Eneroth Copy Between Components (1.1.0) – The newest sketchup extension

Eneroth3 has developed Eneroth Copy Between Components for skethup. This skethchup extension is compatible with SketchUp 2015, SketchUp 2016, SketchUp 2017.

The role of this extension is to copy entities from one component and paste it in the equivalent position of other components corresponding to their internal axes.

The plugin is best suited for functioning with different types of identical component definitions which allot much content, for example, apartment modules that marginally fluctuate in dimensions or how they adjoin other modules.

To activate it, go to Extensions > Eneroth Copy Between Components.

Click on the following link to download it from extension warehouse extensions.sketchup.com

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Some handy sketchup plugins for the architects

Given below, an extensive lists of sketchup plugins which can be used to simplify the process for generating amazingly complicated forms as well as save significant time for architects.

Sketchy FFD: CPhillips develops Sketchy FFD. It includes a “control cage” to an object that facilitates the users to produce complicated curved and forms out of gridded surfaces. It enhances the chance for generating domes, arches or free-flowing organic shapes built up from “weaved” elements or mesh.
Watch the demo (www.youtube.com). To download it, click here (www.sketchucation.com).

Memory Copy: Adam Billyard is the developer of this plugin. It facilitates the users to copy geometry, along with transformations like the resizing or rotation of stated geometry. It can “remember” your last move and replicate it. This provides a pushover to build up a sweeping staircase or an accurate stack of Jenga blocks! To download the plugin, click on the following link. (www.sketchucation.com)

JHS Power Bar: CadFather (Max Coppoletta) has developed this plugin. The plugin is very useful to produce an array along a path. A series of components are instantly set in a predefined placement. Watch following video tutorial to learn about it’s functionality (www.youtube.com). To download the plugin, click here (www.sketchucation.com)

Follow Me and Rotate: Wikii is the developer of this plugin. It can be applied to generate detailed rope, twine and decorative balusters, which integrates the customary “Follow Me” tool with a rotating action to create twisting geometry. Watch the full demo (www.youtube.com), and download the add-on (www.sketchucation.com).

Multiple Offsets: Sam D Mitch has created this add-on to offset various faces of an object simultaneously that facilitates to produce complex, trunked forms similar to the sphere. You can download the plugin from here : www.sketchucation.com

Helix Along Curve: Helix Along Curve can be utilized to develop helix tubing along a predefined path. If it is amalgamated with Bezier Spline and Component Stringer add-ons, it is possible to model a correct chain with individual links. To watch a demo, click here (www.youtube.com). Download the Helix Along Curve plugin from here (www.sketchucation.com)

Edge Tools²: Thomas Thomassen has developed this useful palette of edge-related tools to save huge time in different ways for simplifying imported DWG site plans quickly as well as divide a face into numerous planes. Besides, the plugin can easily highlight all the flaws so that it becomes possible to clean up your model immediately. Click here, to download the plugin (www.extensions.sketchup.com).

Section Cut Face: This plugin can be used to include a face to your section plane easily. The face can be rectified rapidly and modified its color for the purpose of demonstration. The plugin can also be arranged to update automatically while editing your model. To download the plugin, click here (www.sketchucation.com).

To get the lists of more plugin, go through the following link architizer.com

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How to use Grow and Curviloft sketchup extension to design the Majdoul Tower

Egypt Sketchup Community presents a sketchup tutorial video that shows how to create the model of Majdoul Tower by applying sketchup plugins like Grow and Curviloft.Grow is the ideal plugin for creating a spiral staircase.Curviloft is specifically designed for loft and skinning. The plugin can be used to generate surfaces out of contours.To get more details, watch the following video tutorial.

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Brief demonstration of Raytracer for Sketchup

In this lesson we talked about the plugin called raytracer which is useful for distribution.
In this sketchup video tutorial, demonstration is given on the sketchup plugin raytracer. Raytracer is the collection of small snippet which are used to trace rays around the model specifically remove the ground surface.
Raytracer is compatible with sketchup 6 to sketchup 2017.
Given below, some useful functions of the plugin :-
Drop CPoints
Drops the chosen constructions points down onto the surface underneath.
Drop CPoints (Trace)
Includes a construction point on the surface underneath the chosen construction point and adds a construction line among them.
Drop Components
Drops the adopted groups/components down onto the surface underneath with their axis origin.
Drop Components by Bounds
Drops the adopted groups/components down onto the surface underneath by the corners of the bounding box' bottom.

To download the plugin, go through the following link extensions.sketchup.com

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Top 8 Rendering plugins and software for sketchup

Sketchup is very useful for 3d modeling but it is evolved significantly in times to become an indispensible software for rending and visualization industry.Given below, the details of some best rendering software and plugins for sketchup.1) VRAY: VRAY is an easy to use plugin that supports sketchup. Vray can produce stunning photo-realistic renderings out of SketchUp, VRAY. Inside vray, there is a material editor as well as other useful tools which can be applied to generate pro quality images and animations.VRAY can operate in SketchUp at free of cost with some powerful options and setting. Vray can transform your 3D visualization process to the next level.2) JointPushPull: JointPushPull refers to a useful modeling plugin that includes 6 particular tools for transforming your model perfectly digital. The tools range from joint, round, vector, normal, extrude, and follow. If you have apply these tools in a perfect manner, they will reduce your modeling time significantly.3) CurviLoft: CurviLoft is a useful sketchup plugin can be used for developing curvilinear models. There are 3 tools inside CurviLoft like loft by spline, loft along path, and skinning. In fact, the tool has the similar functionality as the ‘follow me’ tool instead of a simple extrusion along a path feature. With this features, CurviLoft can associate two diverse shapes along a path. The plugin is best suitable for organic modeling.4) Podium: Podium is the best substitute for vray that is compatible with sketchup. With this powerful rendering and animation software for sketchup, it is possible to generate beautiful and photorealistic rendering of your sketchup model.5) Purge All: Purge All is a user-friendly and indispensible plugin that can maintain your model clean and organized in SketchUp by purging leftover Components, Layers, Materials and Styles. There exist an optional closing Report that provides numbers, or a Log file cataloging the names of the purged items This plugin is more powerful and accurate as compared to SketchUp’s default purging tools.6) Twilight Render: It belongs to free rendering plugin that will provide you clean and correct image output and a good library of materials. It can easily convert any sketchup scene into photo-realistic images. Twilight Render is ideal for materials creation, lighting, environment, post-production, animation, and batch rendering. There are wide range of photo-realistic render settings like ray tracing, photon mapping, path tracing, bi-directional path tracing, metropolis light transport, clay/depth/alpha mask and more. It is free to use and compatible with sketchup.7) Mirror: Frank Wiesner developed mirror first and then it was modified by TIG in version 3.1. Sketchup Mirror Plugins is utilized to copy or replicate objects like mirror view. In order to use it, just choose object to be mirrored, opt for surface, line, plane for which mirror should be applied for and pick 1/2/3 points to define them and then activate the plugin. Mirror can be accessed via toolbar menu, plugin menu and context menu.8) Brighter3D: Brighter3D is the most recognized rendering engine that is supported with unique noiseless rendering technology. It can be efficiently applied with SketchUp. It offers a user-friendly interface with a simplified toolset with adequate rendering capabilities. It provides support for artificial, daylight and HDRI lighting. Brighter is incorporated with sketchup seamlessly and there is a sharp preview tool to provide you a perfect sample image instantly. It applies unbiased rendering technology to create lightning fast results.Article Source : https://www.easyrender.com

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Some useful sketchup tips for improving your model renderings

This article is extracted from an exclusive sketchup article written by Michael LaValley, a renowned architect. The article focuses on some useful tips for making your model rendering process superior.

Sketchup is basically a model maker not a perfect software for rendering. Natively, SketchUp doesn’t “render” the images out of your model. Relatively, it acquires what seem to be effectively “screenshots” of your model and then exports them with very restricted control over what you’ll achieve.

To find solution for the issue, one can choose three basic levels of intervention like full separation, partial integration or full integration.

1: Full Separation - The most convenient method to enhance your model as well as your output rendering, is to completely export the model to another program. This efficiently facilitates you to cut knots from SketchUp as soon as the most part of your model is developed there with the purpose of controlling the horsepower of another program’s rendering platform.

But the process is complicated to handle the model as it needs the most substantial level of completion before the transition.

When you are quite assured that the design is finished, you are ready to export the whole model to another rendering software. You then pass another week doing yourself each setting, developing the model further with the application of tools which are inherent to the new program. You are planning to illustrate the new rendering to the client perfectly. But the client may require you to go back and modify approximately 40 percent of the model.

It becomes problematic to bounce to and from as you have already started to model various other pieces in the newer program. You can either cut your loses, give up the newer model fully and develop from the last duplication of the SketchUp model you had with the aim of making the alterations.

It happens because SketchUp performs best with geometry generated inherently in the program itself.

To read the complete article, go through the following original article architizer.com

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How physically based rendering (PBR) can be used to improve the workflow between Sketchup & Unity

This sketchup video focuses on the following topics :-
 How to develop and quickly UV map in SketchUp for Unity
 How materials PBR function in Unity
 How to generate your own PBR textures and materials out of pictures on your phone or files which are available online.

Physically based rendering (PBR) is the most crucial feature in Unity 5. This new lighting model simulates the natural interactions of light rays and real-world materials. It can be used to produce dynamic materials which include attractive contrast and detail.

If any modification occurs in lighting or in the background, PBR will facilitate the assets to be demonstrated in the manner you like. Nearly all PBR renderers apply some form of image-based lighting, which facilitate the assets to select colors from the adjacent environment.

The video is segregated in three parts :-

Part 1: SketchUp UVs

Prior to start, ensure that SketchUV extension for SketchUp is installed from extension warehouse
(https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchuv)

Part 2: PBR in Unity

To gather more information concerning how PBR (Physically Based Rendering) textures is applied, please explore through Allegorithmic's PBR Guide Vol#1 and Vol#2 

(https://www.allegorithmic.com/pbr-guide).

Part 3: Textures in PixPlant

For completing the concluding part, it is suggested to use PixPlant for seamless texture and render map creation (https://www.pixplant.com/). It is robust and user-friendly.

Article Source: http://sketchucation.com

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How to import & scale and orient any reference image in sketchup

By watching this exclusive sketchup video, you will be familiar with importing, scaling and orienting your reference image. You will be able to produce your own scale figure.

To perform this, initially you have to import your new image into sketchup so that you can apply it and create a new face me. After clicking on import button, check that all imported image types and use as image options are selected to get texture match photo.

To learn the complete process, go through the following video.

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How to design a Bow Front Chest of Drawers with sketchup and CabinetSense

This exclusive sketchup video provides brief demonstration on how to apply Sketchup Pro, CabinetSense and VCarve Pro or Aspire to instantly design the box toward the bow front chest of drawers.

CabinetSense is a cabinet design software for sketchup. This software supports sketchup 2013, sketchup 2014, sketchup 2015, sketchu 2016 and sketchup 2017.

Click on the following link to download CabinetSense http://www.cabinetsensesoftware.com/download-software

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New 3d challenge Arch-Viz Modern Office Building Render Contest by Sketchup Texture

Sketchup Texture is organizing its latest 3D challenge Arch-Viz Modern Office Building Render Contest for December 2014 – January 2015. This 3d challenge is based on a 3d model of a modern office building that is designed, modeled and rendered by Quốc Hữu Trần, a young architect from Vietnam.

Modern Office Building refers to a project that aptly depicts the architectural trends of current years which involve cement, metal armatures, transparency, glass windows "plein air" effect, simple geometric shapes through a stylish optical lightness.

Synopsis: Each contestant has to produce a digital image for making an environment with the help of the model provided. The images can be created with any scene, either: natural, industrial, urban, ecological realistic or imaginary. You have to generate the right surroundings focusing on the best features of this modern office building.

You are allowed to restore all the textures as per your choice, but not allowed to modify the appearance as well as the architectural structure of the project. You are eligible to include any personal detail vegetation, background, peoples, creating atmosphere you want, so as to provide a distinctive mark of your creativity.

Guidelines: Each contestant has to abide by the following rules and regulations:-

• All members belonging to sketchup texture’s Facebook public Group 3D Challenge, are eligible to take part by registering at the site SketchupTexture Club . Registration is free.

• Any type of software and rendering engine can be used in the competition.

• Only uploaded Works to the site of sketchup texture club are considered as valid. The final renders can only be uploaded to the site.

• The contestants can also upload their "work in progress" inside the group 3D Challenge, facilitating all to admire the work process behind the image accordingly transforming the challenge into a great platform for confrontation and learning for all.

• At the time of uploading your 3d artwork inside the group 3D Challenge, you should specify what rendering engine has been used.

• In case your "work in progress " is published in another group or social network, you must label: SKT 3D challenge arch-viz international render contest.

• Each contestant can render maximum 3 final images.

• Minimum image resolution is 1600 x 900 or 900 x 1600. You are not allowed to upload any image to the site which contains a lower resolution by default.

• Each art work should contain the logo ‘3D CHALLENGE’ that was included in the download.

• The last date for submitting entries is Saturday January 31, 2015 at midnight Italian time.

Prizes: To each competitor will receive only one prize-
First prize : 1000 U.S. dollars
Second prize : 500 U.S. dollars
Third prize : 250 U.S. dollars
2 awards (special mention) : 150 U.S. dollars for each one

SPECIAL MENTION: The sponsors solely take the decision for choosing 2 works amongst all the competitors for the best creativity and visual impact and each one, will be rewarded with a prize of 150 US dollars.

Register online

For getting more updates, visit www.sketchuptextureclub.com

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www.sketchup4architect.com

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SketchUp - some tips and tactics

SketchUp is known for its speed activities. It is a quick 3D modeling programme. It often uses as landscaping architects. SketchUp is not so tough to learn, but it takes some time to become expert in this trade. Kevin Pfeiffer, writer of landarchs.com has come up with this article. We made an excerpt.

Yes, there are some shortcuts to save the time; still it will take some time to learn. We are trying to present some tricks for your help:-

How to lock axis: Functioning shape on 3D space on a 2D screen is not simple. There is much confusion taken place automatically. If you shift to a circle, you may feel that it would go up along y-axis, witnessed that goes along z-axis. In that case you have to use arrow keys for locking the axis. The up and down arrows are Y-axis (Blue) and in the left, the Z-axis (green), then turn right x-axis (red). The movement will be known from here.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

Use of array tool: Many people simply copy and paste the sketchup shape objects and other things. Many people also repeatedly try Ctrl+v to paste it. It is suggested to use AutoCAD array tool for speedy use of sketchup.

Watch this video learning:

Photoshop for vegetation must: Sketchup has many downloadable options (3D Warehouse), but while growing vegetation, the file size creates a problem. The best rout is to use Photoshop with PNG format.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

For Large Tool set: see this flow chart

view> toolbars...> large tool set.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

Hotkeys: If the designers wish to speed up the project, then they can use hotkeys. Follow this: window>preferences>shortcuts to obtain the page. SketchUp has developed a list of shortcuts and hotkeys.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

Plugins: These are made for enhancing the capacity of SketchUp. Click the links

• https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/soap-skin-bubble
• https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl
• https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/3d-tree-maker
• http://www.suplugins.com/supodium-v2.php

Side count for polygon:

This video tutorial can guide the designers.

Selecting by click: The Selection on the screen is a major problem in Sketchup. Count the number of click and then, select the face and the face and edge and the whole of the object.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

Measurement tool: The designers need to syn into the measurement, angle and rest of the data into sketchup. This is the similarity between sketchup and autoCAD that designers do not need to select the textbox contributing data.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

There is also a ruler tool which marks line on XYZ.

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

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Online Toy Design Starter Course for sketchup professionals

This course is basically designed for teaching the fundamentals of 3D modeling in Sketchup as well as highly developed processes useful for small sized product design, joints and designing parts to be "snap fit", preparing files for 3D printing through Shapeways, and arranging your Shapeways Shop page to put up your items for sale. By undergoing the course one can get a base action figure model that can be customized, renovated and sold in his/her own shop.

Space is limited to 10 students per class, however, if demand is high enough a second class can be offered for Sunday nights.

There will be also presentation on the program Netfab and the Sketchfab and Shapeways services at the end of the course. Netfab is a free program through which one can verify his/her models for mistakes prior to 3D printing. Sketchfab provides web services to display, share and embed 3d files online. Shapeways is the online service for creating 3D print of any models.

There will be three types of classes:-

• The $50 Live classes – These classes that will be held in the Google Hangouts and the participants have to upload their projects for appraisal. Live students can get access to the recorded sessions for viewing them once more afterward. At the end of the course, the participants can get access to the finished minifigure model.

• The $40 Video + classes – With these classes, the participants can have the course files, the video recordings, and get the ability to upload their models for review. The participants who need feedback on their work then this course is ideal for them. At the end of the course, Video+ students will also obtain a copy of the completed minifigure model.

• The $30 classes Video – These classes are specially designed for them who will be unable to commit the class time and would like to watch the recorded sessions after the fact. These participants can’t upload their projects for appraisal. The participants can access to the lesson files. At the end of the course Video Only students could not get access to the completed minifigure but they can have access to all the part spec sheets so in order to model their own figure based off of these specs.

Location of the job will be Dubai, United Arab Emirates and monthly salary US $3,000. Candidates having UAE experience and a driving license will get the preference.

Register your seat immediately as the seats are limited 10 students for each class.

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Best way to clean 3D printer

There are so many attractive technique to advance the performance, as well as strength and sturdiness, of a 3D printer. This is an up-and-coming industry, thus modernization, discoveries and improvements in the way things are done are continually being discovered. It’s oftentimes the small developments, and ideas, which make the major divergence.

This is certainly the case with a little machine called the Universal Filament Filter, created by a company based in Sweden called Creative Tools. The main part is so small that it can be 3D printed within an hour. What it does, is help to clean and oil filament use in an FFF/FDM 3D printer.

Once the main part is printed, a minute piece of foam, or a sponge, should be cut to dimensions just about the size of the 3D printed part. This piece can then be pushed into the hole within the filter. Once this is done, you are ready to feed the end of a reel of filament in through the hole, making sure it goes directly through the sponge situated inside, and out the other end. It may make it trouble-free to cut off a little piece of filament on an angle, so that the end of the spool is sharp and can more easily pass though the sponge.

Now, just add a little bit of mineral oil, which can be found at almost any convenience store, to the sponge, and you are ready to go.

The filament filter should be placed somewhere in the area between the reel and the extruder, so that the filament which is fed into the extruder first passes through the filter.

What the filter does is oil the filament, while also cleaning any dust or other particles from it. In doing so, you will reduce the strain on the extruder’s motor, making it last longer and perform better. In addition, the filter will prevent clogging of the extruder caused by dirty or dusty filament, an all too common problem users run into with desktop 3D printers.

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Twilight render version 2.0 for sketchup

Twilight render is a photo-rendering plug in of Trimble SketchUp. Twilight puts power directly into Sketchup, making the model lively. It is now in news that Twilight render version 2.0 for SketchUp is all ready to release.

The benefits

• No more need to export your models into awkward, midway formats.
• No indistinct geometry or lost texture.
• All the rendering would be completed directly inside the SketchUp using multiple biased and unbiased render methods for unparalleled control.
• There will not be any fussing with complicated render settings or senseless numbers.
• You can decide from a number of intuitive and powerful "Easy" render settings right at your fingertips.

The expectation is high for the Twilight render version 2.0 for SketchUp. It has been redesigned from the ground up, faster, friendlier, and more feature-full than ever. Experts are expecting that Version 2 to be a huge asset for every workflow from hobbyist to professional.

The maker of this software has reserved all the features from Version 1 and supplementary new ways to render, new materials, and new tools.

The makers of this software are hopeful to continue to provide SketchUp with an excellent product and an escalating toolset. Purchasing a permit for Version 2 will enable one to free upgrade to all the new Version 2 features in each release.

Faster rendering: The rendering will be completed 50 per cent faster. With the most up-to-date Kerkythea rendering back-end, your renders will complete much faster. Post processing can be performed with hardware acceleration (for supporting hardware) bringing advanced post processing effects almost right away.

Cleaner redesign interface: It has a redesign interface which takes up less space. Editors were separated by job to let you concentrate on hand, Render, Animation, Batch Processing, and more. Popup controls give you single click access to all tool features, then disappear to leave the workspace clean.

Exploration render Real-Time: Our new Exploration Renderer routinely modernize your render viewpoint to match your SketchUp camera. The light, material, and environment editors are all ready with previews to show you your changes in a range of scenes.

The Twilight render version 2.0 fetch you commanding new Post-Processing tools so you can achieve more inside SketchUp and have better manage over your last product. Our post-production operations are performed straight on the high-dynamic range data so a designer get better results and more detail than from an outside picture editing programme.

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Learn how to create photorealistic roof with Sketchup

Mufasu CAD presents an instructional online demonstration on how to apply sketchup for creating stunning photo-realistic roof with various roof textures. This tutorial provides great benefits to the roof designers.

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www.sketchup4architect.com

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Civil View Toolset for 3D Max Users

Marion Landry has over 18 years of experience in Architectural Visualization, working with a range of software including Autodesk 3ds Max Design and Autodesk Showcase, presented this tutorial with tri-parted video. This tool was fully integrated to 3ds Max Design and known as Civil View toolset.

Starting with 3ds Max Design 2012, this tool was fully integrated to 3ds Max Design.

The workflow shown in this demo is still fairly accurate today and does have a lot of great information that can be useful to you.

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