Following final weeks enjoyable problem to push TCV to its limits for SketchUp customers, I needed to place collectively my ideas on what options might actually enhance Visualizer.
- Straight to Visualizer – Add a “Ship to Visualizer” button to the Trimble Join toolbar for sooner workflow.
Proper now you must first publish the mannequin to your TC challenge or import it from the desktop model.
Then the mannequin is transformed to TrimBim format, and solely then opened with Visualizer.
I do know that Unity 3D can import .SKP information immediately so the query is that if we are able to skip the TrimBIM conversion in some unspecified time in the future?
- Appears like SketchUp – help for SketchUp Scenes, FOV change and look at synchronization.
For lots of illustration work I want the SketchUp and render view to match 1:1. So ought to permit to synchronize the views and permit me to seek out scenes from SketchUp as views in Visualizer.
For a begin, the power to vary the FOV to one thing aside from 60 levels can be nice.
- Seems like SketchUp – Embrace SketchUp fashion navigation controls possibility and embody tooltips
It actually takes a while to get used to the navigation, particularly for somebody who uniquely makes use of SketchUp for 3D, so the extra related navigation controls could possibly be helpful for brand new customers. WASD key navigation must be softened, as its too quick proper now. Having some tooltips on all controls would actually assist to know what software I’m or how some submit results may affect the scene and its efficiency.
- Picture and Video Export – add management for decision of picture export and video rendering
Personally, I actually like how SketchUp for Net has solved the picture export perform. Simple to know in what side ratio and determination your picture will get saved. We’d like to have the ability to export a video file, like mp4. Specify decision, side ratio, body price, add movement blur for extra cinematic results and a few AA filtering.
- Materials controls – permit to edit supplies like you possibly can proper now with Tekla fashions
Principally what I might need is the power to edit scene supplies. A cloth picker can be helpful. The present materials editor wants some naming for sliders. An emissive materials attribute can be actually helpful for inside and night time scenes.
- Export to Viewers – add potential to share fashions and views on-line and look at on cellular viewers.
I don’t assume there’s a lot else that I would really like from an app like Visualizer – largely simply ironing out the present options to suit extra to a typical SketchUp workflow and having some extra output choices for export and mannequin viewing. It is a good staring level for everybody who doesn’t want V-ray stage of high quality and don’t need to spend a lot time studying technical features for numerous rendering software program.
Please share your opinion and expertise
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I’m completely happy to announce that we now have an extension created for the Visualizer which lets you launch it immediately from SketchUp! That is doable because of the truth that SketchUp 2023 now helps the native format of Trimble Join (TrimBIM). The FOV and digital camera place is synchronized from SketchUp to TCV. Get pleasure from.
That is the Home windows model of the extension, however we do have a Mac model prepared for publishing if there’s curiosity.
Kim Nyberg
Senior Expertise Director, Trimble
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Nice information! This may actually open up Visualizer for lots extra customers.
Hope that with this realease we may also see extra develepment for TCV.
Will there be a channel for communication with TCV workforce for help, characteristic requests?
I’ve been utilizing SketchUp for iPad Professional model for month or so. Are you utilizing the identical engine for the augumented actuality characteristic for it as TCV?
