Chaos Group releases V-Ray Next for SketchUp Update 2
Update adds hardware-accelerated rendering on Nvidia RTX GPUs, and improves material editing workflow.
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
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Friday, November 29th, 2019
Trimble ships SketchUp 2019.2
Architectural modelling software gets new line weight control for exported images, plus option to set up multiple measurement units.
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Trimble cans SketchUp Make, launches SketchUp Free
Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Trimble releases SketchUp Pro 2018
Architectural modeling tool gets new options for section cuts and BIM data, plus native STL export.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for SketchUp
Update adds new UI, new library of 200 physically based materials, V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.
Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Trimble ships SketchUp 2017
3D modelling software gets new graphics pipeline and Extension Manager. Pro users get tables in LayOut, plus better DWG export.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
my.SketchUp lets you use SketchUp in your web browser
Now in free public beta: Trimble's new online version of SketchUp even runs on Linux or Chrome OS.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
Trimble ships SketchUp 2016
Architectural modeling tool gets improved 3D drawing workflow, updated texture library. Pro users get new online collaboration system.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Trimble ships SketchUp 2015
Now fully 64-bit, and there's no longer any need to buy separate licences for Windows and Mac.
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Trimble ships SketchUp 2014
Better compatibility with BIM tools for Pro users; plus speed boosts and WebGL support in 3D Warehouse.
Friday, February 28th, 2014
Trimble ships SketchUp 2013
New branding, new library of pattern fills, new online Extension Warehouse - but too much else.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013