Revit importer added to Trimble SketchUp 2023

IMSCAD to simplify remote working

IMSCAD has added HP Anyware to its portfolio of remote work solutions for graphicsintensive applications, including CAD.

According to Adam Jull, IMSCAD CEO, HP Anyware is one step before VDI, “It will provide customers with a secured, high-performance solution running on their existing workstations,” he says.

Trimble has launched a new import tool for SketchUp 2023 that enables Revit models to be converted into SketchUp geometry ‘faster and more accurately’, and resulting in ‘much lighter models.’

The new Revit Importer for Studio preserves model structures between Revit and SketchUp. According to Trimble, Revit families and layers neatly translate to groups, components, and tags in SketchUp, meaning users can save hours or even days of model cleanup.

Revit levels are translated to SketchUp section planes, while Revit material colours and transparencies are respected during import.

Other new features for SketchUp 2023 include improved flip transformations that lets users pre-visualise the outcome of flips to ‘model more predictably’; and an improved LayOut tool which can now manage imported DWG files as references.

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Nemetschek Group invests in SmartPM

The Nemetschek Group, which owns the AEC brands Allplan, Bluebeam, Graphisoft, Solibri, Vectorworks and others, has invested in the start-up SmartPM, the developer of an automated project controls and schedule analytics platform.

SmartPM’s cloud-based platform uses proprietary schedule analytics