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Supporting Our Friend: Builders Profits – Workshop

Our friends Builders Profits are offering a Workshop to help improve your success in 2017.   If you have a business in the construction industry (in Australia or North America), and need help growing your business, then this Workshop by Builders Profits will help you get on track fast. From the words of Builders Profits: ‘Discover the 5 […]


Tilt panels and prefabricated concrete building components in Design, BIM, Estimating, CAD software

Modular construction comes in many forms. Designing concrete prefabricated panels to suit transportation and load capacity of a crane can be a challenge. There are software packages that do this in a high LOD (level of detail), such as Tekla, which allows the addition of reinforcement and output of working drawings. In many cases this level of detail [...]


SketchUp 17 Pro Review

SketchUp 2017 Release: What we (the RubySketch team) like best: At a glance the obvious changes are evident by the little man in the corner (when you open SketchUp). The previous mascot has been replaced with Chris, who's sporting a nice new blue/grey polo shirt, beige pants, sports watch and slip on shoes. Unlike previous versions though, [...]


Taubmans full range of paint colours inside PlusSpec

Communicate colour and finishes in a way that everyone understands! Over 5040 Taubmans paint colours to select from! We are happy to announce to our Australian users, that Taubmans have partnered with RubySketch, and will now have their full range of paint colours available inside of PlusSpec. Every single colour! Can you believe it?! Key benefits for PlusSpec & Taubmans Customers: Architects and Designers […]


Introducing the most powerful and easy-to-use BIM & Estimating Paint Tool

Paint: The problems faced by Design Professionals Up until now, most Architects, Designers and Interior Designers have avoided choosing and specifying paint in 3D BIM projects – and prefer to simply use mood boards. This is understandable, as other 3D BIM software are not design tools – and are not about communicating design intent in a [...]


Our Friends at Builders Profits are hosting a FREE Webinar

At PlusSpec, we know how important it is to support friends Builders Profits are hosting a FREE webinar for Construction Industry Professionals, and they have asked us to help them spread the word.   Dates: Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th August, 2016   There is a morning webinar and an evening webinar to choose from - [...]


PlusSpec Wins the 2016 ABA100 Technology Innovation Award

PlusSpec Wins the 2016 ABA100 Technology Innovation Award August 2016 SYDNEY, August 12, 2016 - RubySketch announces that its Design, Construction and Estimating software, PlusSpec, has been recognised as the ABA100 Winner in The Australian Business Awards 2016 for Innovation and Technology.   “For over a decade, The Australian Business Awards have recognised organisations that provide their clients [...]


Brickworks Austral Bricks now have their full range of bricks available inside of PlusSpec for SketchUp

We are happy to announce to our Australian users, that Brickworks Australbricks have further partnered with RubySketch, and now have their full range of bricks available inside of PlusSpec. Every single brick! Can you believe it? Combined with PlusSpec’s new Material Library search function, Australian users can now set their State (Vic, NSW, WA, QLD, SA, TAS) […]


PlusSpec will have a booth at SketchUp 3D Basecamp

SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2016 is being held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado from June 13th - 15th, and PlusSpec will be there as a sponsor!   The 3D Basecamp, by SketchUp, is the place to be to meet and be inspired by some of the best SketchUp users from around the world. This year, the team at SketchUp [...]


Manufacturer Spotlight: Taubmans

We would like to thank Taubmans for their latest PlusSpec ‘shout-out’, and for their ongoing support. Australian users will be very happy to hear that the full Taubmans colour range is Coming Soon to PlusSpec! Check out their latest Flyer: Taubmans regularly send out flyers with their paint brushout samples – and every user of […]