Landscape & Urban Design Issue 29 2018 | Page 2

SketchUp 2018 is here! here! SketchUp 2018 2018 SketchUp is is here! Deliver work you're you're proud proud of Deliver work Deliver work you're proud of of Smarter Sections Smarter Sections Smarter Sections Make Better Drawings Make Better Drawings Make Better Drawings Section planes now have names and symbols, Section planes now have names and symbols, Section planes now have names and symbols, making them easy to find and organise. Filled making them easy find and organise. Filled making them easy to to find and organise. Filled section cuts are now baked into SketchUp Pro! section cuts are now baked into SketchUp Pro! section cuts are now baked into SketchUp Pro! There is also improved performance for There is also improved performance There is also improved performance for for models that use section planes to hide a large models that use section planes hide a large models that use section planes to to hide a large amount of geometry. The more geometry you amount geometry. The more geometry you amount of of geometry. The more geometry you section off, the more you'll benefit! section more you'll benefit! section off, off, the the more you'll benefit! Need to add linework that's not in your model? Create Need add linework that's your model? Create Need to to add linework that's not not in in your model? Create a a scaled drawing in LayOut and sketch over a 3D model scaled drawing LayOut and sketch over a 3D model scaled drawing in in LayOut and sketch over a 3D model to flesh out your project, or draw from details to scale flesh your project, draw from details scale to to flesh out out your project, or or draw from details to to scale directly in LayOut. With inferencing, chamfering and directly in LayOut. With inferencing, chamfering and directly in LayOut. With inferencing, chamfering and filleting, arcs, offset arrays and selections; LayOut is filleting, arcs, offset arrays and selections; LayOut filleting, arcs, offset arrays and selections; LayOut is is even better at everything you need to draw details or even better everything you need draw details even better at at everything you need to to draw details or or create beautiful illustrations at scale. create beautiful illustrations scale. create beautiful illustrations at at scale. There’s more! more! There’s There’s more! • Import DWG files into LayOut • Import DWG files into LayOut • Import DWG files into LayOut • Multi Viewport Dimensioning • Multi Viewport Dimensioning • Multi Viewport Dimensioning Got Got BIM? BIM? BIM? Got We’ve introduced Advanced Attribute fields fo We’ve introduced Advanced Attribute fields We’ve introduced Advanced Attribute fields for for a component's Price, Size, URL, Type Statu component's Price, Price, Size, Size, URL, URL, Type Type Status Status a a component's and Owner. Generate Report now and Owner. Generate Report now and Owner. Generate Report now aggregates component data so you can do aggregates component data data so so you you can can do do aggregates component things like configure reports to sum parts things like like configure reports sum parts things configure reports to to sum parts and quantities and cutlists, or create and quantities and cutlists, cutlists, or or create create and quantities and detailed estimates by adding up prices by detailed estimates estimates by by adding prices detailed adding up up prices by by layer. layer. layer. You can rely on IFC in SketchUp to transfer You can rely SketchUp transfer You can rely on on IFC IFC in in SketchUp to to transfer the attributes you assign and manipulate attributes you assign assign and and manipulate manipulate the the attributes you in projects, allowing for information to projects, allowing allowing for for information information to to in in projects, move freely between SketchUp and move freely between between SketchUp SketchUp and and move freely other applications. other applications. other applications. • Native support for importing and exporting STL files • Native support importing and exporting files • Native support for for importing and exporting STL STL files • Improvement to Outliner's overall load performance • Improvement Outliner's overall load performance • Improvement to to Outliner's overall load performance Contact Elmtec, SketchUp’s Contact Elmtec, SketchUp’s Contact Elmtec, SketchUp’s distribution partner in the UK distribution partner in the distribution partner in the UK UK E: [email protected] T: 01844 263750 W: www.elmtec.co.uk E: [email protected] T: 01844 T: 01844 263750 www.elmtec.co.uk E: [email protected] 263750 W: W: www.elmtec.co.uk