What's New in Sketchup 2025
A new generation of visualization, content libraries, and interoperability. Do more in less time, with less effort and rework.
About Us
SketchUp provided designers with an invaluable resource: time. The 30 minutes required to mock up a model was now possible in 30 seconds. Not only could designs move more quickly, but SketchUp expanded the room for exploration, creativity, and play.
Over 20 years later, the world has changed, but the inspiration that drives us remains the same. It’s our mission to provide faster, easier, and more powerful tools so you can do less drudgery and more dreaming, designing, and building.
Explore new 2025 capabilities that will help you tell a richer story.
Visualization
Real-time, realistic visuals inside SketchUp
Photorealistic Materials and Environments
Use true-to-life finishes and skydomes to accurately convey materials and deepen client alignment. Apply Photoreal Materials in one click or dial in advanced settings, and see the effect in real-time.
Create visually stunning work
Architecture
Invite clients to feel your vision. Create stunning photorealistic visuals that immerse stakeholders in the reality of their spaces, integrating Environments and customizable real-world materials.
Interior Design
Bring your vision to life with compelling visuals that capture the true essence of your designs. Tailor each detail and exceed client expectations with access to libraries of new Photoreal Materials.
Construction
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.
Retail
Create immersive experiences that convey ambience and materiality. From in-house merchandising and environmental design to custom build-outs, push the boundaries of visual storytelling to get the sale.
New library with curated subscriber content
Save time and iterate quicker with new, curated asset libraries. 3D Warehouse offers subscribers a refreshed Content Library that delivers organized, easy-to-access, configurable models, materials and Environments.
Configurable models
Find, adjust, and place objects in your project quickly with pre-built, configurable assets to optimize your process. Access assets ranging from furniture to building elements, like doors, walls, windows, and much more.
Material & Environments
Access premium, curated true-to-life materials to clearly communicate your vision. New libraries of Photoreat: Materials and Environments augment default libraries to ensure you have the exact context for your projects.
Documentation
Move seamlessly between SketchUp and LayOut
New Improvements to LayOut
Easily transition from 3D in SketchUp for Desktop to 2D in LayOut with familiar tool behavior. LayOut updates offer more control and precision, ultimately improving workflows and increasing efficiency and predictability in an easier-to-learn package.
INTEROPERABILITY
Improved roundtrip file support and new component dictionaries
Enhanced IFC Compatibility
Experience upgraded transitions in and out of SketchUp with our latest IFC improvements. Keep your data intact and your workflow smooth, minimizing the risk of data loss and manual rework while increasing your project's efficiency and reliability.
SketchUp's Products
SketchUp Pro
Build your anything with intuitive, professional design software that helps you visualize, collaborate, and communicate your ideas.
SketchUp’s accessible interface and intuitive tools make it easy to create in 3D, compare design options, and share 2D to 4D visuals with stakeholders.
SketchUp Studio
Create beautiful designs – backed by real-world data – with our most powerful subscription. Available for Windows only.
Accurately model on point clouds, present compelling visuals and enjoy simple, efficient interoperability between software.
