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Trimble Connect in SketchUp for Desktop

Last updated: Aug 21, 2026•2 min read.

When you use Trimble Connect with SketchUp, you can organize project data, preserve version history, and share models with stakeholders. All SketchUp subscription plans include access to Trimble Connect with unlimited cloud storage.

Trimble Connect and SketchUp work together to help you access and modify cloud-based models. When you save a model to Trimble Connect from SketchUp for Desktop, changes are saved and available to teammates or other stakeholders who access that file through Trimble Connect. This means your teammates and stakeholders can view or modify your models across all SketchUp platforms.

In SketchUp for Desktop, you can find the key actions for working with Trimble Connect in the File menu.

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 SketchUp for Desktop’s Trimble Connect functionality includes: 

  • Open from Trimble Connect – Browse your Trimble Connect Projects for the .skp file you want to open in SketchUp.

  • Save to Trimble Connect – Saves the current SketchUp model to Trimble Connect. If you have already saved this file to Trimble Connect, saving creates a revision.

  • Save a Copy to Trimble Connect – Saves a copy of the current model to Trimble Connect. This option helps for when you want to keep a locally saved version of a model separate from the one in Trimble Connect.

  • Import from Trimble Connect – Browse your Trimble Connect projects for other file types, like images or non-SketchUp files, and import them into your model.

  • Share a Link – Opens SketchUp’s sharing options. To share a link to your model, you must first save that model to Trimble Connect. For more information, see Sharing a Model.

  • Launch Trimble Connect – Open Trimble Connect for Browser in your web browser. Here, you can inspect version history, manage access to projects, and go even deeper to extend SketchUp in Trimble Connect workflows. For more details on all you can do in Trimble Connect for Browser, see Getting Started with Trimble Connect for Browser.