SketchUp 2027 Brings Revit Interoperability and Design Hub

Trimble has released SketchUp 2027, announced in November 2026. The update focuses on Revit interoperability and on non-destructive editing. Trimble pairs it with an early-access collaboration space called Trimble Connect Design Hub (Labs). The goal is to cut the rework that happens when a concept model is redrawn for documentation, as AEC Magazine reported.

• SketchUp Importer for Revit: reads component tags and classes and maps them to Revit categories as native, editable elements.
• Procedures: a non-destructive modeling system built into existing SketchUp tools.
• Section Hatch Patterns: patterns applied to section fills to tell cut materials apart.
• LayOut paperless canvas: 1:1 drafting in 2D before choosing a sheet size or scale.
• Trimble Connect Design Hub (Labs): a shared project record for models, files, administration and client communication.

How SketchUp 2027 handles Revit interoperability

The headline change is the new importer for Revit. Instead of arriving as generic geometry, tagged SketchUp components become Revit architectural elements. Teams can then schedule and document them inside Revit rather than remodeling walls, doors or floors by hand.

This matters most for firms that design in SketchUp and hand off to a Revit documentation team. The success of the import depends on how carefully the SketchUp model is tagged and classified, so modeling discipline upstream becomes part of the workflow.

Procedures and the drawing updates

Procedures lets designers revise a model without discarding earlier work, which Trimble positions as a fix for late design changes. We covered the feature in more detail in our earlier look at SketchUp 2027 Procedures modeling and the Revit importer.

On the drawings side, section hatches help distinguish materials such as brick, concrete and batt insulation, while users keep control of detail levels. The LayOut canvas lets drafters sketch at full scale and commit to a page later.

What Trimble Connect Design Hub adds

Design Hub sits on Trimble Connect and logs conversations between designers and clients alongside 3D models and project files. It is a Labs release, which signals an early or experimental stage rather than a finished product.

What to check before adopting SketchUp 2027

• Revit versions: Trimble has not detailed which Revit releases the importer supports or how it is installed.
• Category coverage: test which elements map cleanly and which still come across as generic geometry.
• Licensing: pricing and plan eligibility for the importer and Design Hub have not been announced.
• Labs status: confirm data retention and support terms before putting client communication into Design Hub.

Firms comparing concept-to-BIM options may also look at tools that automate the schematic-to-model step, such as Skema's schematic-to-BIM approach, or at automating BIM-to-DWG documentation further downstream.

What it means for AEC teams

SketchUp has long been strong at early design, with the handoff to Revit as the weak link. If the importer delivers clean native elements, practices could stop treating the SketchUp model as a throwaway reference. The practical next step is a pilot: take one recent project, tag it properly, import it and measure how much remodeling is left.