SketchUp Pro Scan – scan-to-3D for point clouds and existing environments
Import, visualise, and model based on point cloud data in SketchUp. SketchUp Pro Scan helps you create clearer foundations for as-built, site coordination, and visualisation.
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Why Choose SketchUp Pro Scan?
Work directly with point clouds
Import, visualise, and model based on point cloud data in SketchUp. SketchUp Pro Scan helps you create clearer foundations for as-built, site coordination, and visualisation.
Create clearer as-built documentation
Use real-world data to create more reliable models of existing environments. It helps you produce clearer as-built documentation and reduce the risk of uncertainty in the early stages of a project.
Streamline site coordination
Combine point clouds with intuitive 3D modelling for a better understanding of the site. It makes it easier to coordinate existing conditions, project documentation, and design decisions.
Visualise existing environments
Turn scanned data into clear 3D and 2D visualisations that are easier to understand and share. SketchUp Pro Scan helps you communicate existing conditions and project solutions more visually.
Who can benefit from SketchUp Pro Scan?
SketchUp Pro Scan is used by:
- Architects
- Construction teams
- Property owners
- Technical consultants
- VDC and BIM teams
Who want to use point clouds and scan data to create a clearer basis for existing environments.
With SketchUp Pro Scan, you can import, visualise, and model directly on point cloud data in SketchUp. The solution helps you work more visually with as-built data, site coordination, remodelling, and design in existing environments.
Key features in SketchUp Pro Scan
SketchUp Pro Scan is designed for workflows where real-world data is the starting point. Here are some of the possibilities that will help you move from point clouds and scan data to clear 3D models, visualisations, and project briefs.
Scan Essentials
With Scan Essentials, you can import, view, and work directly with point cloud data in SketchUp. It gives you reality-based context as a foundation for modelling, documentation, and further project planning.
Import scan data from multiple sources
Use point cloud data from sources like laser scanning, LiDAR, photogrammetry, mobile mapping, and drone-based workflows directly in SketchUp.
Model directly on the point cloud
Use the point cloud as a reference when you're building your 3D model. It makes it easier to recreate existing conditions and come up with new solutions using real-world data as a starting point.
Create as-built foundation
Convert scan data into clear models of existing buildings and environments. This provides better support for things like renovation, remodelling, and planning where current conditions need to be documented.
Understand the site conditions
Combine real-world data with SketchUp's visual modelling to get a clearer picture of the site's existing conditions. It provides a better basis for coordination, design decisions, and further project planning.
Visualise scan-data more clearly
Turn complex point cloud data into models and visualisations that are easier to understand and share. It helps customers, project teams, and other stakeholders get a clearer picture of existing conditions and planned changes.
Which point cloud formats does SketchUp Pro Scan support?
SketchUp Pro Scan uses Scan Essentials to work with point clouds directly in SketchUp.
Scan Essentials supports formats such as RWP, TZF, E57, LAS/LAZ, and PLY. This makes it possible to use data from various types of scanning and measurement workflows as a basis for modelling and visualisation.
Does SketchUp Pro Scan work on both Windows and Mac?
Scan Essentials is currently only available for Windows and requires a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or Windows 11.
If you’re unsure whether your existing workstation is suitable for SketchUp Pro Scan, NTI can help go through your needs and technical requirements.
Do I need a special 3D scanner to use SketchUp Pro Scan?
No, SketchUp Pro Scan isn't tied to a specific scanner. Scan Essentials can work with point cloud data from different types of equipment and workflows, like laser scanning, LiDAR, photogrammetry, mobile mapping, and drone data.
The important thing is that the point cloud data is in a format supported by Scan Essentials.
What's the difference between SketchUp Pro and SketchUp Pro Scan?
SketchUp Pro Scan includes the features of SketchUp Pro and complements them with Scan Essentials for working with point cloud data.
This makes Pro Scan especially relevant for projects where you need to model based on existing conditions, such as during renovations, remodelling, as-built documentation, or site coordination.
Can I measure directly in the point cloud?
Yes. With Scan Essentials, point cloud data can be used as a visual and geometric reference in SketchUp, including for collecting measurement data from the scanned environment.
It can make things easier when you need to understand existing conditions and create models or project documentation based on real-world data.
How does SketchUp Pro Scan fit into a scan-to-model workflow?
SketchUp Pro Scan connects site scanning with 3D modelling by allowing point cloud data to be brought directly into SketchUp.
The scan can provide the existing-condition context for developing an accurate 3D model and documenting the project in SketchUp and LayOut.
Want to try SketchUp Pro Scan?
SketchUp Pro Scan helps you work with point clouds and existing environments directly in SketchUp – from scan data to clear models, visualisations, and project materials.
Fill out the form and we'll help you get started and answer questions about features, licences, and how SketchUp Pro Scan can fit your workflows.
We can help you with:
- Information about the trial period and licence options
- Advice on point clouds, scan-to-3D, and use cases
- Guidance for as-built documentation, site coordination, and visualisation
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