It has been an all time favorite of artists, engineers and designers, which means that there have been many improvements made over the years as well as added features. So if you are interested in creating custom 3D models or just want to doodle on any object of your choice, SketchUp would surely fit your needs. SketchUp is a powerful and easy to use program that allows creating virtual prototypes, designing products, organizing art pieces, building structures and so much more. The OpenStudio team would love to collaborate with or support developers looking to build standalone geometry tools or plug-ins for other CAD software that write to either OpenStudio directly or indirectly via gbXML.One of the major announcements of SketchUp make for this year is the addition of Mac and Linux versions. Both measures require OpenStudio 1.6.3 or higher.Īdditionally we would like to build a merge tool to allow users to merge geometry changes made by another tool with their current working OpenStudio model. A Reporting Measure version which allows for plotting output variables on model surfaces is at. A Model Measure version for use with Apply Measures now is at.

3D OBJ/WebGL export of geometry via measure for verification (developed by NREL).

VirtualPulse by the Building Science Group at University of Maryland.

IFC import via BIMServer (developed by CBEI) is available in OpenStudio 1.7.1 or higher, here is a link to the tutorial.

Measures which generate basic building footprint geometry ( one example).

The options to create geometry in OpenStudio currently available are: The OpenStudio team plans to support alternative geometry workflows that do not require SketchUp ( beyond 2016). However, if you download the professional version, the free trial will expire and prompt you to purchase the product. You can also download the Make version of SketchUp directly from this page.

SketchUp remains free for non-commercial use, to download this version you simply need to choose “Personal Projects” or 'Educational Use' under what you plan to use SketchUp for when you download it.

Sketchup make 2015