app was launched to a Beta group over a year ago. With a simple UI, intuitive drawing tools, and a direct integration with the cloud collaboration platform, Trimble Connect, SketchUp for iPad empowers designers to work in 3D anywhere. SketchUp, one of the most popular 3D modelers in the world, set out to meet this “new normal” for designers by launching a new mobile app: SketchUp for iPad. Whether meeting with a client over Zoom, visiting a job site, or sketching on the train, design professionals aren’t tethered to their desks– and neither should their 3D tools. More information: 3Don ARchitecture When visiting a potential building site, 3Don ARchitecture shows the SketchUp model as it would appear in situ.Now, more than ever, architects are working outside the office. On Site mode allows the model to be viewed through the viewfinder when at the potential building site.Walk mode uses the iPhone or iPad’s gyroscopic ability to explore the model by using the device as a viewer: tip up and view the gutter, tip down and view the floor.Create a photo montage by merging the building model with location photographs take a screenshot to save.Preview mode allows the user to view the model, using touch commands to move and rotate.Works with KMZ format files (primarily used by Google SketchUp and Google Earth).
The developer’s website makes it clear there is an annual fee for using real models, but it is not mentioned in the iTunes description. The app is 3Don ARchitecture from 3Don the free version is available on for download on iTunes. Using GPS and the device camera, it is possible to physically visit a potential building site and see the model in location on the screen, and to save the combined images for further use. (Source: 3Don)Ī new viewer app for iPhone and iPad can take Google SketchUp building models and display them in situ. The free version of 3Don ARchitecture allows use of a sample model it is $15 per year to use your own data.
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