Our customers in AEC are using apps like SketchUp Viewer and Trimble Connect to visualize 3D design earlier and more effectively than ever before, rapidly iterate on design ideas in 3D, collaborate with others (both collocated and remote) while immersed in the design, overlay designs on the real world for things such as clash detection and renovation visualization, and use models in the real world as an “instruction guide” for actual production. This is significantly improving data communication and interpretation to reduce rework, increase productivity, and improve overall job quality.

In the Civil and Utilities spaces, customers can use a tool like SiteVision to locate buried utilities or visualize their design before undertaking their daily work. If they get stuck, they can use Trimble PULSE to call in an expert to remotely guide their work.

In the mining industry, our customers are using Visual Intelligence to interact with digital twins of their open pit mines on a tabletop or immersively while sitting at their desks thousands of miles away. They can overlay important information such as stockpiles volumes, ore movements and grade, and near real-time locations of machinery and trucks.

We’ve just started to crack open the possibilities of this technology. Have an idea? Let us know!