Hello,
At the company where I work, we are currently searching for a reliable online viewer to present layouts to our customers.
We have experimented with Sketchfab, but I’ve been unable to achieve satisfactory visual quality, and the performance is too laggy for our needs. We’ve also tried SKPViewer, but we are still not entirely satisfied with the results.
The projects we aim to showcase typically have a file size of around 70 MB.
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards,
Johannes K
hello,
have you tried using trimble connect ? since 2024 version you can directly share a link to a model.
in Sketchup 2024 go to file > trimble connect > share a link (there is also a dedicated button on the trimble connect toolbar that is not shown by default :
)
you will be asked to save your model on the cloud first
then switch the button for a sharable link
if your model gets updated (and saved on trimble connect) so will be the online viewable version
here is an example of an approx 70 MB model link :
Wow! Thank you, this is just wat i was looking for!
Do you know if there is any way i can make the layouts private with a password?
i’m afraid not
see help https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup-web/link-sharing (this is the online version help, but it is also applied to pro)
if you want to restrict access you have to do it manually.
model is viewable by anyone who has the link if activated
you can user trimble connect vizualizer instead but it is a different vizualizer which I don’t really like and it has strange issues (such as cut-opening components that are filled)
you can try, once your model is saved on trimble connect,
go to file > trimble connect > open trimble connect
and from there you can also share any saved model, only this time you have the possibility to restrict the access to users, but for that, your clients will have to create a trimble account and/or link their gmail account to trimble which is kind of a pain in the ****.
you can select the first option (by the way if any staff member sees this, french translation “texte court” is ununderstandable ) I guess in english it is short list apparently “specific members of the project” , and for that you first need to manage your project team by inviting them
or select the second option “signed in users with the link” and enter any email address
see this page Trimble Connect for Browser User Guide - Sharing Files
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