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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
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      • Curviloft
      • Extrusion Tools
      • Kerkythea Exporter

      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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      • D Offline
        Daniel S
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        • Round Corners
        • Curviloft
        • SketchyPhysics
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        • BurkhardB Offline
          Burkhard
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          Round Corners
          CleanUp
          Delete Cons ( Seems I worked to much with Lines and points )

          [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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          • R Offline
            rv1974
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            1.extrude line
            2.extrude along path
            3.mirror

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @burkhard said:

              Delete Cons ( Seems I worked to much with Lines and points )

              It deletes construction lines and points? That's a native function...

              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
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                @ely862me said:

                SDS
                JPP
                TOS

                To translate that - SubDivide and Smooth, Joint PushPull, and Tools On Surface.

                Mine are:
                Weld
                Make Faces
                Repeat Copy

                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                All my Plugins I've written

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
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                  @thomthom said:

                  @burkhard said:

                  Delete Cons ( Seems I worked to much with Lines and points )

                  It deletes construction lines and points? That's a native function...

                  But the built-in one is brutal and removes all - some such as this erase all cpoints/clines in the current context only ?

                  TIG

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    My three most commonly used tools:

                    Weld
                    Make Face
                    Mirror
                    ...

                    TIG

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                    • mitcorbM Offline
                      mitcorb
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                      Fredo PushPull--Joint,Vector,Normal
                      Mirror Selection
                      FredoScale,Taper,Bend

                      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                        Krisidious
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                        Weld
                        Curviloft
                        Thom's Curve Select

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                        • T Offline
                          tfdesign
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                          This is a good thread, as I was also about to ask the same question- but for ten plugins(!).

                          Three is a good number, but what still confuses me, and probably others too, who are new to SketchUp is why.

                          Why do you use these plugins, and what advantages to they give you over the current set of tools, and what is your main objective, taking into account, your chosen subject? For eg, are you an architect? A product designer or just a general modeller? Why are these three so important?

                          I've started to experiment with Fredo6's Bezierspline plugin, mainly because it is impossible to draw bezier curves by any other way in SketchUp, and bezier curves come in hand for many things, both architectural and product-wise.

                          I'll probably also add Fredo6's Curviloft plugin too, because the creation of organic surfaces that morph from one shape to another can also have its use, especially when modelling Victorian rendering- such as plaster.

                          One more only would be very hard to suggest, as many are so brilliant and useful!

                          Tom

                          My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            Weld
                            CutList
                            BZ Spline

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

                            %

                            (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                            G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                            M30

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                            • T Offline
                              tfdesign
                              last edited by

                              Why?

                              My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Weld: To weld line segments so they behave as single entities for selection purposes and to reduce the need to soften/smooth edges.
                                CutList: Nearly every project I draw these days is a plan for a piece of furniture or cabinets and my clients require cut lists so they can quote for materials. I could do it manually but Cut List takes only a couple of seconds.
                                BZ Spline: For drawing non-circular curves.

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

                                %

                                (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                M30

                                %

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                                • T Offline
                                  tfdesign
                                  last edited by

                                  Cheers Dave 😄

                                  My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                                  • PixeroP Offline
                                    Pixero
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                                    I dont know if my most used plugins are my favorites but anyway:
                                    Put on layer (I use it ALL the time to keep my file organised.)
                                    Weld (I've edited it so I have it under the right click menu)
                                    Joint pushpull (Could also be Extrude edge by vector)

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                                    • gullfoG Offline
                                      gullfo
                                      last edited by

                                      my top 3:
                                      House Builder (imperial and metric)
                                      Extrusion Tools
                                      Weld

                                      Glenn

                                      http://www.runnel.com

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                                      • J Offline
                                        JuanV.Soler
                                        last edited by

                                        2D Tools
                                        Work Plane
                                        Colour Edge


                                        field of use : architecture

                                        ,))),

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                                        • T Offline
                                          tfdesign
                                          last edited by

                                          Wow Pilou! That's beautiful!

                                          My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                                          • EscapeArtistE Offline
                                            EscapeArtist
                                            last edited by

                                            Based on use:

                                            Weld
                                            Remove unused edges
                                            BZ spline (all)

                                            Based on coolest/usefulness (IMO)

                                            SD&S
                                            Curviloft
                                            JPP

                                            All of the above make SU easier and better to use.

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