Top 3 SU plugins
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Sketchup is good at creating basic shapes. IT is NOT 3dsmax or maya. However, when you want organic shapes, nicely chambered edges, twisting and radial bending
and other sorts done quick yet look professional on par with 3dsmax, you incorporate plugins.Ofcourse skethcup can do these to some extent
I love SU too, but lets be honest, the Plugin industry for sketchup is a brilliant idea since it could follow the same model
of app stores for droid.My favourite 3 are (excluding vray)
1- Round Corner (Almost everything in life has some rounded edge too it. This program chambers everything you select like 3dsmax)
2- SDS ( everyones talked about what this is )
3- TGI3D for SU Amorph ( Organic modelling toolset. One of the best feature is upscale. Although primarily aimed at organic modelling, i use it on downloaded models from warehouse and increase polygon count by up to 100x making them look superbly sexy) http://www.tgi3d.com/index.php?Page=Amorph&VideoID=15705085&field=content6
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@unknownuser said:
and that differs 16 bucks worth from standard move ??
i don't get it.
I use Alt-N shortcut. I press Alt-N, put in exactlyhow far I want to move, press an arrow key (Ctrl-arrow key for up and down), and, bingo.
And it does not have to be a group or component.That's how it's different.
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@bob james said:
@unknownuser said:
and that differs 16 bucks worth from standard move ??
i don't get it. I use Alt-N shortcut. I press Alt-N, put in exactlyhow far I want to move, press an arrow key (Ctrl-arrow key for up and down), and, bingo.
And it does not have to be a group or component.That's how it's different.
I still don't see how that is different from using the Move tool and the VCB... ?
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@unknownuser said:
I still don't see how that is different from using the Move tool and the VCB... ?
It's more easy and speedy to click twice on the arrow key (say step is 3.14 cm) than write 6.28cm(6 clicks on the vcb) or move with of a lenght of 6.28cm ! (6 clicks again in the vcb)
And it's more funny to drive your objects like a toy car !
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@bob james said:
Nudge by Todd Burch (it's on Smustard).
It's $16.00, but worth every penny (It was $8.00 when I bought it back in 2006
). It's old, but, for me, very useful every day.I tried "moveit", but it only works on groups and components (at least when I tried it).
Have you tried my jsMoveTool? It works with any selected item.
http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.htmlUsage:
- Select a object or group of objects.
- Select the JS MoveTool and enter a distance in the VCB. Press Return/Enter.
- Now move with arrow keys.
- Use Alt + Up/Down to move in Z axis.
- You can enter a new distance at any time.
- Press Ctrl (Apple Key on Mac) for distance * 0.1
- Press Shift for distance * 10
And it's free...
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@pixero said:
Have you tried my jsMoveTool? It works with any selected item.
http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.html
And it's free...I've used Nudge for four years and wasn't looking for a replacement. If I didn't already have it I'd be downloading jsMoveTool right now (as I said previously, jsAlign is another of my major everyday tools).
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@Pixero
How do you explain that?
I have this on my computer for a while@unknownuser said:
Name: jsAlign.rb 1.5
Author: Jan Sandstrom http://www.pixero.com
Date: 23 June 2009
But I just download from your site http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.html by curiosity and obtain that
@unknownuser said:
Name: jsAlign.rb 1.02
Author: Jan Sandstrom http://www.pixero.com
Date: 6 Aug 2007
Curious isn't it
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Not really. Just me beeing lazy.
Will fix...someday...
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Wouldn't be nice to add a poll to the topic and the people to vote their plugins? I realize it would be a pretty long list), but we could see in this case which are the most used/appreciated/useful.
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Entirely dependant on use/profession I suppose. I see no use in roof plugins as I don't need it. But an architect might say the same for the gears plugin.
For me plugins increase the speed at which I work. But there are some that just work miracles, SDS and FFD for example. I do think the community would benefit from a complete and interactive ruby index that makes sense of what is actually available. And more importantly how to donate.
Rich
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@unknownuser said:
Wouldn't be nice to add a poll to the topic and the people to vote their plugins?
You'd have to list every plugin in the poll. Hundreds...
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super thread, very useful
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