Some of you may remember an awesome SketchUp plugin called Sketchy Physics. You could use it to assign physical properties to SketchUp objects and let those objects interact with one another. And you could add hinges, pistons, sliders – it was incredibly fun and somewhat addictive. Teachers loved it. But Sketchy Physics wasn’t compatible with SketchUp […]
Layers – they seem simple enough. Place a SketchUp object on a layer, turn off the layer, hide the object. Each object sits on only one layer. What could go wrong? Actually, quite a bit. When you model using groups and components (which all good modelers do), and start placing groups, components, or loose geometry onto different […]
UPDATE: With SketchUp 2017, there is a new way to install the Plugin Store. (Searching and installing still works the same way. See our post on the 2017 update, then come back here to read the example. In Part 1 of this series, I covered the basics of SketchUp extensions and how to use […]
UPDATE: With the release of SketchUp 2017, managing installed extensions is done a little differently. It used to be done via the Preferences, now it’s done in the Extension Manager. See our latest post on this. Extensions and plugins tend to scare people off. And I admit that looking through all the different scripts, and places […]
I don’t know about you, but I have kids home this week of summer break. And the two most annoying words I keep hearing: “I’m bored.” If you also find yourself fighting on the front lines of the War Against Child Boredom, maybe this activity will help. And for any teachers reading, you might appreciate this […]
In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to set up just the right camera view for this room interior. And in Part 2, I painted an autumn panoramic image onto a large billboard outside the room, to convey the view of the great outdoors offered by this wonderful room. Here’s the interior view I left off […]
In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to set up a camera view of this room interior, so that everything worth seeing in the room can seen. I left off with saving the camera view as a scene, so that I can easily return to the view. Now I want to place a big picture outside […]
Look at this beautiful room, with the lovely view of autumn foliage seen through the windows: It looks as if this model includes a lawn and colorful trees on the other side of the purple wall. But if I had really taken the time to model all of those landscaping elements, the model would be […]
If your’e a SketchUp Pro user, you have the LayOut program as well, so this post is for you. And if you’re not (yet) a SketchUp Pro user, read this post anyway – the stunning images might convince you to go Pro (and learn LayOut). This is the first of what I hope will be many […]
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