SketchUp Pro 2016 is here! With this release, SketchUp Pro offers users a connection improvement and several improved tools to make SketchUp Pro even more intuitive than it already was.
SketchUp Pro: Connected
- Support for Mac OS X El Capitan and Windows 10.
- Trimble Connect is now integrated in SketchUp Pro. Connect is Trimble's platform for storing, syncing, referencing, sharing and collaborating on design and building projects. Trimble Connect will be accessible directly from the File menu and will give users the opportunity to upload, download and update SKP's from the project folders.
- SketchUp Pro 2016 gives the user the opportunity to reload 3D Warehouse models. Every instance used in the model will be reloaded, so it is a helpful method for working with proxy models, if you break something or collaborate through the warehouse.
- Say goodbye to missing references! With this release, LayOut's reference objects are now web friendly. This means that LayOut projects can reference and update files that are stored and synced with service like Dropbox, Google Drive and Trimble Connect Sync. LayOut will notify the user when there's an update for the web reference available.
- With the LayOut API, developers can build extensions to automate the creation and customization of .layout files from SketchUp models.
SketchUp Pro: Simple, Intuitive, Just Right
- SketchUp Pro 2016 offers slicker inferencing and locking. This improvement is an entire set of smart tweaks to inferencing and locking, including off-axis inferences, expanded arrow key locking, improved arc/cicle inferencing, axes tool flexibilty and inference hidden section planes.
- SketchUp on Windows now have customizable utility trays, which means the user will be able to group dialogs under separate tabs.
- In SketchUp 2016, the material library has been refreshed with 40 new contemporary textures and entirely new categories.
- LayOut now has small dimensions to ensure that text never interferes with arrows or lines.
- LayOut also has an improved layer system, including multi-layer groups, maintaining layers when copy/paste, a 'Move to' layer command, differentiating between shared and non-shared and layer visibility on new pages.
Other improvements
- High DPI toolbar icons, cursors and graphics for a much cleaner look and better display on high-res screens.
- Extension security control system that let users control which extensions will load:
- Off: Sketchup will load any extension;
- Approve Mode: users will be prompted to load a non-certified extension;
- Secure Mode: only certified extensions will be loaded.
- Optimized PDF export from LayOut with up to 10x smaller documents.
- Improved SketchUp C API with over 100 new classes and functions.
Upgrading
Users with a valid Maintenance
Everyone who is using SketchUp Pro 2015 and is having an active Maintenance, will receive a free upgrade to SketchUp Pro 2016! Please contact your reseller directly for obtaining your new license. But, please also have some patience. The 30 day trial will do for your first work in SketchUp Pro and within that period you will receive your new license.
Please note that your old license can't be activated on a new system after 60 days from the (auto) upgrade to v2016.
Users of older SketchUp Pro versions and / or with an expired Maintenance
Users with an older version of SketchUp Pro and / or with an expired Maintenance can upgrade as well. They will need to purchase maintenance and pay an extra compensation for the period without having Maintenance, the so-called Reinstatement fee. Please see this page for the actual pricing.
Please note that your old license can't be activated on a new system after 60 days from the (auto) upgrade to v2016.
Pricing
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More Info
Click here for buying SketchUp Pro 2016 and Maintenance.
Click here to download the free SketchUp Pro 2016 demo.
Click here to read everything about SketchUp Pro 2016.
All frequently asked questions about the v2016 release can be found here.