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Sherwin-Williams Palette Plugin

jim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:53:56 +0100

Please see this page at my blog for more information.

IRender

AlHart — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:13:47 +0000

IRender is a the fully integrated plug-on for SketchUp rendering solution for SketchUp.

3D Rad Exporter - Interactive architectural walkthroughs and games with SketchUp

Bamboo-bee — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:43:59 +0100

3D Rad Exporter is a free plug-in for SketchUp allowing you to easily export 3d models to ready-to-use 3D Rad objects.

This means you can now create stand-alone interactive visualizations, 3d games and simulations from your own SkecthUp 3d models or any model from the 3D Warehouse.

ZbylsXExporter

Zbyl — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:16:47 +0100

DirectX .X File Exporter for Google SketchUp

Selector

jim — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:48:38 +0100

Opens a dialog to select entities by type (edge, face, group, or instance.) This is a very basic tool (toy?), but could be expanded to include multiple criteria (such as selecting by Layer or material.)

SU Podium

Admin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:52:03 +0000

You can now make TRUE photo-realistic rendering of your SketchUp model
without the pain and frustration of learning a complex program. Podium
runs completely inside SketchUp from start to finish. It uses SketchUp
features such as textures, background colors, groups and shadows to
achieve impressive results. Podium is intuitive to SketchUp users.
Plus, its simple interface cuts the learning curve to minutes instead
of days. Make an impression without the pain. SU Podium works with
SketchUp 5 or 6, Pro or Google SketchUp.

Arc Centerpoint

jim — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:13:44 +0100

Right-click an arc or circle to insert its centerpoint into the model.

Sphere Tool

jim — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:51:06 +0000

This script adds a Sphere option to SketchUp's Draw menu.

Please visit my blog fro the latest version of all my plugins.

Drop

Admin — Fri, 04 May 2007 08:24:42 +0100

Great script that allows you to instantly align objects to the surface below. A common example would be scattering people / trees / entourage around a sloping site. With this script, just select your objects, click drop and they instantly fall to the surface below. Easy as can be!

Unfold Tool

jim — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:03:53 +0000

Please see my blog for more information and to download this script.

Ruby Panel Toolbar Button

jim — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:03:11 +0000

This small plugin creates a new toolbar button to open the Ruby Console window.
The .zip file contains a script and an image. Extract and then copy all the files to your Plugins directory.

Add Hidden Layer

jim — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:16:35 +0000

Adds a new Layer that is turned off by default - not only for existing pages (or scenes), but for any new pages (or scenes.) Should work with SketchUp versions 5 or 6.

triangulate

dvmorris — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:04:21 +0100

This script takes all currently selected faces, and triangulates them by adding a vertex at the centroid of each face and connecting all vertices of that face to it. It's a really simple method of triangulation, and there is an optional parameter called 'all' that if set to true, will triangulate every selected face, including faces which are already triangles.

Top 3 Ways to Turbocharge SketchUp on Large Projects

Christopher Grant — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:09:26 +0000

Here are three techniques for improving three specific areas of SketchUp that affect nearly every large-scale architectural project: interactivity, output time and file size.

Go-2-School

Admin — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:53:25 +0100

School is a great resource for learning SketchUp. Try their podcasts covering tips, tricks, and applications for a variety of professions, or check out their interactive DVD, SketchUp Level One. The DVD covers the basics, but that should not deter self proclaimed SketchUp masters because School provides a 100% guarantee that the DVD will teach even the experienced user some new tricks. School is the place to go to connect with other interested users, discuss SketchUp related topics, and post questions. If you post a question in the School forums, then you might wind up being the topic of one of their weekly podcasts.