A new SketchUp tier for scan, BIM and site work

Pro gives you the modeller, LayOut and the extension ecosystem. Studio adds V-Ray. Some New Zealand practices need the interoperability tools without a renderer, because they render elsewhere or not at all, and until now there was no plan for that.

SketchUp Pro Advanced Workflows fills that gap. It sits between Pro and Studio, and it is Pro with three extensions added.

What it adds over Pro

Everything in a Pro subscription is still there - SketchUp for Desktop, LayOut, web and iPad, Extension Warehouse, Trimble Connect and the monthly AI credits. On top of that you get:

• Scan Essentials - bring laser-scan and photogrammetry point clouds straight into SketchUp and model over them, without a separate reality-capture package.
• Revit Importer - open a consultant’s .rvt file directly as usable SketchUp geometry, without asking for an export or going through IFC.
• Trimble Site Contractor - model site work and take it to the ground: surfaces, cut-and-fill volumes and machine-readable design files for grading and earthworks.

Choose Studio for V-Ray, or Advanced Workflows for Scan Essentials and Revit Importer without V-Ray.

Who it is for in New Zealand

We see the same three situations again and again:

• Practices doing existing-conditions work. Renovation, heritage and seismic assessment jobs that start with a scan of a building that was never drawn properly. Scan Essentials turns that scan into something you can model against instead of a folder of site photos and a tape measure.
• Architects and designers downstream of a Revit team. If the structural or services model arrives as an .rvt and you work in SketchUp, Revit Importer removes the export-request email and the geometry cleanup that follows it.
• Contractors and civil teams. Site Contractor takes the model from design intent to field-ready data that machine control systems can actually use.

If your rendering is handled by a separate V-Ray licence, Enscape or an external visualiser, or your projects never need a photoreal image, you no longer have to buy Studio to get Scan Essentials and Revit Importer.

Scan Essentials is Windows only. The other tools run on Windows and macOS, so mixed teams can share subscriptions.

Pricing and how to buy

Advanced Workflows is an annual per-user subscription, priced in New Zealand dollars excluding GST. See the plans page for current pricing.

You can pay by card or on account, with a NZD GST invoice, and our team helps with setup and troubleshooting. Advanced Workflows Plus is the same software with our NZ support services, tutorial library and training access added.

Not sure whether Pro, Advanced Workflows or Studio is the right fit? Compare every plan and feature side by side, or get in touch and we will work it out with you.