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Are You Marketing Your Work The Right Way?

Architects, Designers and Builders need to show off their work. It's without doubt the most effective way to market your business and generate new leads. However, are you marketing your work in the right way? Because there is a wrong way, and it does way more harm than you think! It goes without saying that your [...]


Create Professional 2D Drawings with SketchUp Layout 2018

Many companies only use SketchUp for visualization. But did you know that you can also create Professional 2D drawings with ease? If you used an older version of SketchUp Layout, but weren't convinced that it was the 2D drawing tool for you, it's time to take another look! SketchUp Layout 2018 has just been released, [...]


Christmas & New Year Holiday Support Hours

Happy Christmas & New Year! 2017 is almost at an end! We wish you all a Happy Christmas and a safe New Year. We hope you enjoy a relaxing holiday break, and we look forward to supporting you in 2018. Holiday Support Information Our office will be closed from 5 pm Friday, December 22, 2017, AEDT [...]


RubySketch booth @ NAHB International Builders Show 2018

We'll be attending the NAHB International Builders show from January 9-11 2018, in Orlando Florida! We'll be joining our partner Simpson Strong-Tie's stand, so there will be plenty to see. This is a HUGE show, so we hope to see many of you there! Our booth is located in the West Hall, and is booth [...]


Product Spotlight: Inex>Boards from Brickworks

Introducing Brickworks Inex>Boards to PlusSpec and BIMBits "INEX>BOARDS Provides a range of high performing, lighter weight materials for the construction industry. INEX>BOARDS offer a superior, yet price competitive, environmentally friendly alternative to fibre cement and plasterboard products." Region Availability Australia Product Range Product Advantages Low Carbon Strength Fire Resistance Durability Acoustic Resistance Stability Water Resistance Impact [...]


SketchUp 2018 Pro Review

SketchUp 2018 has just been released! As we do every year, we've been involved in the Beta Testing and have taken the time to highlight our favorite new features and improvements. Would you prefer to watch a video overview? Click HERE Already Use SketchUp but don't know much about PlusSpec? PlusSpec is the parametric BIM solution [...]


NEW: Introducing the Public Material Library + Share your Materials

We release A LOT of updates to PlusSpec each year, and we've just made a BIG one to the Material Library tool! Hang on. Material Library? If you don't know that each PlusSpec user get's their own Material Library, and has the ability to create their own materials/products, you'll definitely want to read THIS ARTICLE [...]


Myles Gillan: Empowering Education with PlusSpec

Myles Gillan is a Building Design Student, based in South East Queensland, Australia. In this blog interview we discuss how PlusSpec for SketchUp has not only helped his studies, but has also given him an advantage over his peers. ‘When I was designing without PlusSpec, I felt like I was always having to explain every [...]


3D Virtual Design & Construction Models can save lives!

How often does site safety fall to the wayside? 2.3 million workers die every year by work related injury at a staggering cost of $3 trillion, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Is part of the problem that site safety is traditionally just another report of endless (meaningless) paper?  We can't tell you how many [...]


PlusSpec Material Creator

Did you know that PlusSpec for SketchUp has a super powerful tool called the 'Material Creator'? What's so special about the Material Creator? One of the most powerful features of PlusSpec is that you are able to design, estimate or specify actual building products. These products are the essence of BIM, and are filled with [...]