All Entries in the "Tools" 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 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 Key Frame Animation Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Key Frame Animation plugin created by Regular Polygon is an extremely useful plugin to show movement. The plugin works with Google SketchUp 8 and allows you to create movements based on screens. Use of this plugin is tricky at first, though by following directions given in the user guide it becomes very easy to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Vertex Tools Google SketchUp Plugin Review
The Vertex Tools plugin created by Thomas Thomassen is a great plugin allowing for easy manipulation of a series of vertices at once. The plugin is great for creating landscapes for surveying, free hand manipulations/sculpting, designing organic projects and many other uses. It allows you to create smooth slopes and even the ability to specify [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
