SketchUp Extension

The Alpha Configurator SketchUp extension is the SketchUp counterpart of the Revit Add-In. It lets you exchange GLB models between SketchUp and the Alpha platform in both directions.

Commands

All commands live under Extensions → Alpha Configurator:

• Export Selection to GLB… — exports the selected groups or components to a .glb file on disk (meters, Y-up, embedded textures — the same conventions as the Revit add-in exporter).
• Upload Selection to Alpha… — exports the selection and uploads it as a product coverage for a type of your choosing. The type list is fetched from the platform; you provide the product name.
• Import GLB File… — imports any GLB file into the model as a group, including materials and textures.
• Import Configured House from Alpha… — lists your most recent configurations, downloads the configurator's GLB output, and rebuilds the configured house in SketchUp.
• Settings… — pick the environment (Development / Staging / Production) and enter your API key. This is the same tenant API key used by the Revit add-in.

Installation

Copy alpha_configurator.rb and the alpha_configurator/ folder from src/sketchup-extension/src/ in the repository into your SketchUp Plugins directory and restart SketchUp:

• Windows: %AppData%\SketchUp\SketchUp 20xx\SketchUp\Plugins
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 20xx/SketchUp/Plugins

SketchUp 2021 or newer is required.

Bringing SketchUp models into Revit

For interiors (or any geometry) modeled in SketchUp that should end up in Revit:

1. Via Alpha (recommended): upload the model with Upload Selection to Alpha…, then in Revit use the add-in's Import from Alpha command (see Importing GLB) to pull the product's GLB into the document as Generic Model DirectShapes.
2. Native SKP import: Revit's Insert → Import CAD reads .skp files directly. Revit lags behind on supported SketchUp versions, so Save As an older SketchUp format if the import is rejected.
3. IFC: classify groups in SketchUp Pro (for example as IfcFurniture) and export to IFC, then link the IFC in Revit to get proper categories and schedulable elements.