All Entries in the "Free Plugins" Category
DXF Export SketchUp Plugin Review
The DXF Export plugin created by Joergber on SketchUcation.com is a useful plugin allowing you to export your 3D model to AutoCAD as a DXF file developed by AutoDesk (Drawing Interchange Format or also known as Drawing Exchange Format). The plugin works with Google SketchUp 8 and known to at least work with AutoCAD 2010.
The [...]
The Pen Tool + Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Pen Tool + plugin created by R. Obrien on the Ruby Library Depot is a useful plugin allowing you to use a variety of different pens in addition to the pen tool.
Pen Tools included in version 1.4 are:
- Soft Draw – is to help you create softened or smoothed lines. It works the same [...]
Texture Tools Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Texture Tool plugin created by TIG on SketchUcation.com is a decent plugin to adjust textures. Works with Google SketchUp 8 and allows you to adjust the texture in many different ways including: Texture Adjust, Texture Nudge, Texture Rotate, Texture Scale, Texture Shunt and Texture Tweak.
Once installed the plugin has two main sets of buttons, [...]
The Curve, Taper & Stock Maker Google SketchUp Plugin Reviews
The Curve Maker, Taper Maker and Stock Maker plugins created by Terry Ross on DrawMetal.com are great plugins for those in metal working or sculpting. This plugin comes with 3 plugins as mentioned and is compatible with SketchUp 8.
The first is The Curve Maker, this plugin is going to be your main tool in creating [...]
The Building Structure Tool Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Building Structure Tool plugin created by Tak2Hata on SketchUcation.com is a useful tool for design professionals such as structural engineers and even architects. A note that I would like to bring to your attention early in this post is that the developer is from Japan and is offering this plugin FREE though please consider [...]
Toggle Units Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Toggle Units plugin created by Matt666 on SketchUcation.com is an essential plugin to have in your SketchUp toolbox. It allows you to switch between metric units, standard units and other fornmats while using SketchUp.
Toggle Units allows you to switch from Meters to Centimeter and Millimeters in the Decimal mode. You can also switch from [...]
Shaderlight Google SketchUp Plugin Review
Updated: 6/30/2010
The Shaderlight renderer created by Art VPS is a new beta rendering engine for SketchUp and many other 3D design programs. The renderer is actually its own separate program that integrates with SketchUp. Once installed it is automatically picked up by SketchUp.
This product works really well considering it is completely FREE. You can render [...]
Superellipse Google SketchUp Plugin Review
*Updated: 6/30/2010
New version of the plugin is available. Includes a scale from 1-100 as suggested below.
The Superellipse plugin created by Regular Polygon on regularpolygon.blogspot.com is a plugin to create super ellipses or square like ellipses. In general this simple plugin allows you to create these shapes that up until now have been over looked.
The [...]
Automatic Face Reverser Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Face Reverser plugin created by Didier Bur on Sketchucation.com is a simple but yet effective tool to reverse faces so that they are facing the correct direction. A face generally is pointing up or down, just a way for SketchUp to distinguish between both sides of a face. The face orientation comes into play [...]
Align Tool Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Align Tool plugin created by Didier Bur on SketchUcation.com is an essential tool to help you with aligning objects and components in your model. With just a simple right click and then defining a few points you can align objects precisely and quickly.
The Align Tool works really well, but it does take a few [...]
