SketchUp app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 6496 ratings )

Productivity
Developer: Trimble Inc.

Free

Current version: 6.3.2, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 14 Apr 2014
App size: 210.67 Mb

The world’s most popular 3D modeler is now available for iPad.

For architects, interior designers, construction professionals, set designers, and creatives of all backgrounds, SketchUp for iPad is a powerful, intuitive 3D design and communication app. Explore everything SketchUp for iPad has to offer free for seven days, or purchase via an in-app subscription ($119/year or $14.99/month).

SketchUp for iPad Premium Features

Create in 3D
-Draw in 3D using an Apple Pencil, mouse and keyboard, or multi-touch gestures.
-Autoshape turns doodles into 3D models in seconds, making it easier than ever to get started in 3D.
-Use Markup mode to create handwritten annotations overtop 3D models.
-Search millions of pre-made components, materials, and configurable objects that are freely downloadable from 3D Warehouse.

Merge physical and digital worlds
-Experience your designs in the real world with augmented reality (AR) viewing features.
-Directly import image objects and apply photo textures from your Photos library, iOS Files App, or by taking pictures using your iPad camera.
-Import satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and location information to create accurate shadow studies and design with real-world context.

Work on the go
-With unlimited cloud storage, you can seamlessly sync files across your devices – and work on them using SketchUp for iPad, SketchUp for Web, and SketchUp Pro desktop apps.

Import/Export
-Import SKP files from the Files app or Trimble Connect
-Export: Images, animations, and 3D Models in STL, OBJ, and USDz format

When using SketchUp on your iPad and iPhone without a paid subscription, you are still able to explore and present your 3D projects for FREE; here’s how:
-Navigate your projects using intuitive multi-touch gestures.
-View your projects from any of the standard views or custom scenes.
-Switch between perspective and orthographic camera views.
-Turn Tags on or off to control the visibility of parts of your model.
-Adjust the look and feel of your model by controlling Edge and Face styles, Shadows, Hidden Geometry, Section Planes, and Section Cuts.
-Take measurements and get information about edge lengths, the area of faces, the volume of solids, and component and group definitions.
-Merge your models with the world around you by viewing them in augmented reality.

Requirements
This app requires iOS 15 or higher with a minimum of 1024Mb of RAM (Retina iPads or newer, iPhone 5 or newer). For additional information and instructions, please visit the SketchUp Help Center: https://help.sketchup.com/sketchup-ipad/system-requirements

The AR model viewing feature uses ARKit and is compatible with iPhone 6s and newer, iPad Pro, or any 2017 iPad or newer.

Subscription Details
SketchUp lets you create and edit 3D models on iPad via an in-app subscription of $119 USD per year. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account on confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before your subscription expiration date. Your account will be charged $119 USD for renewal within 24-hours prior to your subscription expiration date. You can manage your subscriptions at any time, and/or turn off auto-renew, by visiting your Account Settings after your initial purchase is complete.

If you are a SketchUp Free user, please note that you will only be able to access the free viewing features on your iPad or iPhone.

Pros and cons of SketchUp app for iPhone and iPad

SketchUp app good for

This viewer performs as expected. More viewing options would be great in the future but meanwhile this app does the job quite well. Nice and responsive on Air2. Get it.

The improvements made to this version of SketchUp Viewer are great! With much improved stability, I can review my projects from my phone with great clarity and with the same options as if I were working from my PC, including measuring. The developers truly deserve to be congratulated on putting out a product worthy of the Trimble brand!

I use SketchUp for woodworking. This version allows me to bring design into the shop, complete with dimensions and live 3d view. I could not be more pleased.

It works well, and the animation player and scene tabs are great! Well worth the cost.

Very, very disappointing. Unbelievable, but even for almost 9 Euros they don’t allow you to access your own models unless you first uploaded them to Trimble. I’m a SketchUp Pro user, I paid for making my own models. Why do I have direct access to my own models?

I am using SketchUp to visualize my homework at any place. The Import from SketchUp Make works well and so this is one of my most used tools.

Some bad moments

The documentation is either incorrect, or the current version has a bug. It does not register with the OS to indicate that it can open .skp files. Attempts to open from Drive result in the "cannot open/select app" message, but the SketchUp app does not appear in the list of apps.

I use this app for planning, changes, and adjustments for models files. The current version of the app no longer has file associations or there is a bug, as others have said, or the app is incomplete. The only source that opens is from the 3D warehouse. At this point a waste of money and I have no more use for it.

As of the last update the zoom and pan on an otherwise smoothly working model has become laggy and entirely unusable. My model did not change, only installed the update and now I cant use it. Working on iPad Pro, restarted nothing running in background. The update is broken.

As a big user of SketchUp I was looking forward to this tool as a means of easily showing clients our work via un iPad instead of lugging a portable PC... But what a disappointment; I have uploaded several skp files of differing sizes and complexities and even now after several hours I still get a stupid message telling me that the render bot has not yet processed the files so I cant look at them or download them to the iPad ! So, whilst the software is fine for exploring other peoples work, It is impossible to show ours. If the time delay is in hours, or even days (?) rather than minutes between upload and display, this is just no use for a professional :-(

very poor performance with complex geometry! Not usable for proffessional needs!

The last update 2.1.51 from the 3rd of October doesnt improve the app it destroys the layer visibility for textured surfaces which lets you see surfaces behind another. Also on every startup it now asks to update to the current version which is installed already. Deleting and reinstalling the app doesnt help as well. For the price of 10 € this is completely useless now. Thanks for publishing an update which wasnt tested before obviously. I highly recommend not to buy this app at the current stage and if you bought it already ask Apple to refund the price!!!

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