SketchUp’s interface has also been updated to display better on HiDPI monitors, while users with colour-impaired vision get the option to set custom colours for the software’s axes, ground and sky planes. More customisable, HiDPI-friendly interface The Offset tool also now automatically avoids creating overlapping or self-intersecting geometry. In terms of general workflow, the software’s inferencing engine, a key focus in SketchUp 2016, has been further improved, including a new option to snap perpendicular to a selected face when modelling.

Trimble doesn’t quantify the performance improvement from the new pipeline, but notes that “while you should see some … boosts now, the real benefits will be seen through many future versions” of the software.ĭisplay of transparent surfaces has also been improved, particularly when displaying multiple overlapping transparent objects and their opacity can now be adjusted in X-ray mode.

Notably, SketchUp now uses the same core rendering algorithms as LayOut and Trimble’s online services, including the new my.SketchUp platform, meaning that assets should display consistently in each. According to Trimble, the software’s newly rewritten graphics pipeline promises “performance improvements everywhere you see a. The biggest change in SketchUp 2017 is under the hood. New graphics pipeline now renders models consistently between web and desktop Users of the paid-for Pro version of the software also get new tables functionality within its LayOut toolset, plus improved export of LayOut data in DWG and DXF files. Trimble has released SketchUp 2017, the latest version of its architectural modelling software, overhauling its core graphics pipeline, further updating its inference engine, and adding a new Extension Manager.

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