Secure the win with SketchUp
Potential projects may be complex, but you don’t need complex design software to win new work. SketchUp’s simplicity helps you create data-enriched models quickly, meet BIM mandates confidently, and build trust with potential clients using immersive AR/VR.
How SketchUp helps with RFPs
Collecting information on new projects is hard and slow work. From quick conceptualization to detailed site planning, SketchUp empowers teams to create compelling proposals more easily.
Present concepts within accurate context from the start
Import location-specific site conditions for site studies and early conceptual design. Use Scan Essentials to import, view and interact with point cloud data in the SketchUp modeling environment.
Estimate directly from your model
More accurate modeling means more accurate estimating. Use SketchUp to guide the estimation process via basic area and volume calculations and quantity take-offs – while you visually validate proposed designs.
Show the reality of your design
Create realistic renderings. Place the building model in your specific site location. Study shadows, daylighting, sun exposure based on specific orientations, wind patterns and more.
Iterate with confidence
Model quickly to generate and test more iterations. Create multiple test-fitting options with ease, to overcome project and location constraints – and understand client likes and dislikes, what works and what doesn’t.
Who’s winning with SketchUp
Sometimes the best way to understand how something works is to see how it’s worked already. Check these customer case studies to find out more about SketchUp.
“SketchUp fits in nicely in the early stages and is instrumental when the schedule changes over the course of the project and we need to quickly update logistics visualizations.”
Alan Todd
Senior VDC Manager,
Barton Malow Company
“SketchUp is integral to fueling my creativity. I can generate conceptual work rapidly and get immediate input on my design to progress the work forward.”
Omar Calderon
Design Principal,
Perkins Eastman
“Now, our modeling efficiency saves us a full week and the speed of rendering our SketchUp models in Enscape saves us another week which we can dedicate to fine-tuning the actual design.”
Henning Hagen Kolås and Daniel Lund Godbolt
Lund+Slatto Architects
How SketchUp helps with bids
No matter how good your chemistry with a client is, if you can’t showcase your creativity, you won’t win the project. SketchUp helps you create and communicate a clear picture of your vision for the project, what the logistical hurdles are – why you’re the obvious choice.
Tell a clear story
Create coordination models in SketchUp to help understand and navigate the complexity of every phase of the project. Show construction sequencing and time using scenes or with extensions like Phases 4D.
Estimate with confidence
Use SketchUp to assign materials, and export component data seamlessly. Integrate with your estimating software for detailed cost analysis. Stay agile by keeping your model and estimates in sync.
Demonstrate constructability
Forget costly field mockups. Create virtual mockups in 3D to explore construction options more effectively. Produce multiple versions to evaluate material and assembly feasibility.
Design an effective construction site
Easily prepare site logistics plans to show delivery routes, storage, staging, and wash-out areas to reassure clients your teams will work safely and with maximum efficiency.
Who’s winning with SketchUp
Read about these customer journeys and find out more about using SketchUp for major projects.
“The 3D environment is great for understanding how the new building or space will look, function, and feel when the project is complete.”
Alan Todd (AIA, LEED BD+C)
Senior Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager,
Barton Malow Company
“The ability SketchUp gives us to pre-plan in great detail using construction tolerance modeling has helped us eliminate waste while increasing production, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.”
Renzo di Furia
VDC Manager,
Turner Construction Company
“I’m pleasantly surprised to find such excellent benefits, not only financially, but also sustainably, as digital models make it possible for Crosslam to work with very little paper.”
Jose Alberto
Crosslam Brasil
By the numbers
Numbers don’t lie. Take a look at the stats from real-world customers delivering real-world projects with SketchUp.
Time savings of over 35%
Using SketchUp and HOVER, KNA Architects cut the time spent on their 3D modeling process and field survey measurement.
5x faster design studies
Revolutionize the speed and simplicity of your creative process – accelerate design studies and iterate faster with SketchUp.
20x faster energy modeling
Architecture firm, JLG used Sefaira to cut setup time and establish Energy Use Intensity (EUI) targets from 100-200 hours to 2-8 hours.
80% faster
TGW’s senior applications engineer estimates they move from idea to working layout 80% faster using SketchUp.
Integrated applications to meet more needs
Whether inside the office or out in the field, these integrated apps can be used to create a customized toolkit to help you and your teams solve even the most complex problems.
Sefaira
See the impact of design decisions on building performance in minutes instead of weeks. Rapidly create annual energy and daylight simulations, powered by industry-accredited analysis engines. Make informed design decisions that prioritize sustainability measures to move projects forward with confidence.
3D Warehouse
Boost the realism and detail of your models by using 3D Warehouse to populate your design with real-world products and context. Save a ton of 3D modeling time – no need to model every object or detail yourself – and build alignment around your unique vision.
V-Ray
Help clients experience the true feeling and material detail of their finished space with V-Ray. Create photorealistic visualizations with powerful and versatile rendering tools. Render in real time, allowing stakeholders to see changes immediately and make informed decisions faster.
Explore SketchUp for your industry
Explore other use cases
Find out more about using SketchUp to design and iterate faster, work together better, and get to final build more quickly.
Ideas transformed into outcomes
Go faster from concept to conclusion, from big idea to build.
Efficient collaboration, in real-time
Work closer together with SketchUp. Create seamless team workflows for cross-discipline efficiency.
Delivery, on time and on budget
Handover seamlessly with SketchUp and deliver on all your promises.
