Top 50 Free Sketchup Extensions in just 10 Minutes - 2022

hello everyone and welcome to the channel for those of you who are new to my videos my name is mj and i'm an architect working with sketchup for the last 23 years now and when i first started this channel almost three years ago my ultimate goal was to get enough material to create exactly the video you're about to see right now so in preparation for this video i already uploaded a ton of in-depth tutorials about almost every extension you'll see today i'll put the link for the playlist in the description and i also prepared a zip file for you to download with installation files of every single extension featured in this video you can download it for free or if you want to support the channel and the work i'm doing here you can donate as much as you like but before we begin what kind of a youtube video would this be if i first didn't ask you kindly to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel so do it please well thank you and now without further ado after three years and 128 sketchup video tutorials i give to you in purely alphabetical order my top 50 most useful free sketchup extensions number one busier spline it lets you draw and edit a variety of polylines bezier and spline curves all in 3d number two bezier surface it lets you create busier surfaces and edit its shape with a simple but highly functional gizmo number three clean up three it optimizes and cleans up your model by purging unused items merging identical materials repairing split edges erasing straight edges and more number four curvy loft it generates surfaces from contours using loft by spline loft along path and skinning number five edge tools it's a collection of tools that allows you to make co-linear edges inside a face check your closed bottom lines for gaps and close them and simplify edges number six extrusion tools it's a tool set for extruding edges into meshes it lets you create complex round surfaces as well as linear extrusions number seven face creator it simply creates faces out of closed edge loops number eight flowify it lets you bend an object along a complex 3d surface number nine frito scale it allows you to orientate the selection box around an object and interactively apply a number of different transformations such as scaling tapering stretching planner shear twisting bending and rotation number 10 front face tool it lets you paint over reversed faces to correctly orientate them without affecting forward-facing faces number 11 groups to components it bulk converts groups to components the group's name is transferred to the component's definitions name number 12 helix long curve just like the name says it creates helixes with bunch of settings to control their shape number 13 jhs power bar it's a collection of 46 different extensions you'll get tools like component replacer phase subdivider multiple random scale and rotate and many many more you'll find a link for the in-depth video tutorial on jhs power bar in the description number 14 joint push pull this extension simply allows you to push pull round surfaces most useful are extrusions along normals and those along vectors number 15 lauberg with drag and drop simplicity you can seamlessly add 3d trees and plants to sketchup and modify their shape age season and level of detail with easy to use tools this is a paid plugin but comes with a freebie plant kit with several trees and plants that you can use completely free number 16 lose to groups this plugin will make groups of all your loose geometry number 17 make fur this one generates fur grass crowds etc using a variety of parameters to distribute them randomly over an area number 16 material replacer it's a tool that lets you replace materials by picking from the model number 19 memory copy with this plugin you get to repeat the same transformation of a copied component as many times as you like number 20 merge layers it simply merges layers into one useful when copying between models number 21 mirror by keurig this is a simple one-click mirror plug-in that also gives you the option to create a copy when mirroring number 22 multiple offset it allows you to create multiple offsets inside or outside selected faces with just a couple of clicks number 23 path copy this plugin allows you to select the path and then select a group or component to copy along the selected path allowing you to also set the distance between the copies number 24 project to face it generates a wireframe projection of group and components onto a face number 25 push line it's a very simple tool for extruding edges by vector number 26 quad face tools this extension is a set of tools that allows you to model with quads inside sketchup with more ease you get a set of selection tools as well as tools for adding or removing loop cuts uv mapping and many many more number 27 random selection it's used to randomly select objects by reducing the number of selected entities using a simple slider number 28 random tools a set of tools to randomize various things object placement rotation scale face extrusion vertex location and even textures it also allows to place objects randomly on faces or on edges with scale rotation and orientation variations number 29 reset rotation it simply resets the rotation of single or multiple objects number 30 round corner it performs the rounding of the edges and corners of 3d shapes along a 2d profile in three modes round corners sharp corners and bevel number 31 scale and rotate multiple it takes a selection of groups or components and scales and rotates them based on their center point or the world axes number 32 scale tools it's a set of tools for scaling to a fixed length or ratio based on an axis of your choice there is also a tool for resetting the scale of a component number 33 scale by tools this extension contains a set of tools to scale move or rotate multiple objects or vertices based on a math formula or an image number 34 section cut face it simply adds a face to a section plane number 35 selection toys it's a set of commands to manipulate selections allows you to filter out particular geometry based on edges faces groups or components number 36 shape bender it lets you bend the component or group along a curve or a path number 37 sketchy ffd it allows you to manipulate the shape of an object by adding a control cage to the mesh and moving the control points of the same cage number 36 slicer it provides a tool set for slicing up a volume useful in real model making number 39 soap skin and bubble this plugin allows you to apply a skin over edges and create complex curved surfaces by applying different pressure values to it number 40 solar north it's a set of tools for setting and displaying the solar north angle that sketchup uses to calculate the sun location and therefore shadow directions number 41 solid inspector tool that checks if groups or components are solids or not highlighting holes or other type of errors number 42 split tools it's a simple tool to create quad faces out of three different type of faces number 43 text tools it searches and replaces text in text entities throughout your model number 44 through paint this plugin is part of freedo tools and it extends the native paint tool with several indispensable tools for uv mapping inside sketchup number 45 toolbar editor it lets you create a custom toolbars out of all your installed plugin tools number 46 tools on surface it's a set of tools for drawing on curved surfaces with lines various shapes offsets and freehand drawing number 47 true bend it bends instances to a given degree keeping the original length of the reference segment number 48 upright extruder this plugin practically does the same thing as follow me tool does but keeps the extruded face upright number 49 weld with this plugin you can join multiple connected edges curves and arcs into a single polyline number 50 window it allows you to easily create fully customizable windows and doors in just a couple of clicks and as a final bonus number 51 zorro simple slice tool to slice through geometry nested objects and section planes and that is all of them this is where we part ways leave a comment below to let me know what is your favorite plugin and if there is another plugin you believe that should have made a list i want to thank you all for watching and i also want to thank you for liking this video and subscribing so have a nice day and i will see you in the next one goodbye

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Length: 10min 39sec (639 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 23 2022