Trimble Ventures, in conjunction with Trimble’s industry-leading design software SketchUp, launched a worldwide initiative to discover the next big idea in design technology. With this initiative, the aim was to transform how architects, designers, and construction (AEC) professionals work.
This year’s cash prize winners included:
First Place: ScaffPlan developed an API and integration that allows temporary works companies—builders of temporary structures required to enable permanent construction of a project—to create detailed drawings and documentation for scaffolding, formwork, propping, and shoring projects in SketchUp. The solution solves the complex challenges temporary works companies face by optimizing material utilization and enabling precise delivery scheduling to reduce waste and delays. It also facilitates accurate on-site installation, compliance with stringent legal requirements, and thorough identification and mitigation of safety hazards.
Second Place: Skema built an integration to streamline the design to construction documentation workflow between SketchUp and Revit, Skema’s new integration addresses the need for greater interoperability between both solutions. The integration provides designers, developers, builders and owners alike a seamless way to leverage SketchUp’s early design capabilities to develop Building Information Models (BIM) in a shorter amount of time for project delivery without data loss or the need to re model allowing users to work more efficiently and confidently.
Third Place: Spacely AI A plug-in which accelerates the process of creating high-quality renders of interiors by auto-populating 3D spaces with the appropriate entourage. The solution accelerates the time-consuming process of creating 3D renders, allowing interior designers to win more business, reduce costs and explore creativity.
AWS Special Prize for Scaled Thought: Loci Scene Intelligence, a SketchUp plugin created by Loci, uses state-of-the-art AI models to classify components in SketchUp to IFC 4 standards at the click of a button. Scene Intelligence makes it easy to filter and view critical elements such as furniture and structural components and generate clean bill of materials data in minutes, not hours.
Other participants included Foveate, Modelizer, Surfaice, V-Quest and Zipp Zapp who all showcased their functional MVPs at our SketchUp 0-60 Challenge Demo Day & Partner Showcase in Las Vegas, NV and whose extensions can be downloaded via the SketchUp Extension Warehouse.
Special thanks to our program sponsors and Partner Showcase presenters which include AWS, Canvas, Chaos, HP, NVIDIA and Softserve.
To learn more about each of these companies and program sponsors please visit our SketchUp 0-60 Challenge website or view the video recording.
About SketchUp
As part of Trimble, an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works, SketchUp helps users realize their design vision. With over 33 million users, SketchUp is the premier design software among creative professionals across architecture, interior design, construction, and more. Creativity, flexibility, and connected workflows are at the core of SketchUp, making it easy to define, refine, and build out those award-winning designs. The future is yours to build.
About Trimble Ventures
Launched in 2021, Trimble Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund focused on investing in early and growth-stage companies that align with Trimble’s mission of transforming work in the agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation industries. The fund deploys strategic capital to accelerate the growth of innovative companies and partners that complement Trimble’s products, technology platforms and support its customer’s work. Trimble Ventures targets investing in companies with technologies and solutions related to hardware and software applications; artificial intelligence; augmented, virtual and mixed reality; autonomy and robotics; blockchain; the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytics; and sustainability.
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