Latest Software Release Provides Advanced Visualization and Interoperability Workflows, Enhancing How Designers Create, Ideate, Present and Share Design Ideas
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 26, 2025 -- Trimble® (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today new visualization and interoperability capabilities in its latest software release for SketchUp®. The 3D modeling software now provides designers with photorealistic materials and environment lighting options, along with smoother transitions between SketchUp and other industry tools. With enhanced visualization features and improved interoperability, the release helps designers create, manage and share complex projects more effectively, enabling them to do better work faster, with less effort and rework.
"SketchUp's 2025 release introduces a new generation of visualization," said Sandra Winstead, senior director of product management, architecture and design at Trimble. "These accessible yet powerful tools help designers visualize and understand their projects using more realistic materials, enabling them to make better informed material decisions and produce outstanding visuals — all without leaving SketchUp. In addition, designers can now more easily move in and out of SketchUp thanks to advanced interoperability updates with Revit and IFC files for streamlined design workflows, improved collaboration and greater accuracy in project execution."
The new visualization features enable designers to apply photorealistic materials, turn on environment lighting and see how they interact in real time without hitting a 'render' button or waiting to see changes. From whitebox massing studies and stylized images to photorealistic visuals, environment lighting conditions and new background imagery, the capabilities create a richer picture of a project's materiality. The latest visualization features include:
- Environments: 360-degree HDRI or EXR image files act as a light source, reflecting off photoreal materials.
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