Trimble Connect

Trimble Connect is essentially the cloud-based "glue" that binds the massive Trimble ecosystem (SketchUp, Tekla) together, while also acting as a highly powerful, vendor-agnostic Common Data Environment (CDE) for the entire construction project, heavily rivaling Autodesk's BIM 360/ACC platform. It operates as an incredibly fast, web-based 3D model viewer. A project manager does not need to buy a $3,000 Revit license or own a massive gaming PC. They can simply log into Trimble Connect via their standard web browser, load a massively complex federated 3D model, and spin it around smoothly to inspect a plumbing clash, using nothing but a Chromebook. It heavily empowers the physical construction site via Mixed Reality (XR). Trimble Connect integrates natively with the Microsoft HoloLens hardhats. A plumber on a construction site can put on the HoloLens, and Trimble Connect will literally project a hologram of the 3D pipes directly onto the physical concrete ceiling in front of them, showing them exactly where to drill the physical hangers.