[ LONG POST ] - I'm a new user, hoping to ask if SketchUp is the best program for my use-case

[francisquitof]

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Having to set up scenes manually, give them all names, then set up those scenes in viewports in Layout, it all seems much weaker and more limited than what can be done in ArchiCAD

There are plug-ins that can do that automatically, the latest one I’ve been using is VBO 5D, it also has a feature that exports 2D dxf with all the tags as layers, it’s very useful in case you want to do the documentation on another software, I’m an architect and for the last 13 years I’ve made all my projects exclusively using sketchup and layout, from earlier analysis till documentation, I also use 2D cad software cause in my country is mandatory to present the project with digital dwg files, Qcad pro works for small projects and draftsight for bigger ones, on the 2D cad software I used to create and assign layers but with VBO it’s done automatically. The cost of sketchup pro+draftsight is ~600 dollars per year, plus on time payment for VBO plugin $40. It’s a lot cheaper than Revit and Archicad.