In our latest tool talk, we look at the SKEMA for Sketchup integration, which changes workflows and enables machine learning for planning and sketchup for massage studies.
The SKEMA based in Boston presented its new Skema expansion for sketchup on the Trimble Dimension user user user Conference in Las Vegas at the end of autumn. The new ability serves as a bridge between the conceptual design world of Sketchup and the world of design development and construction drawings of Revit.
No code solution
The relatively new solution enables architects and designers to start massaging studies in Sketchup and then bring this work to Skema for more advanced planning, or what is known in Skema Lingo as a “block-and-stack” planning. As soon as this design is complete, you can return your designs for sketchup to explore facade design, mass station adjustments, energy and daylight studies (some of these developing tools from third-party providers) and the rendering of the countless rendering plugins for sketchups.
Richard Harpham, co -founder of Skema, noticed:
We are working on closing the gap between Sketchup and the existing BIM workflows of a company within Revit. The new SKEMA for Sketchup expansion enables architects to convert their initial design concepts into precise, data-rich BIM models faster-to reduce data loss and coding.
With SKEMA, of which Archosh, which has last written here, users can use their own design IP (intellectual property) and enable machine-machine-machine algorithms (machine learning) from SKEMA to quickly have different practical plan options for checking an architect to generate. SKEMA already supports two ways to push virtual building models with Skema-produced BIM tool revit. With this new Sketchup integration, there is now essentially a new connection between Sketchup and Revit – one that has never existed.
Trimble applauded
The achievement of this technical offer and milestone was not lost in AEC/O software giant trim. SKEMA applied for the 0-60 sketchup challenge from Trimble Ventures and won a top position in this competition for startups.
SKEMA to Sketchup Integration is a big win for SKEMA users who also use Sketchup together with Revit for BIM.
This opportunity enables SKEMA and its solutions with a company that has most software licenses from everyone for a 3D modeling solution to achieve first -class awareness on a global stage. As SKEMA drove through the 12-week incubator and also achieved numerous lessons, findings and new focus of business.
The SKEMA is enthusiastic about a new “co -opetition” tibis and is now thrilled to solve a problem that the AEC/O community had forever: a solid sketchup to integrated workflow at Revit.
You can find more information here on this page and watch the video: https://www.skema.ai/skema-for-sketchup
Archosh analysis and comment
The prescribed workflow can start with the sketchup for “massage studies” does not have to. You could start your design process in SKEMA directly, especially if it is about existing SKEMA users. The use of your own “biggest hits” as Marty Rozmanith, co -founder of Skema, has referred to the previous and proven designs of an architectural company, is one way to start the design process.
What was missing and a lot more development work from Skemas would have brought with it would be the explicit modeling support from SKEMA. The great criticism of BIM tools was often inaccessible, simple conceptual modeling. Hence the phenomenal growth and the continued hug of trimbles sketchup. And Sketchup – as we have found in our last reporting on the AIA conference – grows in an exciting new way and no longer the continued tool that attracts too little attention.
That is why the architect begins in Skema and presses sketchup to carry out more direct modeling and design exploration. The fact that you can return this to Route Revit on SKEMA. Or you can push for IFC to enter other BIM solutions.
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If you read our report about which trends the Nemetschek group sees in 2025, you will surely find the “interoperability” as one of them. “Interop” quickly becomes a new superpower, since the AEC/O industry continues to the cloud, watching a new basis for new BIM 2.0 -A -AUPORTS, winning new customers and tackling a number of problems that BIM 1.0 -To -solutions could not achieve. Therefore, the “co-opetitioning term” (COOPETITION) used by Skema in his latest blog posts about this new sketchup for Skema integration may be due to the use of this word by Archosh in our perspectives to Archosh Aia 2024 Best of Show honors The digital tools that we were for “Best of Show” at the AIA 2024 in Washington, DC, are treated last year. In this sense, it will be interesting to see whether SKEMA is taking a bigger step, accepting other BIM tools directly or whether the Nemetschek group hugged it first?