Sketchup Plugins

Simple drawing

  1. 3pt rectangle Makes a rectangle based on three points
  2. S4U make face Makes face based on selection of lines / curves

Selection Tools

  1. Selection Toys Helps in filtering selections (edges/points/ faces)

Copying / Arraying / Mirroring

  1. Memory Copy Makes repetitive processes of coping, rotating and scaling easier
  2. SmustardPathcopy Makes copys of elements along a path – Street lights / trees for example
  3. JHS Power Bar Several tools for extrusion, alignment, Autocad (path extrusion)
  4. Component stringer Making beads / arranging elements along a path
  5. Mirror Easy mirroring (like in autocad based on planes or three points)
  6. LSS Matrix Easy arraying including rotating / scaling functions

Making Editing / Joining Curves

  1. Weld Joining several curves/ lines (like join command in Autocad)
  2. Bezier spline (Makes several handmade curves / modifies exisitng object corners to curves)
  3. Curve Maker (several mathematical / rational curves)

Extrusion / Lofting

  1. Joint Push pull Allows all types of extrusions
  2. CLF Shape Bender Bends a shape along a curve – curved corner windows, ramps etc
  3. JHS Power Bar Allows path extrusion
  4. Curviloft Autocad Loft command
  5. Soap Skin & Bubble Makes force based mofifications to surfaces (Zaha style)
  6. Sketchyffd Powerful surface modifications based on grid development

Offset & Scale

  1. Multiple Offsets Creates offsets
  2. FredoScale Scales in all methods / axes

Aligning / dropping

  1. DropGC Drops elements by gravity to encounter and stop at a surface/topography
  2. JHS – Power bar – Aligns

Architectural Tools

  1. Architect Tools – Several powerful tools put into onw
  2. 1001 Bit Freeware – Doors, windows, stairs, walls, floors all made easy
  3. SteelSketch – Strucural design made easy
  4. RSFence – Fences made easy
  5. SmustardParking – Parking lots made easy

Terrain modification

  1. Terrain skirt

 

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