Multiple Face Extrusion in SU
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Hello there, I am just wondering if it is possible in SU to choose or select multiple faces and then extruding or offsetting them all at once, I usually do is to pick then extrude/push, select then push,it a hard really when modeling a lot of windows, hope someone of the masters out there can lend me a hand, thanks you
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Edmon:
There are several ways to do this.
If you are interested in doing this with basic Sketchup, you can extrude one face a specific distance, mouse over the next face and double click. The next face will be immediately extruded to that distance, and so on for each subsequent face.
If you wish to go beyond this, you can try Fredo6's Plugin Joint Push Pull. Further, Didier Bur, I believe, has a tool similar in function. These are freely available. Just do a search in this forum for Joint Push Pull. Monsieur Bur's plugin is available in Ruby Library Depot. You can Google search the Depot. There may be some other plugins, I just can't recall. Hope this helps.
mitcorb -
Push_Pull_Vector by Didier is one of those plugins that Mitcorb mentions and extrude a selection of faces (along a pre defined vector). See similar plugins (and download this one as well) from here.
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Hi everybody, I have just downloaded the plugin joint push pull, it's the one that I'm just looking for, thanks for the help,
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Also, if you're feeling dventurous, I just finished a tutorial that shows how to write multiple push/pull script in Ruby. Ruby is a great language to program in, and multiple pushpull is an easy script to write. So if you're interested in trying your hand at ruby scrits, check it out here:
SketchUcation
3D SketchUp Community for Design and Engineering Professionals.
(www.sketchucation.com)
(though its actually the 2nmd part of a series, so you might want to start with the first one).
Chris
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Hi Cris, thanks for the link, I always wanted to learn ruby scripts I will give it a try, thanks again.
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seems a cool thread talks of that yesterday
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For them that don't like adding plugins
and is a little easier then@unknownuser said:
mothod of Jean Lemire » June 19th, 2009, 7:33 am
Here is a SU (SU way) 2D Multiple Face Extrusion
It can be doneThus
By makeing a 3d base volume ancher then use the move tool.Like this
Trick or skill:Alot of plug-in can be done in sketchup with some insight.
Also you can unlock the axes of the move tool with the arrow keys too.
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