Trimble Connect AR vs VisualLive Usage & Stats
Connect AR makes augmented reality more accessible to more people on the job site. Project managers, engineers, and contractors now have the ability to visualize 3D BIM models in the real world, making complex processes more intuitive and collaborative.
Features that enable this include:
• Model placement - easily position AR models in the job site with QR markers
• Visualization tools - use accurately positioned models in a real-world context, utilizing transparency, cross-section, and fishbowl tools
• Capture issues - take and log an augmented reality site photo to clearly communicate an issue
• Collaboration - using Trimble Connect to collaborate with your team
• Measurements - measure and record progress and as-built information such as positions, lengths, and areas
• Offline support - work offline then sync later to Trimble Connect
• Supports all common BIM formats via Trimble Connect - IFC, NWD/NWC, RVT, SKP, DWG, TRB, Tekla
• Reality capture - quickly scan and create a full color georeferenced point cloud (*LiDAR equipped devices only)
Recommended devices:
Current generation iPad Pro with LiDAR scanner sensor
Current generation iPhone Pro (or Pro Max) with LiDAR scanner sensor
Minimum requirements:
iOS 15 or newer
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Productivity
Store Rank
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VisualLive (Formerly Mobilive) is an Augmented Reality (AR) mobile app for Architecture, Construction and Engineering. With VisualLive, you can push your 3D models to your mobile device to view in 1:1 scale to bring the virtual world into the jobsite using our Revit and Navisworks plugins. Your BIM is locked down to it’s real-world location so you can freely walk around the model and explore it from all angles.
Users of Revit and Navisworks, can install our plugins from the VisualLive website to upload your models directly to the VisualLive app. With these plugins, you can create markers to easily align your 3D model in Augmented Reality (AR), create your model's hierarchy and break down very large models into worksets and viewpoints so they're easy to load on mobile devices.
Push your design models to iPhone/iPad with a few simple clicks.
Features:
Visualize Designs On-Site in True Scale with VisualLive™
AR Mode - Visualize your design in true 1:1 scale
Virtual Mock Up - Scale down slider for table-top presentation
Layers - Isolate geometry and turn on/off model groups
Issue Tracking - Capture design discrepancies against reality
Markups - Add notes on issues and send to design team
Navigate Mode - Virtually walk in your 3D BIM
Measurement - Measure point-to-point design and reality
Properties - View building model information
Sync - Save up to 5,000 models locally on devices
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Productivity
Store Rank
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Trimble Connect AR VS. 
VisualLiveJanuary 1, 2025