Modelur

subscription (per seat, floating license); free non-commercial plan Design the Building

SketchUp extension for rapid parametric urban massing with real-time FAR, height, and zoning-compliance feedback for urban design. Imports DWG floor plans and OpenStreetMap/GIS context and syncs data with Excel (LiveSync). Public subscription pricing (per seat, floating license) with a free non-commercial plan; runs only inside SketchUp.

3.4 /5 composite score
SketchUp parametric massing with live FAR/envelope/zoning feedback -- public per-seat subscription and a free non-commercial plan aid adoption, and DWG/OSM import plus Excel LiveSync give good interoperability; a documented scripting API is not surfaced and it runs only inside SketchUp.
Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 subscription (per seat, floating license); free non-commercial plan, free tier Source →
Agent Friendliness 2/5 API: none
Ease of adoption 4/5 --
Portability & lock-in 4/5 2 file formats
Interoperability 3/5 3 integrations

Pricing

Modelsubscription (per seat, floating license); free non-commercial plan
Free tieryes
Free viewerno
Trialyes
Free tier scopecrippled
TiersMonthly, Annual, Free ($0)
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How we verified this: we checked Modelur against its live site and an independent source — extensions.sketchup.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-19.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
DWG import full -- Floor-plan import.
XLSX both full -- Excel LiveSync.

Integrations

SketchUp (native) OpenStreetMap Excel

Sources

Pricing

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