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Drop

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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!

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IRender nXt and nXtRender

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

nXtRender is the low cost, easy to use version with fewer features.

In addition to a high quality, professional, rendering engine - AccuRender - IRender has wizard to create lights, create mirrors, create plants and create materials all of which are then stored directly in your SketchUp model.

Visit our image gallery to see what users are creating with SketchUp.

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Sphere Tool

24
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This script adds a Sphere option to SketchUp's Draw menu.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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V-Ray for SketchUp

23
votes

ASGVIS has released V-Ray for Sketch-Up. This release brings users various performance enhancements, an out of the box rendering solution, and many great V-Ray features to Sketch-Up. V-Ray is a rendering plug-in that enables Sketch-Up users to take advantage of the power and speed of the Chaos Group's V-Ray rendering solution.

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Mover

23
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This SketchUp plugin is a WebDialog for moving and copying Groups/Instances. You can enter a move distance in any valid SketchUp units. Use the mouse to click on the arrows to move the object in any of the 10 pre-set directions.

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RpTreeMaker - free add-on for SketchUp

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RpTreeMaker

RpTreeMaker is a free add-on for
Google SketchUp
to create custom Tree Components.

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Unfold Tool

18
votes

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

Selector

15
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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.)

 

 

 

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Sherwin-Williams Palette Plugin

14
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Please see this page at my blog for more information.

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RpWallMaker - free add-on for SketchUp

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RpWallMaker

RpWallMaker 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.

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Follow Me: Drawing A Sphere

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Date Updated: 
03/17/2010

This is a SketchUp model which uses scenes to demonstrate step-by-step the answer the SketchUp newbie's most asked question: How do I draw a sphere?

 

 

Arc Centerpoint

12
votes

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

 

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Top 3 Ways to Turbocharge SketchUp on Large Projects

11
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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.

RPS 3D PDF

11
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RPS 3D PDF makes it easy to create interactive 3D PDF documents which your clients can view in Adobe Reader.

You can combine background images and text with the SketchUp model to make a powerful presentation with a minimum of work, and without the need to purchase Adobe Acrobat.

 

See: RPS 3D PDF

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SkIndigo

10
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SkIndigo is a ruby script that will export your Sketchup models to Indigo for rendering.

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ApplyTo

10
votes

Apply a component definition to selected component instances.

Put On Layer

9
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Allows you to easily move entities and their nested elements (ie groups within components within groups) to any layer. You just right click on an entity you want to move. You'll see a "Put on Layer: " submenu. The first entry is "Current" then all other layers in the file are listed underneath for quickly moving entities / groups / components to different layers.

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SU Podium

9
votes

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.

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Add Hidden Layer

9
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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.

Export CI ID

9
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Exports a SketchUp model's Group and Component hierarchy. Click for screenshots.

 

 

 

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