Metalwork Design Tools
DrawMetal™ provides plugins (extensions) for Google SketchUp® that draw a variety of spirals, curves and tapered shapes (tapered extrusions)...
Cutlist and Layout from Sketchup
If you’re a fan of Sketchup for creating woodworking models, then the next obvious step is to use Sketchup to help you create cutlists and layouts. Sketchup plugin Cutlist 4.1 does just that. CutList 4.1 sketchup plugin helps you determine how much of each material you need to produce your design, taking into account nominal sized lumber with allowances...
Creating a Spring - free spring plugin
The Spring Plugin allows you to create springs or coils of any length, pitch, diameter and gauge; using a simple dialog box to input the required dimensions. Springs can be used in a variety of engineering, architectural and sculptural applications. To get the free Spring...
RpWallMaker - Free plugin
RpWallMaker Free is a free add-on for Google SketchUp (Windows or Mac) to create wide walls (3D walls with thickness), edit them and cut holes in them.The custom walls are generated by drawing the center line of the wall in SketchUp and the wide, 3D wall is automatically...
Mirror Tool Google SketchUp Plugin
The Mirror Tool plugin created by an unknown author at the Ruby Library Depotis a useful tool to have when using SketchUp. It allows you to mirror as you would in AutoCAD.To use the tool all you need to do is click the object you want to mirror and click the “mirror selection”...
VRay - Rendering an interior scene (Tutorial)
Part I: Adjusting the GI settingsStep 1. First render1.1. Open the scene (which can be found here).1.2. Assign VRay as the current renderer.Since the default VRay settings are not very well suited for a fast initial preview, we'll make a few quick adjustments before the...
Make a Nightstand in Google SketchUp (Tutorial)
Nice little tutorials on how to make a nightstand in Google SketchUp.
I’m a firm believer in keeping the saw sharp. Really sharp. So that means you gotta sharpen the saw regular...
How to create furniture in Google SketchUp
This is begining of a previous story.
I downloaded Google’s SketchUp just to check it out. I was actually thinking of doing some landscaping (figuring out what trees and shrubs to plant and where to plant them on a little piece of barren land I own). But I got a bit distracted and since I want to create a clothes rack of some sort, I thought...
Building a House in Sketchup (Video)
Here is video building a house in sketchup,from begining,even stairs,roof and everything, and some music too :)
Enjoy!
Source YouT...
Regular Polygon Keyframe Animation Plugin (Video)
Regular Polygon has published a keyframe animation for SketchUp version 7 & 8, Free or Pro.
Main Features include:
Keyframes are easily added, deleted, renamed, and reordered.
Any group or component can be animated.
Animated groups (components) can be nested.
Animated groups (components) can be nested inside of non-animated groups (components).
Animated...
Plugin: Instant Roof, instant productivity
Instant Roof, by Chuck Vali of Vali Architects, is a truly great SketchUp Ruby script. Its purpose is simple – you use Instant Roof to quickly create gables, hips, sheds and trellises anywhere you need them. This script has everything going for it:It's easy to install. Pop one file into your plugins folder and you're done.It's easy to learn. Chuck...
Making your rounded models look better
When you're working with rounded objects whose edges have been smoothed, it's sometimes hard to make things look good. That's because curved surfaces don't automatically produce a profile edge that helps to differentiate them from the background. You can see what I'm talking...
Welcome, Google Apps users!
Google Apps recently launched an improvement that made dozens of Google services available to Google Apps users for the first time. As part of this launch, Google SketchUpand 3D Warehouse are now available to our Google Apps users for free with their Apps account...
What amazing things sketchup do!
SketchUpArtists has been created and developed for the benefit of professional SketchUp users and CG artists to have a leading data base of information dealing with different...
Updated FREE models for sketchup
Now bring to you comletely free models to download for sketchup,updated weekly!
FREE MODELS on sketchup furniture models!
Consider Donate for more free models...
How to Improve Renderings
Edge lines are a perfect way to show off detail in a SketchUp model. But what happens when the user wants to render a high quality image of their model? If edge lines aren’t used, the details can be washed out due to lighting and material choices. Using rendering software that...
Interesting plugins for sketchup from sketchyphysics
Jim has released Find Shadow Window which resets the Shadow dialogue box when it decides to vanish off screen. A real handy Plugin to have for those who move their windows around the workspace. Currently it’s PC on...
Lumion looms large!
“A new & easy tool for architects and their clients, discover how fast you can create high quality movies.”
Certainly a bold statement, but given the pedigree, Act-3D™ B.V. have delivered a product designed from the ground up for creating breathtaking 3D visualizations....
Turning 3D SketchUp Models Into Reality (VIDEO)
The Google headquarters in 3D
[Photo by Sweet Onion Creations.]
Sweet Onion Creations is a company dealing with 3D printing. In the video, they show you how they load a model located in Google Earth (and perhaps available in the Google 3D Warehouse) into Google SketchUp,...
