Spotlight: SketchUp Importer for Revit, and a wall that is not a CAD link
Trimble’s 10 November Dimensions note puts a SketchUp Importer in Revit. Tagged components can land as native walls, not a CAD link.
Yesterday’s leftover Dynamo graph was Revit 2027.4. The unused leftover is not another SketchUp CRS export: Trimble announced a SketchUp Importer for Revit at Dimensions, posted 10 November 2026.
That is not a new authoring kernel. Firms already take a SketchUp massing, Link CAD it into Revit, then trace walls because the mesh will not schedule. Trimble’s claim is narrower. Organise the components in SketchUp, and the importer is supposed to write native Revit elements from the tags and classes you already use.
What the notes actually say
The 10 November press note sits next to SketchUp 2027. AEC Magazine restated the importer the same day. SketchUp 2027.0 itself has been downloadable since October. The leftover for BIM leads is the other direction: a Revit plugin, not another SketchUp build.
Trimble says the importer recognises component tags and classes, maps them to Revit categories, and converts them into native architectural elements that can be edited, scheduled and documented. The cited Dodge Data & Analytics figure is that up to 40 percent of mid-to-late design time goes into re-keying and re-modelling geometry between concept tools and documentation.
SketchUp’s own Labs posts are more useful than the percentage. On 24 September the team listed the starting conversion set: walls, floors, windows, doors and curtain walls. A June alpha note also named slabs. The same September post puts a SketchUp panel inside Revit, with Entity Info, Outliner and Materials, and says you can push and pull models through Trimble Connect from that seat. Testers need Studio or Pro Advanced Workflows, and a Revit licence.
Do not confuse it with the Revit Importer that already lives in Extension Warehouse. That tool reads an .rvt into SketchUp. This one is meant to write the other way.
SketchUp Help still documents the old three paths: In-Place Component, Link CAD, and IFC export. Those remain the methods a BEP can name today. An IFC from SketchUp can become in-place families. A Link CAD file is still a mesh. Neither is a wall type you would put on a door host without checking.
Availability is a November claim, not a download button in the press note. SketchUp 2027.0 is out now for Pro and higher. The importer is expected in November 2026 at no additional cost for Pro Advanced Workflows and Studio. Trimble has not listed supported Revit versions.
What a BIM lead should do
If the office already starts in SketchUp and rebuilds in Revit, this is a morning on a non-sensitive copy once the plugin is on the seat. Tag one corridor: walls, a floor, two doors, a curtain wall. Import it. Then ask four questions: do the walls land on a type you would actually issue, or on a generic placeholder; does a door host in the wall, or sit as a separate family; does a wall schedule count the same number of types your SketchUp tags named; and if you change a tag and round-trip through Connect, does Revit update the element or dump a second copy.
Do not put an expected November importer on the issued model. Do not treat an untagged SketchUp group as a category map. Keep Link CAD or IFC in the BEP until those four checks close. The October SketchUp 2027 IFC note still covers the CRS export. This plugin does not replace that.
Start at Trimble’s 10 November Dimensions note and the September Labs post.
Frequently asked questions
What did Trimble announce?
On 10 November 2026 at Dimensions and 3D Basecamp, Trimble announced SketchUp 2027 alongside a new SketchUp Importer for Revit. The importer maps tagged SketchUp components to Revit categories and converts them into native architectural elements that can be edited, scheduled and documented. AEC Magazine covered the same mapping on 10 November.
Does this replace Link CAD or an IFC from SketchUp?
Not yet. SketchUp Help still lists In-Place Component, Link CAD and IFC export as the supported SketchUp-to-Revit paths. Those land as a linked file or an in-place family. The new plugin is the claim that a tagged component can become a Revit wall. Keep the issued model on the method the BEP already names until a non-sensitive copy hosts a door and appears on a wall schedule.
What actually converts, and for which seats?
Trimble’s Labs notes, posted 24 September 2026, say testing starts with walls, floors, windows, doors and curtain walls. A June alpha note also listed slabs. Eligibility is SketchUp Studio or Pro Advanced Workflows, plus a Revit seat. The 10 November note says the importer is expected in November 2026 at no additional cost on those two SketchUp plans. Trimble has not published supported Revit versions.
Is this the same as the Revit Importer in SketchUp?
No. The Extension Warehouse Revit Importer reads an .rvt into SketchUp. This plugin runs in Revit and is meant to write native Revit elements from a SketchUp model. Do not install one and assume you have the other.