[Plugin] SketchUV - now free

Whaat

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know that I have released an update to UV Tools called SketchUV.

It adds some notable features including:

planar mapping
box mapping
tube mapping
Save/Load UVs
UV transformation (move, rotate, scale)
view-based projections at any orientation

Also it improves on all of the previous features of UV Tools which included:

spherical mapping
cylindrical mapping
Export/Import UVs to external mapping software
OBJ export

Thankyou very much to my testers and especially to Rich for the very nice review in CatchUp #9.

Update: Plugin can now be downloaded for free on the Extension Warehouse!

Below is one of several video tutorials that I made for the plugin. You can see all of the tutorials and manual at at the EW page.

SketchUp Extension Warehouse

Your library of custom third-party extensions created to optimize your SketchUp workflow.

(extensions.sketchup.com)

Thanks!
Dale

[flash=560,315:2qjgzfyp]http://www.youtube.com/v/0V6NN3hqG8w[/flash:2qjgzfyp]

Marian

Awesome, with this SU is just about as complete as any other 3d modeling application.
I just feel my money wanting to burst out of my pockets....urm paypal.

dtrarch

Smustard SketchUV PDF downloads doc for Profile Builder.

Marian

@dtrarch said:

Smustard SketchUV PDF downloads doc for Profile Builder.

Yes I can comfirm that too.

Whaat

@dtrarch said:

Smustard SketchUV PDF downloads doc for Profile Builder.

Thank you! Fixed now.

cotty

@whaat said:

The plugin can be purchased for $15 at Smustard

Thank you for providing this fantastic plugin (and your others of course) for an affordable price so that hobbyists like me are able to use them...

notareal

Great work!

cotty

@moghamdi said:

I tried to use it on my sofa, but I could not get the result that I am looking for.

That are the results the tutorial videos from Whaat promises?!

moghamdi

I think I need to spend more time on this plugin.

Rich O Brien

To properly map that sofa you need to unwrap it in an external app. Box map is a viewed based method that assigns textures from 6 views - top/bottom/left/right/front/back.

This is why there is a noticeable break in the texture. Did you try select the area that is misaligned and rotating/scaling the textures?

numerobis

wow! great!
i think this will be my first paid plugin!

solo

@numerobis said:

wow! great!
i think this will be my first paid plugin!

really? you do not have Artisan? I'd suggest you get that too.

Krisidious

will this work for mapping cars? and will the maps transfer over to other programs well like Max?

can you optimize UVW maps with it? using all the area on a map for more than one piece of geometry?

jason_maranto

Tube mapping looks to be a especially nice new tool.

Best,
Jason.

ninopiamonte

If only I have bucks I would buy that plugin!

utiler

Well done, Dale!! I'm going there now to purchase....

EarthMover

Woohoo! Great job Dale! A MUST HAVE PLUGIN!

Frederik

Excellent plugin, Dale...
I've always wondered why the Google SU team haven't made better UV-tools...
Well... It's fortunate for you guys, who then have the option to work on various plugins and get some $$...
Nevertheless, it should be a standard in SU IMHO...

thomthom

Looking forward to see the models people make with this tool.

moghamdi

I tried to use it on my sofa, but I could not get the result that I am looking for.

I used Box map and planner map, but it did not work.

Can you please help me with this?
I attached SKP file.

Thank you.

Sofa1.zip