SketchUp 2023 for the desktop gains a much better new Flip tool.

Or architects may need to push Revit models to SketchUp for general contractors who use SketchUp for various needs, including modeling for construction planning workflows. Architects may be working with a visualization agency that uses SketchUp as its flexible scene creation environment. Why Move Revit Models to SketchUp?Ī big reason why users may want to move a BIM Revit file to SketchUp includes the prevalence of SketchUp files used by others in the AEC/O industry. This drastically saves time in model clean-up and model organization over previous methods. Revit families and layers translate to groups, components, and tags in SketchUp. Revit material colors and transparencies are maintained.

Model structures in the Revit file are preserved. While workarounds have existed for some time to get Revit models into SketchUp for a host of reasons, Trimble’s new Revit Importer brings in the BIM models with a cleaner conversion that keeps the resultant larger SketchUp file smaller than past methods, with a host of other benefits.įor example, Revit levels translate to SketchUp section planes.

The new feature is exclusive to its Studio subscription license. Trimble has announced that SketchUp now allows a new direct import of Revit files with enhanced interoperability.

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