Sketchup design software is one of the best and most widely used modeling software. Sharing the daily life of architects, designers, surveyors and other enthusiasts, the CAD software has developed many extensions accessible with its pro version to save time and offer more realistic renderings. Here we share with you some of the Sketchup Plugins we use on a daily basis to improve our visualizations and drawing tools.
WHERE TO FIND THE SKETCHUP PLUGIN ?
There are two main sites for downloading and installing Sketchup extensions. These are the Extension Warehouse site, accessible directly in SketchUp via the window/extension Warehouse menu, and the Sketchucation site.
For the latter, it is possible to install the version of their Sketchup plug-in “plugin store” to access the site directly in SketchUp: Sketchucation Store.
To install the latest version of the latter (as well as any other manually downloaded extension), you can go to the SketchUp explorer, preference menu (SketchUp/preferences on Mac or window/preferences on Windows PC depending on your operating system) and go to the extensions tab. From there you will have an “install extension” button to install the plug-in and all associated .rbz files (including the “plugin store” extension from the SketchUp website). Download the plugin store extension. This will give you access to other plug-ins that may not be found in the official SketchUp extension stores and libraries.
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Fredo6’s extensions
Nobody knows “Fredo6” (not even us), but this person is very active in creating extensions for SketchUp.
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- added an icon ,
- translates the dialog boxes into French without accent.
Available in this French “best-of” :
- Archive: to archive intermediate versions of your models in a subdirectory in one click
- Bézier curve : to draw Bézier curves with 4 points
- Angular dimension : to dimension angles (be careful counter-clockwise)
- Reconstruction of missing faces (to avoid retracing lines when a face has disappeared)
- 2 tools to draw walls or partitions with simple lines
- A random matrix tool suitable for trees
- A mixed tool between the “pull-push” and “follow-me” tools
- A line connection tool to quickly draw complex surfaces
- Bomb: to explode all components and groups
- C2G: to transform components into groups
- Several reports on your models
- 3D grid to add a 3D grid in construction lines
- Several layer transfer scripts
- Division of lines and arcs of circles into construction points
- Division of a group into several groups
HOW TO INSTALL A SKETCHUP PLUGIN ON YOUR COMPUTER?
To install or reinstall the latest version or upgrade of a plugin, connect to a web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome or Safari depending on your preference). Your Internet connection must be stable to start downloading.
- Unzip the .rbz file and the icon directory into the plugin directory, i.e:
- Windows 32 bit: C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins
- Windows 64 bit: C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins
- Mac OS X: System/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins.
- Launch Google SketchUp and check the toolbars
- adebeo
- adebeo plus
- adebeo together
The installation program is done!
Then you will probably have to restart your computer to complete the import. If you have any problems with the import or activation, please note that the developers often create installation support in the form of a tutorial. Depending on the Sketchup Plugin you download, you may need to accept the license terms before downloading the software. You should also check that your graphics card is sufficient for the minimum requirements. However, you will always have the possibility to disable or uninstall any plugin you do not use.
If you are looking for other powerful extensions for your SketchUp projects made by Adebeo, it’s here.