Landscape & Urban Design Issue 30 2018 | Page 2

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