Tutorials

The Vertex Tools plugin created by Thomas Thomasson is a great plugin allowing for easy manipulation of a series of vertices at once. The plugin is great for creating landscapes…

In Sketchup, a solid is any 3D model (component or group) that has a finite closed volume. A Sketchup solid cannot have any leaks (missing faces or faces that do…

EngineeringToolBox.rb is a Sketchup Plugin to easily insert standard engineering elements to a Sketchup model. It is the newest Sketchup plugin available in extension warehouse. It is compatible with Sketchup…

Sketchup is a complete design 3D software originally released in 2000 by the start-up company Software. In 2006 the tech giant Google acquired the license of the software after a…

Textures are images that are applied to faces in the model. Sketchup includes several default textures in the Materials panel. There are two types of images that can be used…

What are Plugin? A software plug-in is an add-on for a program that adds functionality to it. For example, a Photoshop plug-in (such as Eye Candy) may add extra filters…

FBX file is a 3D model saved in the Autodesk Film box format. It contains a model that can be used and shared across a variety of digital modeling and…

All About Workflow Sketchup Pro 2020: your [3D] creative space This year, we focused on data structures and modeling behaviours. Easy to use software that boosts your ability to crank…

Before we start inserting components, we need to know that every component has a definition and an instance: A component definition provides a blueprint for how all components of a…

SketchUp is a helpful 3D modeling software that allows us to create 3D shapes and objects. Using simple tools we can create customized objects with a high level of detail.…