Pool Studio

Pool Studio

Structure Studios
SketchUp

SketchUp

Trimble
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About

See your pool design ideas transform into fully interactive 3D with just one click. This is the professional 3D pool design software that makes creating custom, shareable results easy for everyone, not just the AutoCAD experts. The intuitive interface and smart 3D design tools make creating immersive 3D presentations featuring your expertly designed swimming pools a breeze. And the built-in library offers an extensive array of hand-crafted 3D options to enhance your swimming pools. With 3 drawing tools and 5 editing tools, it has never been easier to create in 3D the incredible custom pool designs your clients want. Smart 3D design tools detect changes automatically and recalculate instantly, so handling pool design change requests has never been easier.

About

Design delightfully, collaborate clearly, and build better buildings. The joy of drawing by hand. The ease of super-smart 3D modeling software. Make sustainable buildings. Change the world, hundreds of professionally-developed extensions at your fingertips. Design in 3D. Document in 2D. Make work easier, bring efficiency to your team and the 3D community. A great idea can be its best with the right technology. Draw in 3D, analyze and improve your building’s performance, and creatively document and share your ideas with your class. Integrated with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. Works on Chromebooks or any Internet-connected computer. Students have access to free and intuitive 3D modeling tools. Positioning-centric information is changing the way people, businesses and governments work throughout the world. By applying Trimble's advanced positioning solutions, productivity increases and safety improvements are being realized.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Landscape Design for anyone wanting to design their pool

Audience

Designers in the construction, engineering, architecture, and interior design fields looking for a design solution

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$84 per month
Billed annually
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$119 per year
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 2.2 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 2.8 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 3.6 / 5
design 4.2 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Nothing at all, they were horrible to deal with and I would not wish my experience on anyone! I believe what they do is criminal and am investigating a class action lawsuit next
  • The software is easy to learn and provides great outputs to use in sales presentations. I honestly enjoyed using the software. There are zero pros beyond that.
  • None. They spoiled that out of the gate. The program wasn't work the harassment and evil practices. They lie and trap you into spending additional money to use 1 key.
  • Terrible Customer Service. Very rude on the phone. Did not listen and made contradictory statements.
  • The program works ok, it can be a little buggy here and there but for the most part it works well.

Cons

  • Communication was very poor. Terrible customer support. Horrendous tech support. Management was condescending and malicious in nature. Software was glitchy. Very expensive.
  • Simply, their business practices are immoral at best and illegal at worst. Do not use this software. They will lock you out of your content guaranteed if you switch to another laptop. The one we started using was on the lower side processing so we upgraded to a more powerful laptop. I called the help line and asked how to do this. The rep walked me through it and we got it switched over. Then after using the new laptop we received a message at login that the key was in use on another device. We released the key, through our account on their website and had it sent to the same person again. We received an email saying you (the same person) had been selected by "him" to be the user of this key. We followed the directions in that email and when ultimately we finished and went to login we received this message "you have reached your cpu limit" and would not allow us access to the software and our designs. This cost us the ability to provide our presentation for a $450k deal. They have yet to respond to three emails to support and have been no help at all on three phone calls to the help line other than to say the ticket would be responded to in 24-48 hours. Well it has been well over 300 hours since that first call.
  • The worst company ever. They stole our money and forced us to purchase extra keys in order to use 1. They didn't support our needs when we had issues with program. This is by far the worse experience i have ever had. What they did would come very close to being criminal. After reading the other responses, it's clear some of the other review sites are being manipulated. We should all discuss a class action. This is extortion. They stole over $3,000 from us and nothing to show for it.
  • Even More Terrible Customer Service. Read the poor reviews on Google, Facebook, Yelp, House, BBB, and any other site. Take them seriously and do not purchase this product.
  • I call customer service and spoke with James, he sent me a email on how to transfer the program licensing. On the phone I told him I was giving my old computer to my wife so she could use it and that she often used the computer for our business. They then canceled my account saying they had some magic software that can tell she was using the program which was a lie! She didn't even understand how to use the program and didn't know the login info. They are now demanding I pay $400 a month for 2 keys to unlock my account. They are holding tens of thousands of dollars of work in ransom. Apparently, this is something they seem to do a lot after reading these reviews.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I've used them all (18 yrs of designing) and although SketchUp is great for certain work (creating parts and gears, and certain structures, etc), it sucks as a pool design program!
  • + Control of all views is wonderful, I can have a perspective from any angle that is already preset within SketchUp. In addition, that I can also save my own perspectives, this being more comfortable for me. It is also possible to navigate through 3D space without problems, I liked that everything was fluid, so I could get closer to editing certain things with more detail and thus not move anything other than what I want to modify. + To be honest, the ease of the user interface surprised me, I thought that because it is something professional it would be difficult to manage within the platform. However, it was not difficult to remember all the tools to capture the plans of the designs and make them come true, thus being able to improve the designs by being able to make the changes live and see how everything is turning out. + I can make a kind of sketch in both 2D and 3D, this was very useful for me because I currently use a drawing tablet to be able to capture my ideas more quickly than when I use a mouse. So being able to sketch in 3D with my tablet makes it easier for me when I want to add custom elements more quickly and then make them a more formal design, but in the meantime you have the sketch view. + I can import any .cad file, this was essential because I have work colleagues who use other software and when they want us to work collaboratively I don't want to use another platform. So I just import and edit within SketchUp without needing to go anywhere else. + I can edit any aspect of the 3D models, from points, vertices or surfaces. In addition, adding textures is not that difficult, being able to add textures even to each face is very simple, generally you have to make meshes and know how to distribute a 3D object to pass it to a plane and from there make it texture, but with this software you can you can do everything directly to the object without having to break it apart.
  • º To begin with, its interface is very friendly and practical, despite the fact that this platform is for professional use, I can say that even a child can understand all its functionalities because of how easy it is to be. I didn't require any training, nor did I have to search for a lot of information to start capturing my ideas within this platform and it was very simple to start from scratch without getting lost along the way. º I can export to high quality images, I like this because I can make designs with so many details that when rendering and exporting it to an image I can be sure that everything will be seen in extreme detail so that the client can see all the work that I did in case you can only see images since you do not have a high speed internet to see the sketches in real time. º I can import models from other 3D platforms and this fascinates me in case I am working collaboratively with my team and they are using other software. It is very convenient to be able to have the freedom to import any 3D object and put it in my sketches, and it is also not necessary to centralize the company's employees who use other platforms, since that way I do not have to go through tedious implementation processes that despite the fact that this platform is easy not everyone wants to learn from scratch as they have their preferred platforms. º I have multiple view or perspective modes that allow me to render from the point of view that is restored or it can also help me when I am doing the sketches and applying details. Many platforms don't have as many display modes or only have free mode and it's awkward to be able to navigate in 3D space, so with this platform I can have more comfort and freedom when sketching. º I can create different materials to my liking so I can have more control when applying materials to each object, despite the fact that the materials they have in the gallery are not so great, this platform gives the freedom to import or create your own materials for being able to add them to the sketches and being able to have a closer perspective to the reality of the ideas that are had when making the sketches.
  • SketchUp is a great tool for small companies to use because it is a lot cheaper than other programs that do pretty much the same time. This 3D program is very easy to learn and use. They also have a lot of online support and forums to help build or find things that other people have designed in.
  • Easy to get started 3-D modelling & rendering Customization - Supports many extensions Ability to share designs and models easily Has a free version

Cons

  • Just a 'generic' drawing program that takes me forever to design pools vs all my other programs - and then when done I have something that looks like a little kid did it!
  • - The material library is not very realistic, I consider it as a preview of the final version of an architectural design. This is very disappointing since I am paying for a product whose texture pack is limited, thus having to design my own textures or pay third parties who have already developed good textures so that my designs are not so cartoonish. - The rendering of the layouts is not very realistic, it would be nice if the preview shows the current rendering type to save resources and have a preview of what is being created. However, I prefer more realistic views so that clients can have a better perspective of the end result in a design. In addition, it would not be necessary to transfer all the files to a 3D program to have a better rendering, but it would be nice if a better rendering was integrated into this platform. - The .png images do not show transparency very well, it even provides them with shadow or reflection, I would prefer it to have more definition, especially when it comes to plants or materials or objects with tiny details. I know that it causes less impact to the processor by having more details, but with the power of today's computers anything is possible and handling architectural designs is not so complicated to process. - I did not like that they removed the single payment, now everything is by subscription, thus having to make a better calculation when using this software. Before, just having the product when it was a single payment meant less expenses because I didn't have to worry about monthly expenses when I wasn't using this software, now I always have to be up to date or decide whether or not to pay each month to know if it's profitable.
  • º I have problems when importing the sketches to other platforms, especially the crystallization of some materials. This is a bit annoying because I have to accommodate the materials within the other platforms since it doesn't export correctly and makes the job a bit slower and heavier when I had recently put the materials from the sketches. I would like it to have all the possible compatibility even for platforms that are old that I still use to be able to make adjustments to my sketches. º I don't know if it's performance issues, but when I'm zooming in to see the models in detail it gets slow or the speed suddenly increases without me having touched anything within the configuration. This is very inconvenient and a solution that I have applied is to have a general view of the model so as not to move around much in 3D space without doing practically any zooming so that this type of problem does not happen to me. I would like them to improve the problem of zooming so that you can work more comfortably and it is practical to have a more fluid zoom in or out. º The material palette is very scarce or not so realistic, this makes my sketches very poor or everything looks like cartoons. It can be imported, but it is a process to create materials manually, I would like it to be more practical or extensive in your materials gallery or some way to acquire materials without requiring third parties to carry out this work of creating materials. º I miss being able to have the definitive license, now everything is with a subscription and it's annoying. I would prefer to have the final product in order to have a fine investment and not an investment in installments since there are times that the work I do does not cover the expenses or only covers the monthly payment. On the other hand, with a lifetime license I already have a budget made on the profits that I will obtain in relation to the investment that I will make in this platform. º I would like it to have more access with keyboard shortcuts so that I can access the different functions more quickly. I'm not saying that it doesn't have some keyboard shortcuts, but there are vital functions which I use a lot and they don't have those shortcuts that it would be easier to make sketches within this platform.
  • If you are a power user and require very intricate details then this program will be lacking some tools to do so. The tools is very limited and not many short cut keys to work with.
  • While it is easy to begin with , for proper modeling you need to learn a lot. It has some file format compatibility issues.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Structure Studios
Founded: 2001
United States
www.structurestudios.com/software/3d-swimming-pool-design-software

Company Information

Trimble
Founded: 1978
United States
www.sketchup.com

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Categories

Categories

Architecture Features

2D Drawing
3D Modeling
Bills of material
BIM Modeling
Building Information Modeling
Client Management
Contact Management
Contract Management
Document Management
Drafting
Manufacturing Design Data
Presentation Tools
Project Management
Proposal Management
Quotes/Proposals
Visualization / Presentation

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Integrations

3D Warehouse
AUGmentecture
Airteam Fusion Platform
Artlantis
Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture
CabinetSense
Canvas
Modelur
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer
REXcad
Raylectron
Render[in]
Rendervi
Spoak
Stabicad
Unicorn Render
Unity Reflect
Virtofy
Yulio
iRender
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