We’ve sifted through the add-ons currently available to bring you our list of the 10 most vital plug-ins. While it’s still perfectly possible to build complex structures using the standard SketchUp toolset, sometimes it’s nice to have helpers to take a little of the load off you. Some of the results shown here are achievable with the standard toolset, but these plug-ins will save you time – something that working artists never have enough of.

• Sketchup Smooth Curves
• Sketchup Animation Plugin
• Vray For Sketchup

• The Bezier Spline plugin created by Fredo6 on SketchUcation.com is a set of tools to create bezier curves easily. As SketchUp does not come with a good option for this, Bezier Spline allows you to create these curves with ease by utilizing the almost 13 tools in the palette.
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The Bezier Curve Tool is used to model smooth curves that can be scaled indefinitely and aren't confined to the limitations of the Arc tool, allowing for more natural and intricate shapes. To draw a Bezier curve: Choose Draw > Bezier Curves; Click to set a start point; Click again to set the end point of the line. The SketchUp team uses our.

Some of these plug-ins automate tasks that would take a fair bit of planning and desk time, while others add capabilities that would simply not be achievable using the base toolbox. Furthermore, all but one are free. Since Ruby is a scripting language, they will run equally capably on the Mac OS X or Windows versions of SketchUp (and on both SketchUp and SketchUp Pro).

01. Extended Push/Pull

SketchUp is founded on its Push/Pull tool, which enables you to easily extrude planes into volumes. Sooner or later, though, you’ll come across a situation where you want to perform a Push/Pull operation on a curved surface. In this case, SketchUp’s own tool will resolutely refuse to work. It is possible to achieve the same result by building the surface using Offset and Line, but it’s a time-consuming process that’s prone to error.
This is where the Joint Push Pull plug-in from SketchUp user Fredo6 comes into its own. It actually offers three different methods for pushing or pulling a surface. The first is Joint Push Pull, which extrudes along normals, giving a smooth, contiguous, offset face. The second is Vector Push Pull, which will skew the offset faces along a vector defined by dragging the mouse. The third is Normal Push Pull, which is similar to Joint Push Pull, but creates separate faces, extruded along face normals.

02. Easy multi-curve surfaces

Its Sandbox tools notwithstanding, SketchUp doesn’t do organic curved shapes particularly well. There are ways of generating certain curved surfaces from scratch, but typically the only option you’re left with is importing another program’s output – which brings its own set of problems. Ea sports cricket ipl. Developed by Josef Leibinger, Soap Skin & Bubble is a plug-in that puts tools used for creating tensile structures in your toolbox. Simply create a closed curve from arcs and lines, and Soap Skin & Bubble will fit a surface to them. You can set the number of segments in a surface, the tension in a surface and its inflation (incident pressure). Soap Skin & Bubble also animates the fitting process: another nice touch.

03. Better bevelling

It is possible to create bevelled edges in SketchUp using the Follow Me tool and a bit of forethought, but it doesn’t always work – for example, where more than three edges converge on a point. Thankfully, there are two plug-ins currently available that make bevelling a breeze. Chris Phillips’ SketchyBevel applies bevelling to every edge on an object. Simply select the whole object, right-click and select Bevel. Successively applying SketchyBevel will produce more rounded corners. (Generally speaking, a 3x followed by 1x bevel distance will produce an acceptable result.) But if you want a little more control over your modelled output, Fredo6’s Round Edge (by Bezier) is the the plug-in for you. This clever add-on enables you to set the number of edges in the bevel, and uses Bezier curves to draw them, to ensure continuity between the resulting curve and the straight edges of the model. You can also pre-pick edges to bevel them selectively, although you may need to do a little clean-up with the Eraser tool afterwards.

04. Add subdivision modelling

Costing a meagre $22, Dale Martens’ plug-in SubdivideAndSmooth puts true subdivision surface modelling inside SketchUp. Selecting an object and clicking the Subdivide button in the Tool palette produces a perfectly subdivided object. You can set the number of iterations between 1 and 4 to increase the surface’s fidelity. SubdivideAndSmooth also handles holes and uncapped solids with aplomb, and is not limited to just triangles and quads. Making an object into a group before subdividing will give you a proxy cage, which you can use to manipulate the underlying surface. SubdivideAndSmooth gives you the option to crease edges and vertices so that they remain sharp, plus a Knife tool that will cut through a proxy cage, introducing more control points for finer control. The Extrude tool gets around the problem with the Push/Pull tool introducing interstitial faces, which can have unexpected consequences for the shape of the derived surface. Creating a component from a group also gives you the chance to mirror-duplicate it and work on one half, effectively giving you symmetrical modelling.

05. Tools on non-planar surfaces

How often do you want to use SketchUp’s standard drawing and construction tools on a curved surface? With Fredo6’s Tools on Surface, you can. The plug-in installs a tool palette with analogues for all of SketchUp’s drawing tools: Line, Arc, Rectangle, Circle and Freehand. In addition you get the new tools Ellipse, Parallelogram, Sector (Pie), Circle (3 Points) and an Offset on Surface tool. It’s hard to believe this plug-in really works, but it does. Drawing tools wrap around the curved surface as you draw, leaving perfectly formed faces that can be acted upon by the author’s Joint Push Pull plug-in. It will even draw curves on Sandbox meshes, although you must remember to smooth out the TIN’s edges within the new face, so that it’s seen as a single entity.

06. Freeform deformations

SketchyFFD adds a freeform deformation matrix to your model, making it malleable. Simply pull on the deformation handles to distort your model any way you want. Objects need to be at a single group level – that is, non-nested – for SketchyFFD to work.

07. Automatic explosions

Bomb automates one of the most mind-numbing tasks in SketchUp: exploding everything down to the base level before exporting, say, to a renderer. All you need to do is run the script. It can take quite a while, but it still saves you from a tedious manual process. When finished, select items by material, group and export.

08. Free scaling

FreeScale beefs up SketchUp’s native Scale function. It adds features including a wireframe preview of a scaled object and taper scaling. Best of all, FreeScale aligns a scaling box to the object and allows immediate orientation of the scaling box to any face or edge in the model, so there’s no need to change the axes.

09. Real Booleans

OSCoolean is the only free script that can give true Booleans in SketchUp. This means it will draw in the surfaces formed by a cut: something SketchUp’s Intersect command can’t do. This also saves on cleaning up geometry. As this Ruby script is in beta, you’ll have to register at the site to download it.

10. Watch these spaces..

Since the introduction of the Ruby scripting interface to SketchUp 4.0, people have been encouraged to develop their own scripts to improve the software. Keep an eye on these twoforum threads to see new Rubies and what they can do.

Architect Tools

• 1. Generate Buildings
• 2. Merge Solid Buildings
• 3. Fill Solid Holes
• 4. Select Non-Solids
• 5. Make 2:1 Road Profile

• Generate Buildings
• Merge Solid Buildings
• Fill Solid Holes
• Select Non-Solids
• Make 2:1 Road Profile
• Contour Tool
• Extrude Up
• Move to Plane
• Flatten Selection
• Crop Selection to Boundary
• Put Geometry on Layer0

FREE

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Bezier Curve Tool

• 1. A tool to create Bezier curves

FREE

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Sandbox Tools

• 1. Sandbox Tools are great for landscape design and stuff like that

• Sandbox Tools are great for landscape design and stuff like that

FREE

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3D Text Editor

• 1. The result of Basecamp 2012 Ruby Challenge
• 2. Modify the 3D text at any time

• The result of Basecamp 2012 Ruby Challenge
• Modify the 3D text at any time

FREE

download

Shapes

• 1. Creates a myriad of basic forms
• 2. Shape options are found under the draw menu
• 3. Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• 4. Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• 5. Shape is drawn at the axis origin

• Creates a myriad of basic forms
• Shape options are found under the draw menu
• Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• Shape is drawn at the axis origin

FREE

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Grid Tool

• 1. A tool to create 2-dimensional grids
• 2. You can create a series of squares made of guides
• 3. Sticky geometry are easy to show or hide

• A tool to create 2-dimensional grids
• You can create a series of squares made of guides
• Sticky geometry are easy to show or hide

FREE

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Solid Inspector

• 1. Click on an group or component to analyse it for holes
• 2. Use Tab (Shift+Tab) to cycle through and zoom to the errors
• 3. Use Up/Down Left/Right arrows to cycle between errors
• 4. Use Return to zoom to current error

• Click on an group or component to analyse it for holes
• Use Tab (Shift+Tab) to cycle through and zoom to the errors
• Use Up/Down Left/Right arrows to cycle between errors
• Use Return to zoom to current error

FREE

download

CLF Shape Bender

• 1. Create a shape to bend
• 2. Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

• Create a shape to bend
• Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

FREE

download

Soap Skin and Bubble

• 1. Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• 2. Generate minimal surfaces from edges

• Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• Generate minimal surfaces from edges

FREE

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SketchUp STL

• 1. Widely used across different 3D printing
• 2. Provides import/export functionality for STL files
• 3. Easily export SketchUp groups to STL, or import an STL design

• Widely used across different 3D printing
• Provides import/export functionality for STL files
• Easily export SketchUp groups to STL, or import an STL design

FREE

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TT Lib²

• 1. Library of shared functions used by other extensions
• 2. This is not an extension that does anything by itself

• Library of shared functions used by other extensions
• This is not an extension that does anything by itself

FREE

download

3D Text Editor

• 1. The result of Basecamp 2012 Ruby Challenge
• 2. Modify the 3D text at any time

• The result of Basecamp 2012 Ruby Challenge
• Modify the 3D text at any time

FREE

download

CLF Shape Bender

• 1. Create a shape to bend
• 2. Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

• Create a shape to bend
• Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

FREE

download

Dynamic Components

• 1. Include parametric funtions, a component of a stair
• 2. Attributes can be simple data points such as the component's name, description, model number, size or price
• 3. Ability to create formulaic attributes

• Include parametric funtions, a component of a stair
• Attributes can be simple data points such as the component's name, description, model number, size or price
• Ability to create formulaic attributes

FREE

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Weld

• 1. Multiple connected edges, curves, and/or arcs
• 2. Join edges and curves into 'polylines'

• Multiple connected edges, curves, and/or arcs
• Join edges and curves into 'polylines'

FREE

download

Architect Tools

• 1. Generate Buildings
• 2. Merge Solid Buildings
• 3. Fill Solid Holes
• 4. Select Non-Solids
• 5. Make 2:1 Road Profile

• Generate Buildings
• Merge Solid Buildings
• Fill Solid Holes
• Select Non-Solids
• Make 2:1 Road Profile
• Contour Tool
• Extrude Up
• Move to Plane
• Flatten Selection
• Crop Selection to Boundary
• Put Geometry on Layer0

FREE

download

Soap Skin and Bubble

• 1. Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• 2. Generate minimal surfaces from edges

• Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• Generate minimal surfaces from edges

FREE

download

Profile Builder

• 1. Ability to define and save custom profiles
• 2. Intelligent modelling of real building materials
• 3. Automatic orientation of profile extrusion along any path
• 4. Ability to edit a path and automatically update the extrusion
• 5. Full control of profile orientation along a path

• Ability to define and save custom profiles
• Intelligent modelling of real building materials
• Automatic orientation of profile extrusion along any path
• Ability to edit a path and automatically update the extrusion
• Full control of profile orientation along a path
• Profile Member Path Inferencing
• Automatic edge smoothing
• Export material quantity reports
• Downloadable profile libraries

FREE

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Bezier Curve Tool

• 1. A tool to create Bezier curves

FREE

download

Shapes

• 1. Creates a myriad of basic forms
• 2. Shape options are found under the draw menu
• 3. Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• 4. Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• 5. Shape is drawn at the axis origin

• Creates a myriad of basic forms
• Shape options are found under the draw menu
• Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• Shape is drawn at the axis origin

FREE

download

Profile Builder

• 1. Ability to define and save custom profiles
• 2. Intelligent modelling of real building materials
• 3. Automatic orientation of profile extrusion along any path
• 4. Ability to edit a path and automatically update the extrusion
• 5. Full control of profile orientation along a path

• Ability to define and save custom profiles
• Intelligent modelling of real building materials
• Automatic orientation of profile extrusion along any path
• Ability to edit a path and automatically update the extrusion
• Full control of profile orientation along a path
• Profile Member Path Inferencing
• Automatic edge smoothing
• Export material quantity reports
• Downloadable profile libraries

FREE

download

Architect Tools

• 1. Generate Buildings
• 2. Merge Solid Buildings
• 3. Fill Solid Holes
• 4. Select Non-Solids
• 5. Make 2:1 Road Profile

• Generate Buildings
• Merge Solid Buildings
• Fill Solid Holes
• Select Non-Solids
• Make 2:1 Road Profile
• Contour Tool
• Extrude Up
• Move to Plane
• Flatten Selection
• Crop Selection to Boundary
• Put Geometry on Layer0

FREE

download

Solid Inspector

• 1. Click on an group or component to analyse it for holes
• 2. Use Tab (Shift+Tab) to cycle through and zoom to the errors
• 3. Use Up/Down Left/Right arrows to cycle between errors
• 4. Use Return to zoom to current error

• Click on an group or component to analyse it for holes
• Use Tab (Shift+Tab) to cycle through and zoom to the errors
• Use Up/Down Left/Right arrows to cycle between errors
• Use Return to zoom to current error

FREE

download

Bezier Curve Tool

• 1. A tool to create Bezier curves

FREE

download

Soap Skin and Bubble

• 1. Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• 2. Generate minimal surfaces from edges

• Allows you to apply a skin over edges to create complex curved surfaces
• Generate minimal surfaces from edges

FREE

download

Shapes

• 1. Creates a myriad of basic forms
• 2. Shape options are found under the draw menu
• 3. Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• 4. Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• 5. Shape is drawn at the axis origin

• Creates a myriad of basic forms
• Shape options are found under the draw menu
• Allowing you to specify the parameters for that shape
• Allows you to draw 10 different forms based on user-specified parameters
• Shape is drawn at the axis origin

FREE

download

Artisan Organic Toolset

• 1. Robust subdivision algorithm that can handle very complex geometry
• 2. Subdivide and smooth selected faces, groups, or components
• 3. Crease edges or vertices to create hard edges
• 4. Knife subdivide tool for creating loops
• 5. Extrude tool to create loops without interior faces

• Robust subdivision algorithm that can handle very complex geometry
• Subdivide and smooth selected faces, groups, or components
• Crease edges or vertices to create hard edges
• Knife subdivide tool for creating loops
• Extrude tool to create loops without interior faces
• Low-poly ‘Proxy Mode’ that automatically updates the subsurface geometry as you edit
• Perform subdivision or smoothing on any selection of faces

FREE

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CLF Shape Bender

• 1. Create a shape to bend
• 2. Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

• Create a shape to bend
• Bend a group or component to match an existing curve

FREE

download

Dynamic Components

• 1. Include parametric funtions, a component of a stair
• 2. Attributes can be simple data points such as the component's name, description, model number, size or price
• 3. Ability to create formulaic attributes

• Include parametric funtions, a component of a stair
• Attributes can be simple data points such as the component's name, description, model number, size or price
• Ability to create formulaic attributes

FREE

download

Weld

Sketchup Smooth Curves

• 1. Multiple connected edges, curves, and/or arcs
• 2. Join edges and curves into 'polylines'

• Multiple connected edges, curves, and/or arcs
• Join edges and curves into 'polylines'

FREE

Sketchup Animation Plugin

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Using the Sketchup Construction and Landscape Architecture extensions you can use a variety of structures, designs, models and other features to make your design more realistic and appealing. You can also use various textures, backgrounds and design structures of your own using the pre available structures as base using these easily available Sketchup Construction and Landscape Architecture add-on documents.
Use repository to get the best and most unique structures
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