SketchUp 2026 is here! Here’s what’s coming: ✨ New Features &… — SketchUp & Plugin — TG.ME

📢 SketchUp 2026 is here!

Here’s what’s coming:

New Features & Improvements

Real-Time Collaboration — now you can share models via private invite or public link. Collaborators can navigate, measure, comment, and see updates live.
Better large model performance — enhanced speed and stability when working with heavy scenes.
Upgraded material system — PBR (physically based rendering) improvements, can invert roughness maps, and choose custom thumbnails for materials.
Ambient Occlusion tweaks — added distance multiplier and color controls.
Improved import/export & interoperability
  • DWG import/export now supports hatches and section planes.
  • IFC export is simplified, combining IFC 2x3 and 4 into one file type with more options.
LayOut enhancements — includes 4 new drafting tools: Trim, Extend, Fillet, Chamfer.
For Scan Essentials users — new tools:
  • Texture Projection: extract textures from scan data and apply to geometry
  • Surface Mesh: generate geometry from point clouds more easily
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