What's New in SketchUp
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What's New in SketchUp 2026
Keep projects moving with faster design decisions
Collaboration
Fast-track feedback directly within SketchUp
Share, view, and comment
Centralize design feedback to easily advance design decisions. Create comment threads, upload images and camera views, and add emojis. Share from SketchUp for Desktop to view on the web.
Bring your ideas to life—clearly, efficiently, and with confidence
Engage clients and stakeholders directly in your 3D models. Built-in comments and instant viewer updates foster dynamic conversations and ensure everyone is confident in the latest design iterations.
Connect with clients and stakeholders directly within your 3D models. Host rich, contextual conversations with integrated comments and instant updates.
Make bids impactful with previews that use customizable materials and reflect the real world. Streamline logistics and virtual walkthroughs with accurate details to achieve alignment and reduce errors.
Boost retail space planning with real-time, in-model comments. Enable discussions directly in your models. Guide stakeholders through concepts that align with objectives and enhance client experience.
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DOCUMENTATION
More flexible and professional tools for documentation
Experience more professional, flexible drawing and documentation with new 2D drafting tools and the DWG support you’ve been asking for. Coupled with a modernized interface (Windows-only), accomplish more in LayOut.
DWG support
SketchUp Tags now translate to CAD layers in DWG exports. When moving from 3D in SketchUp to 2D in LayOut and into other CAD environments, layers are created from each SketchUp Tag with Tag properties maintained.
New UI framework
Unified UI in SketchUp for Desktop and LayOut (Windows-only) modernizes LayOut and offers more seamless transitions from 3D to 2D or vice versa. Plus, customize tray and panel docking locations to suit you.
Visualization
Craft stunning visuals with enhanced precision
Experience more professional, flexible drawing and documentation with new 2D drafting tools and the DWG support you’ve been asking for. Coupled with a modernized interface (Windows-only), accomplish more in LayOut.
Advanced visualization control
Refined visualization capabilities offer more precise stylistic control and new options to tailor materials to your unique designs. Plus, a new Diffusion (Labs) increases control of AI-generated imagery for ultra-fast realistic project imagery.
Context
Easily add real-world context to your model
Improved site context
Work more efficiently with scan data and site context. Scan Essentials now simplifies generating meshes from point clouds and has new tools for visual outputs. Plus, Add Location updates let you import existing buildings as 3D geometry natively.
New features by plan
Go
New in Go
- Sharing & Commenting – coming soon
- Ambient Occlusion color – coming soon
- 3D Buildings in Add Location
Pro
Everything in Go, plus
- Sharing & Commenting (Desktop/Web Viewer)
- New drafting tools and DWG support
- Workspace improvements (Windows-only)
Studio
Everything in Go & Pro, plus
- Texture Projection from point clouds
- New Surface Mesh tool
- Enhanced point cloud transformations
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Frequently asked questions
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Where can I learn more about the new features?
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What are the hardware requirements for these new features?
Like many computer programs, SketchUp requires certain hardware and software specifications in order to install and run.
How can I migrate my extensions, templates, and custom materials?
Read this Help Center article and learn how to migrate your extensions, templates and custom materials smoothly.