SketchUp Plugins for Architecture

Krisidious

Visualizer ~~$20.00~~ FREE
https://getvisualizer.com/

Shouldn't 1001bit also be mentioned under the roof section?

For the architecture plugins that cover other areas I just leave them. They each do too much to list. I'll make the change for Visualizer.

Krisidious

pilou

Seems some sections are not in alphabetic order !
More easy for see if a program is on the list or not!
Render...

A special light analysis prog!
http://www.lightup-analytics.com/

Elibjr

Wow! This is a great thread! Thank you so much. Under Render, remember to add Brighter 3D
http://www.brighter3d.com/ which are available for free and paid for $100.

Aureus

OK, the list is already pretty big.

Can I then drop this idea: we'll continue to build it but perhaps it's also time to hear some users' experiences. Comparing similar plugins, their work-efficiency, cost-efficiency, known issues...

Krisidious

Added Drafting tools Section.

mk11

Is anyone aware of a plugin that draws dashed lines in any direction? For purposed of drawing door/window swing direction on door surfaces. Tried TIG's 2D tools but appears I can't draw at an angle...

pbacot

Yes you can. Draw the edges first. The line style applies the styled line along an edge.

Krisidious

sketchup has a back edges which are hidden or dashed lines... If I recall there are a few hidden line dashed line plugins, but I never found it useful... I just wait and do line types in Layout.

juju

LAND / SITE PLANNING:
2DXY SiteSurvey tool, $25.
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/2dxy%E2%84%A2-sitesurvey%E2%84%A2-tools

juju

trusses:

Medeek Truss (Nathaniel P. Wilkerson), $20, http://design.medeek.com/resources/medeektrussplugin.html

Truss tool (Tomot), $5, http://thingsvirtual.blogspot.ca/p/truss-tool_1452.html

Between the above two I can recommend Medeek's product hands down as I have both, Tomot's truss tool could do with improvement, there really is no comparison between the two...

Krisidious

that's a really good one. WIsh I had it. Soon I'll have some extra cash maybe? No, prolly not.

JQL

Blender isn't a plugin but Blendup is. It's perfect at exporting Sketchup to Blender with materials and cameras.

It's scope should probably be in exporters but it's almost a render plugin as you can export and simply hit render and cycles will render a very good image.

sketchup2blender.com

It's also very well priced 70$ final price but current price is 35$ at beta stage.

PS: Of course regarding blender as a renderer alone is like saying a city is meant for cars to drive around...

medeek

Wow this list is huge, but a great resource and summary of what's available out there. I might add that for developers its also a great resource, you can get a feel for what others have done and how to improve your own plugin. Thank-you for keeping this list up-to-date.

facer

LSS Arch LIte - plugin [$] $25

This is a lite version of the full LSS Arch plugin [$]

Plugin developer: Kirill B - kirill2008 Russian architect

Extension Warehouse
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/lss-arch-lite

Overview
This extension is a simplified version of LSS Arch and it allows to draw and edit
only basic building elements, such as walls, columns, slabs etc.

Could be useful for small to medium scale projects.
Anyone have experience with this plugin?

jeando

SunExposure, 150euros

A plugin to calculate, for a given period of time (season for ex), the number of hours during which the direct sunrays hit the surfaces of a Sketchup model.

It is based on climatic data (epw files)