"TrueBend: extension inspection”

SketchUp is simple yet powerful software full of special and useful extensions and TrueBend from Thom is another one that allows users to bend geometry within a single click.

About TrueBend:

This extension can be found in SketchUp’s Extension Warehouse and it bends instances for a given degree, saving the original length of the reference segment and in recent this reference segment is the bottom front of the boundingbox. As this works at the bottom front bounding box edge so it is recommended that the instance axis line up with the bend.

Tool Functions:

This tool or extension is totally designed to help users for bending objects within SketchUp for a given degree or radius and it also allows users to bend an object while keeping the length of the object intact. An example will definitely make this matter clear: suppose a user wants to bend a shape which is 60 inches long along a 180° bend then he/she will click and drag the red bar on the SketchUp design page for bending the object. Or the person can just click and drag to enter a value in the VCB to manually set the number of degrees in the bend; here the magic happens, this particular cool extension allows bending object sup to 360° where other extensions such as radial bend in FredoScale, only really allow users to go up to 180°. Moreover that, users can also adjust the number of segments created by typing an “s” behind any entered value and it is useful for things like spiral staircases or many other things where users need to bend as per on a set number of segments. Besides that, users can also adjust their created segments which has become softened or smoothed or may an unhidden geometry is created.

The above is the little explanations about the functions of this tool and here is the explanation of that tool applying on geometry by Aaron. According to his work TrueBend selects and groups certain geometry, there is only one icon of TrueBend and clicking on it appears some broken elements on the lower part of the geometry and a handle in the middle. By clicking and moving it the whole shape will get bended to the specified angle; right click on the object will give some options to fix the angle. His extension is just so perfect to use that while bending and working with; it holds on the length and bends exactly the same degree or edge as the users want in their model. Some geometry can be bended along the front and some are along back; all this can be happened just with one tool and one handle, it’s so much easier to do.

To see the detail tutorial follow:www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-e0wjINFr4

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Budgetime 1.0 – The newest sketchup extension

Budgetime belongs to a low-tech BIM tool that facilitates the users to automatically, easily and perfectly measures times and costs of a construction project.

This sketchup extension is compatible with SketchUp 2017, SketchUp 2018.

The design of your project will be enhanced with BIM LowTech since time spent on design and consultation with the Budgetime platform will be decreased significantly.

Given below, some exclusive characteristics of the plugin

Computation of times and costs of a construction project
Bills of Materials
Quantity of Materials

Get access to a collaborative database of price ratios.

Relationship among companies, project managers and building owners.

The plugin is available in extension warehouse extensions.sketchup.com

To watch online demonstration of the plugin, go through the following link.


Video Source Budgetime

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Curic Sun – The newest sketchup plugin

Curic Sun is the newest sketchup extension that is available in extension warehouse. It is compatible with SketchUp 2017, SketchUp 2018.

The plugin is suitable for different industries like Architecture, Construction, Education, Engineering, Film & Stage, Gaming, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Other.

The plugin is ideal for architectural projects. It has similarity with ecotect in sketchup.

The plugin is used to generate solar chart.

To download the plugin from extension warehouse, click on the following link extensions.sketchup.com

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SketchUp 2018 Essential Training

This is an exclusive online sketchup course you will be experienced with SketchUp by gathering good knowledge on the drawing, design, and rendering tools available in 2018 version of this powerful software.

George Maestri, a renowned animation industry professional having broad experience as a writer, director and producer, will conduct the course and provide training on navigating the interface, managing objects, drawing in 2D and 3D space, leveraging organizational tools, and dealing with materials and textures on both Windows and Mac platforms.

Besides, gather knowledge on how to perform with recyclable components along with third-party objects from the 3D Warehouse and employ simple styles and animation to transform your 3D projects more polished and presentable.

Topics covered:

a. avigating the interface for Mac and Windows
b. Configuring toolbars and tray windows
c. Choosing and moving objects
d. Drawing lines and shapes
e. Formation of 3D text
f. Computing and labeling objects
g. Applying organizational tools
h. Dealing with components
i. Generating and using materials
j. Animating and rendering your drawings

For more information on the course, go through the following link learningdl.com



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Advanced Vray Course for SketchUp

This sketchup video provides the detailed information on advanced course for v-ray sketchup users.

This advanced Vray course will teach you how to generate amazing images maintaining superior quality.

On the basis of the fundamental course of Vray (free), this advanced course will focus on some professional techniques like global illumination, advanced materials, camera adjustments, artificial lighting, distributed rendering, etc.

This course is specifically designed for the students of architecture, interior architecture, decorators, shopkeepers, designers of different branches ranging from landscapers, shops, professionals in the industry, companies as well as anyone who wants to learn how to produce realistic infographics with v-ray for sketchup.

The motto of this advanced course is to make the students capable of facing the professional world, either working independently, in architectural studies, design, decoration etc. The training will be provided on the vital tools of the program and on the basis of advice from experienced teacher.

To get more updates, visit http://jacobsen3d.com/project/curso-vray-avanzado/

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Modelur for parametric urban design v0.5.7-R2

Modelur is a ground breaking 3D application that is specifically developed for making parametric urban design planning simple. It can be used as a plug-in for Trimble SketchUp. Modelur can save your significant times with regard to other leading CAD tools. Modelur makes calculation of urban control values instantly and makes it possible to accelerate design process as well as minimize the possibilities of errors.

In order to utilize modelur, sketchup is required. Besides, one has to download and install Modelur. Modelur is now compatible with the similar operation systems like SketchUp - Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X.

Presently Modelur is undergoing, alpha phase of development. It will be available for commercial application, once the beta testing phase is completed. One can take part in the free PRE-BETA partner programme, to get the scope for testing before being released to public.

Modelur provides the following benefits :-

• fast design of built environment
• swift response to changed conditions of planned site
• automatic modification of built environment
• rapid formation of diverse variants of urban design solution
• circumventing errors occurred due to incorrect building articulation
• constant supervision of accomplished urban control values

Click on the following link to download Modelur Plugins

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How to design a Folding Vertical Drawer in Sketchup

In this interesting session of learning (DIY) we are going to provide a detailed theoretical and practical demonstration on how to build a folding vertical drawer.

This video tutorial is brought to you by the channel named I Build It. The contributor of this channel especially in this video has nicely demonstrated about the woodworking sections step by step with no steps skipped.

For those sketchup users who are associated with woodworking projects; this video will be very beneficial to them for sure.

Software used in this tutorial:

The tutor of this video has used Sketchup version 8 and normally used more custom shortcut keys during the drawing (like "G" to make the selection a group and so forth).

For more interesting woodworking videos visit the tutor’s website (http://www.ibuildit.ca/)

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How to use fast style badges to accelerate your sketchup model

This exclusive sketchup video is presented by the youtuber The Sketchup Essentials. By watching this exclusive video one can learn how to use fast style badges inside sketchup to run your model more speedily. Some styles contain unique features like sketchy edges, extensions to lines, etc but these can reduce speed of your model significantly. It happens as the bigger models include numerous lines and faces.

While choosing a style in SketchUp, the styles section is applied in your tray. When you explore the various style options, you will find that some of the styles contain a little green stop watch in the corner.

The stop watch notifies the SketchUp users that these style apply less processing power, and therefore runs speedily.

If it is required to alter the styles and save them, SketchUp will auto detect if the produced new style requires a fast style badge.

If you’re dealing with a model and it is assumed that everything is dragging a bit, ensure to apply a style that contains a fast style badge.

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Artisan Organic Toolset For Sketchup

Whaat develops Artisan Organic Toolset for sketchup. These toolset include powerful subdivision, sculpting, and soft selection tools which are specifically designed for artists, designers and landscape architects. Artisan Organic Toolset is compatible with SketchUp 2016, SketchUp 2017.

Artisan can be used for generating the following :-

• Terrain and landscapes

• Furniture

• Characters

• Abstract sculptures and decorative objects

• Fabric, curtains, and pillows

• Rocks, Trees, and Plants

Artisan can optimize the mesh creation process by minimizing the number of polygons in a mesh with a specified percentage.

One can access a free 15-days trial version for generating organic free-form models in sketchup.

To get more information, visit artisan4sketchup.com

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How to apply Sketchup and Lumion 6 for designing multifunctional residential complex

Maksim Achkovsky presents an exclusive video tutorial for sketchup users.This sketchup tutorial shows how to design a multifunctional residential complex with the use of Sketchup and Lumion 6.

The most updated version of Lumion is Lumion 7 that is expected to be launched on November 1, 2016. If the users purchase a new Lumion 6 license after October 1, 2016, they upgrade to Lumion 7 at free of cost.

The Free upgrade is accessible only on complete new licenses of Lumion or Lumion Pro. The users can produce images, videos and 360 panoramas easily & efficiently with Lumion 7.

Watch the demo of Lumion 7

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IthilRenderTools v2.0.1 – The newest sketchup plugin

Ithil develops IthilRenderTools v2.0.1. This newest sketchup plugin supports sketchup 2014 and higher versions. The plugin can be used to generate simple materials with simple mouse click. Besides, all identical materials which contain various colors are easily grouped and tagged and the users will be able to apply them by just one mouse button.

The users can apply this sketchup plugin to automatically arrange different types of materials like all plastic toys in kids room , all books, pencils on the desk, all magazines etc.

The plugin contains a block of scnene materials. It is also possible to find out inappropriate materials containing incorrect textures.

Plugin is used to rewrite paths to texures and proxies if it is required to switch your PC. Generates a report for lost materials and detects them easily and recover.

The plugin can copy as well as drag & drop method of all maps in scene. The plugin is available in sketchucation store (sketchucation.com).

Go through the following tutorial videos to get more information about the plugin.

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How to design the seahorse water villa project with sketchup

DutchSims4Master presents a speed build sketchup video to reproduce the design of the seahorse water villa project in Dubai from the existing plan.

All the houses are situated under sea near Dubai.

How to design a luxurious villa having epic infinity pool with sketchup –A speed build video

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How use sketchup for joinery modeling of a table made with wood

This sketchup youtube video tutorial will introduce you to some useful sketchup tips and techniques for working out the design, details and joinery for a table.

Sketchup is a handy tool to generate models of any woodworking plans.

There are various sketchup extensions which can be used to automatically generate mortise and tenon joints, shop drawings, timber material lists, as well as presentation drawings.

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Click Window 3D 2016 for Sketchup

David B, the renowned draughtsman designer in carpentry, has developed Click Window 3D 2016 for sketchup. This useful sketchup extension supports SketchUp 8, SketchUp 2013, SketchUp 2014, SketchUp 2015, SketchUp 2016. The plugin is used to generate your windows and French Doors which can be easily customized to any measure. There are different types of 3d windows like Hungs, Sliding, French, Panoramic to Crank in the made of PVC, Wood and ALU.

With this sketchup extension, the sketchup users can generate unlimited windows maintaining perfect level of details with some simple clicks. Besides, this plugin can also adjust a window in the 3D Warehouse, or develop the model independently. Use the superior quality 3d models in various types of interior design projects efficiently.

The users can access two different versions in both the Metric and Imperial systems.

Go through the following link to download a trial version of Click-Window 3D www.window3dmodel.com

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How to apply sketchup to design the exterior of a summer house with pool

Victor Ruiz presents this exclusive sketchup video tutorial that briefly shows how to create the exterior design of a summer house with pool by using sketchup. Sketchup Pro is used to complete the tutorial.

Reference article : How to model a pool with sketchup www.sketchup-ur-space.com

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SketchUcation published the newest D’oh book for sketchup

The D'oh Book for SketchUp is a publication from SketchUcation Community members that contains some handy tips and tricks to make your sketchup workflows superior.

In 2009 Miguel Lescano initiated a topic highlighting his disconcerting exposure in applying sketchup. Later on It was known as the ‘The D’oh Thread’ and in the intervening years it was a undisclosed place on the internet to distribute your disconcerting SketchUp moments.

The book accumulates killer tips and techniques in apply SketchUp.

This book is specifically designed for everybody that publish their D’oh moments for others to be guided by.

There are no chapters, sections and logical pattern. Just get the book and open any page to gather knowledge on anything ranging from tips and techniques to hidden easter eggs. By exploring this book one will be familiar with something new about sketchup.

If anybody wishes to share his/her own D’oh, just send an email to support@sketchucation.com a to get D’oh published in future publication.

To read the book online, go through the following link sketchucation.com

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How to design a luxurious villa (contemporary house) with Sketchup

DutchSims4Master contributes this exclusive sketchup speed build video where he briefly shows how to design a modern luxurious villa (a contemporary house) with sketchup. IRender nXt renderer is used for lighting and rendering of the model.

Render Plus Software is the developer of IRender nXt. It is a simplified & robust extension for generating superior quality renderings out of SketchUp models. It's most suitable rendering extension for architects, interior designers and anyone else to obtain superior quality renderings of their SketchUp models with seamless SketchUp integration, lighting and material settings.

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How to design a british house in sketchup – An exclusive speed build tutorial

This speed build sketchup video is based on designing a general british house with sketchup through step-by-step processes. This sketchup video is presented by Jordan Wright.

Window+ is compatible with sketchup 2016.

It is very simple to design your house in sketchup with impressive floor plans and 3d models. Sketchup is very comprehensible for 3d modeling. You can start designing as soon as the software is installed. Sketchup contains diversified 3d and solid object design power. Sketchup is also mostly recognized for its precision and customization power.

While designing a house, it is recommended to start drawing an outline of your floor plan on paper. If you draw it on paper, you will obtain a point of reference when you go for digital sketching. If you have a graph paper, draw the outline on it, rather than white or notebook paper. Graph paper contains 1/4" inch boxes which are ideal while drawing to scale. Each 1/4" inch box will exemplify 1 square foot.

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How To Transmit Landscape & Interior Designs From Sketchup To Revit By Using Dynamo

It is possible to easily connect your landscape or interior designs in SketchUp with your model in Revit with the use of the Flux plugins (flux.io/downloads) for SketchUp and Dynamo. You can get rid of recreating your sketchup model in Revit manually.

Given below the detailed processes for executing the same :-

Step 1: Generate a point in SketchUp

Revit develops families on the basis of point coordinates. So, you have to connect a point in SketchUp containing each tree to identify its location.

In order to make a point in SketchUp, draw a circle and delete the center, then right click on the edge of the circle for choosing “Find Center.” A point will be visible at the midpoint of the circle. The circle edge can be removed and the point can be applied directly.

Step 2: Connect the point with the base of the tree

Suppose to have a slew of trees modeled as components in your SketchUp scene, edit one of the components to include a point to the base of the tree.

Step 3: Transmit your trees to Flux

Now that each tree contains a reference point at its base, dispatch the trees to Flux.

Step 4: Draw Out the points in the Flow

Inside the Flow, dispersed the points from the trees by maintaining the following philosophy. The Get block is arranged to Lacing > Longest. Put in the output into a new data key so that it can be accepted in Dynamo.

Step 5: Obtain the points in Dynamo

Apply the Flux nodes to acquire the points from Flux.

Step 6: Generate a Family Instance at each point

Supply the points directly to the “point” input of the FamilyInstance.ByPoint node. Choose a tree Family Type out of the dropdown menu of the Family Types node and supply it into the other input of the FamilyInstance.ByPoint node.

Your trees will be shown in Revit.

This workflow can be easily rectified for other Planting and Furniture families by choosing a dissimilar Family Type in the Dynamo dropdown menu.

Ref.: community.flux.io

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Ropefall for Sketchup – A newest sketchup extension

Balazs Torma develops Ropefall for sketchup. The plugin supports SketchUp 2015 and SketchUp 2016. This sketchup plugin is used to develop and design the model of realistic ropes, cables, wires with physics simulation instantly.

The algorithm simulates a rope that drops downward to bottom through a custom spring based physics model. The two ends of the rope won't go down as they are fixed. The falling rope is obstructed by hurdles in the way.

1. Turn on the line tool and sketch a polyline characterizing the preliminary shape of the rope.
2. Turn on the select tool and choose the polyline.
3. Click menu Draw → Ropefall → Fall.
4. Identify rope parameters and click the 'ok' button to begin simulation.
5. Wait unless the simulation is finished or discontinue it with the Esc key.

TIP: The simulation process can be more speedy if hiding parts of the model that (presumably) does not block the rope from falling.

One cab use a free version for three days as well as purchase a licence for USD 15. Seewww.sketchrope.com for further details.

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