SketchUp Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it as a design tool to study different massing, skin and materials on buildings. It allows us to also model context of buildings and through Enscape, get renderings for clients. This allows us to pick the best design options and come up with solutions before putting our final design into Revit for documentation.

Likelihood to Recommend

SketchUp is great for individually studying options for building design. It is an awesome conceptual tool to be able to quickly model and manipulate a building to study different designs. It is not good for complex geometries, especially curves. Surfaces have a hard time registering and cutting into one another. It also eventually needs to go into Revit to be more realistic as it is not good as a documentation tool.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using SketchUp for architectural building modeling for about 6 years. and There is no direct command for copy paste and this is a big problem. To copy, it is necessary to hold down ctrl after the move command. copy should be a stand-alone command. Working with the move command is a waste of time.

Likelihood to Recommend

SketchUp is available in all areas associated with the design. In addition, thanks to its simple and plain interface, it can be a tool to support experimental learning for children.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use SketchUp for early design-phase work. It is much easier to creatively model in 3-D than other BIM software, especially when the design is frequently being changed. I also use SketchUp to create phasing diagrams, master plans, and renders. I really enjoy linking SketchUp to Enscape to really make the model come to life.

Likelihood to Recommend

SketchUp is very well suited for rendering, diagramming, iterative design, fly-throughs, and phasing. It is a great tool for students and senior designers alike, and eases employees into more complex BIM software.

SketchUp is not great at construction documents, or anything that requires the Layout program; this is a headache.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SketchUp is our go to 3D modeling software to quickly visualize a space and share it with clients. On multiple occasions we have used it's large web based library to find objects that we integrate into our models and then export into rendering software to provide a polished 3D visual for our clients. The super intuitive nature makes it easy for anyone to 3D model, and I prefer it over our other 3D modeling programs with use.

Likelihood to Recommend

SketchUp itself does not always produced highly polished renderings of 3D models, but it really does not need to. It can quickly create models for us, which is typically more important since it saves time and money. When we want a highly polished image, since SketchUp is so widely used, it can export natively to most other platforms (I.E. Twinmotion, ArchiCad, etc...)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SketchUp two ways. The first is as a layout tool for planning video production on location and stages (ie, mapping sets, camera movement, etc.). We also use it to mock up installations for clients' approval prior to building them (for conferences, conventions, etc.).

Likelihood to Recommend

At our company, we often need to make "down and dirty" plans for video shoots (normally corporate promotional and marketing films). These plans are intended for internal use: making sure our production team has a clear vision for what they need to accomplish in the limited time we have available. So they don't need to be fancy, they just need to be clear and easy to generate. SketchUp is great for this. It's easy to quickly mark out rough floorplans of the stages and locations where we shoot, then diagram camera placement and movements.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use SketchUp to provide sketches, layouts, elevations, and renderings for my interior design clients.

Likelihood to Recommend

Quick renderings in 3D of kitchens and bathrooms are great and fast. For 2D layouts, something like AutoCAD is more appropriate.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SketchUp for quick iterations and design studies. Particularly conceptual level things. I think a lot of people in the design field have used SketchUp in school or at other places so it is important to have it in the firm if designers have a desire to use it.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think SketchUp is really well suited for nimble design iteration and visualization. you can crank out some massing studies and make sweet-looking diagrams to explain broad concepts. where it falls short is when you want to get a more precise design going and leverage that geometry into Revit.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm a designer for my organization and use SketchUp to design the work for different use cases on 3D software and interior design.

Likelihood to Recommend

I've specifically used SketchUp for architecture projects, interior design projects, and renderings. It's incredibly well suited for these projects specifically with its seamless plugins and ability to learn how to use them.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sketchup is my go-to program for 3D modeling of interior architecture.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for 3D modeling, and super fast and easy. I have always had to transfer the information to CAD later on in order to move forward with CDS.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Real Estate is very competitive right now. Getting a seller's attention is hard. We use Sketchup to differentiate ourselves from the pack of real estate professionals by allowing the seller to visualize how the home will be staged or marketed differently. It takes the "picture is worth 1000 words" concept and puts it in 3D.

Likelihood to Recommend

Real estate is not really the most likely use for Sketchup, since it has so many choices and possibilities. But, it is an innovative way to differentiate yourself from the competition. The program is very well-suited to the myopic seller or buyer who can't visualize future changes and their effect on value.