
The arrival of SketchUp on the iPad has ushered in a new era of design and manufacturing collaboration. The application supports Apple Pencil, multi-touch gestures and mouse and keyboard, providing maximum mobility while maintaining compatibility with additional accessories for those who use them.

SketchUp files sync seamlessly across devices with the help of Trimble Connect, allowing users to start a project on an iPad and take it back on the web, desktop, or even a mobile device. Today, our work needs to be easily transportable, and with SketchUp for iPad, it is.” The past few years have brought a whole new approach to the way we work, expanding our ability to work outside the office. “I enjoy the mobile aspect of SketchUp for iPad because I can take my design work anywhere. “It’s liberating,” said Omar Calderón Santiago, design principal at global design firm Perkins Eastman. The latest version of SketchUp was explicitly designed with the iPad’s touchscreen in mind, creating an intuitive user interface and tools that take advantage of this highly portable and powerful hardware. With SketchUp for iPad, designers can bring their 3D models from cars to remote workspaces and construction sites.Īrchitects and designers are increasingly collaborating in 3D in multiple places in any given week, and SketchUp for iPad fits seamlessly into this way of working.

This is a transformative moment for one of the most popular software in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. Trimble for Architects has taken a huge leap forward in mobile technology with SketchUp for the iPad.
