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Why SketchUp Plugins?

SketchUp is one of the easiest, fastest and most popular 3D modelling software. In addition, their default tools and interface are simple and easy to use for the beginners. However, the complexity of your model will increase, the default tools becoming barrier for you to complete the work. That is when SketchUp plugins or extensions come into the picture. Plugins are created for users who are facing shortcomings of the default tools on SketchUp.

SketchUp plugins are tools that developed by users of SketchUp for the community to enhance the basic tools by making them more powerful. You can get the plugins for free on SketchUp Extension Warehouse and Sketchucation Plugin Store.

Here are the results created with the some of the plugins:-

Animator

Animator by Fredo6 is a plugin that dedicated to the animation of SketchUp models. It provides a parametric, interactive framework to create or control movements of objects along a timeline. Plus, Animator by Fredo6 can generate your animations into various formats.

Source: Animator by Fredo6

Soap Skin and Bubble

Soap Skin & Bubble Plugin is a free plugin and gives modelers the ability to easily create a multi-faceted face inside of a closed group of three or more lines. It is as simple as selecting the lines, start up the plugin, tell it how many faces you want the new face to have.

Source: Soap Skin & Bubble

RoundCorner

RoundCorner by Fredo6 plugin is the tool that you can pick the edges you want to make it round with specify parameters. This tool are ones that can save hours of complicated and repetitive steps to make a round corner.

Soap Skin and Bubble in SketchUp Plugin Training Melaka Puchong Selangor Malaysia

Source: RoundCorner by Fredo6

JHS PowerBar

JHS PowerBar is known as the most powerful tool because it has a collection of powerful extensions from other developers. There’s a number of tools in this extension and you can adjust the number that show up in your toolbar.

Source: JHS PowerBar

Curviloft

Curviloft by Fredo6 is a script dedicated to Loft and Skinning that is generation of surfaces from contours. Because there are many solutions to calculate Loft and Skinning geometries, the plugin offers various options to adjust parameters depending on the configuration of contours.

Source: Curviloft by Fredo6

What will you learn?

You will be introduced to several SketchUp plugins and learn how to use them. These plugins are downloadable from SketchUp Extension Warehouse or Sketchucation Plugin Store.

Course Content

Chapter 1 - Fredo Scale ~Exploring Fredo Scale ~Box Tapering ~Box Stretching ~Box Twisting ~Radial Bending	Chapter 6 – JHS PowerBar ~Face Finder ~Copy Along Path ~Mirror ~Extrude Line ~Drop at Intersection ~Drop at Level ~Pipe Along Path ~Lines to Tubes
Chapter 2 – Curviloft ~Loft by Spline ~Loft along Path ~Skinning	Chapter 7 – 1001Bit Tools ~Point on Face - Setting out reference point ~Opening on Wall ~Staircases ~Roof Rafters, Batten/Purlins ~Window Frame ~Door Frame ~Escalator ~Divider ~Create Grilles, Grating or Perforated Screens Horizontal and Vertical Louvres ~Divides and Place Construction Points Along Edges ~Align Selected Entities to Pick Points
Chapter 3 – CLF Shape Bender ~Bending a Staircase with CLF Shape Bender ~Bending Road with Shape Bender	Chapter 8 – Soap Skin & Bubble ~Making a Soft Cushion with Pipe ~Applying Material for the Soft Cushion
Chapter 4 – RoundCorner ~Introduction to RoundCorner Fredo6 ~Using RoundCorner to make a Sofa looks Realistic	Chapter 9 – Animator ~Groups of the Model ~Adding movements to create animations ~Adding Cameras ~Adding Visual Effect ~Generating a Video
Chapter 5 – Hose and Pipes Plugins ~Creating Hose and Piping with Follow Me ~Creating Pipe with Pipe Along Path Plugin ~Creating Piping Elbow with Fredo6 Joint Push Pull Plugin ~Creating Bendy Hose and Pipe with BezierSpline Plugin ~Creating Pipe with VBO Solution Plugin