Create a flat surface that lines up with your curved surface. Use the Line tool and SketchUp’s inferencing system to draw a flat face that lines up with (and is the same size as) the curved surface. Apply a photo texture to your flat surface and make sure that it’s positioned correctly.

This is a very efficient way to add advanced curves to your Sketchup models from lists of custom points.Each line in the input text area below represents a point on a line. Modify and make a list like this to make your own customized model.Tip! You can make advanced curves from calculations in spreadsheets or other programs. Check this How to?. use any sofware capable of producing text arrays with values - text editors, Excel, Libreoffice, Google Docs or similar. copy the range of values for the red, green and blue axis and paste them into the input window below - note that the values on each line can be separated with comma (csv), space or tab.

copy and paste of cell values works directly from most spreadsheets. as an alternative - export or download data to a file with csv format. Open the csv file in a text editor - Notepad, Textedit or similar. Range the array with the red, green and blue values - copy and paste the values into the input text field below. click insert!

To add the object to your model. there may be problems with larger data sets. A workaround is to split a larger dataset in to smaller chunks. Ungroup and regroup the datasets in the model afterwards if a group is required.Values from the first example in the. Copy and paste into the input field above to test.0.1,10,0.010.2,5,0.040.3,3.3333,0.090.4,2.5,0.160.5,2,0.250.6,1.6667,0.360.7,1.7143,0.490.8,1.25,0.640.9,1.1111,0.811,1,11.1,0.90909,1.211.2,0.33333,1.441.3,0.30769,1.691.4,0.85714,1.961.5,0.66666,2.251.6,0.625,2.561.7,0.17647,2.891.8,0.55555,3.241.9,0.73684,3.612,0.5,42.1,0.90476,4.412.2,0.45454,4.842.3,0.95652,5.29Values from the second example in the.

Tools - accessed from within SketchUpNOTE!! - the 'insert!'

And the Tools features only works whenthe engineeringtoolbox exension is opened from within SketchUp. Install the extensionas described in the right column - restart Sketchup and open this tool from theSketchup Plugins menu. Colorchange color!

- of the selected object(s) - may be slow for some more complicated objects(save your model first!) Viewiso! -front!- right! Make Componentmake! - makesa component of the selected object. Note that all objects from the Engineering Toolboxare inserted as individual groups. You should transfer a group to a component sharingthe same definition when there is more than one instance of the same object. Tips!Rename the object to its final name before making it a component (in outliner or withright click and entity info).

Rotate Object(s)degrees around,or axis! (select object(s)first).

Very handy for objects with curved surfaces like pipes, elbows. Move or Copy Object(s)no. Copies red green blue (offset from currentposition- move or copy (multiple) selected objects. Make advanced geometric constructions withmultiple selections, multiple copies and the offset.Tip! - Use 'Make Component' to save space and reduce computer load when workingwith multiple copies.

The Knife- inserts a 'Knife' to cut in one or more objects.size of the Knife- before cut: customize the insertedKnife! The Knife is a group you can rotate, change the size of, and even add or removeobjects within (example - add a for an advanced cut). You can also makeyour own Knife by naming a group 'theKnife'. After insert and customizing the knife -positioning it to the object(s) where to cut - select the object(s) (must be groups) -and click cut!

Afterwards - select the object(s) and remove the parts of the object(s)that you don't want.YouTube! Move an Object to another Objects Position- select two objects - thenclick 'move' and one of the objects moves to the position and angle of the otherobject. Handy when moving between axis systems. Change Insertion PointYou can change the position and angle of an inserting object by pre-selecting anexisting object before Insert!

The inserted object will inherit the position of theselected object. Handy when working with non-default axis.

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Please readfor more information. Engineering ToolBox Sketchup ExtensionInsert standard and customized parametric components - like flange beams,lumbers, piping, gemometric figures, function curves, stairs and more - to yourGoogle SketchUp models withIt's FREE and FUN! Download SketchUpIf you don't have Sketchup installed on your computer - download the amazingFREENote!

- SketchUp Free (the web app) can't use extensions. You need to install the local version of SketchUp Make if you want to use extensions.

Basic Use of the Engineering ToolBox Sketchup ExtensionFrom within Sketchup - open the Engineering ToolBox extension, navigate to componentand select insert! - and the component will be added to your model.Watch basic use of the Engineering ToolBox extension in How to add the Engineering ToolBox Extension to your SketchUp Alt. 1. Open your Sketchup installation. From the Sketchup menu - select Window Extension Warehouse - and search for' - and install!. The extension can be enabled/disabled from the Sketchup menu Window Extension ManagerRestarting Sketchup may be required to activate the extension.Note that this procedure may be different in older Sketchup versions.

2 Download the Extension. Download to a location on your computer.

Open your Sketchup installation. Rambo 4 full movie english dailymotion. From the Sketchup menu - select Window Extension Manager, the button'Install Extension' - and select the downloaded file.Restarting Sketchup may be required to activate the extension.Note that this procedure is different in older Sketchup versions. How to use the Engineering ToolBox Sketchup ExtensionFrom the Sketchup menu - select Extensions Engineering ToolBox. A page likethis opens in a separate window - navigate to the wanted component - and selectinsert! To add the component to your SketchUp model.Note! The SketchUp Engineering Toolbox is an online resource updatedcontinuously. You need an internet connection to operate.For some components parameters like length, color, offset and more can be modifiedbefore insertion.Customized components can be inserted by changing parameters in the dialog boxes atthe end of the component lists - and clicking 'custom!'

Selected objects in the model can be manipulated - rotated, moved, colors changedand more - from the Tools section.Assistant objects like lines, horizontal and vertical planes can be added.

We’ve sifted through the add-ons currently available to bring you our list of the 10 most vital plug-ins. While it’s still perfectly possible to build complex structures using the standard SketchUp toolset, sometimes it’s nice to have helpers to take a little of the load off you. Some of the results shown here are achievable with the standard toolset, but these plug-ins will save you time – something that working artists never have enough of.Some of these plug-ins automate tasks that would take a fair bit of planning and desk time, while others add capabilities that would simply not be achievable using the base toolbox. Furthermore, all but one are free. Since Ruby is a scripting language, they will run equally capably on the Mac OS X or Windows versions of SketchUp (and on both SketchUp and SketchUp Pro). Extended Push/PullSketchUp is founded on its Push/Pull tool, which enables you to easily extrude planes into volumes.

Sooner or later, though, you’ll come across a situation where you want to perform a Push/Pull operation on a curved surface. In this case, SketchUp’s own tool will resolutely refuse to work. It is possible to achieve the same result by building the surface using Offset and Line, but it’s a time-consuming process that’s prone to error.This is where the from SketchUp user Fredo6 comes into its own. It actually offers three different methods for pushing or pulling a surface. The first is Joint Push Pull, which extrudes along normals, giving a smooth, contiguous, offset face. The second is Vector Push Pull, which will skew the offset faces along a vector defined by dragging the mouse. The third is Normal Push Pull, which is similar to Joint Push Pull, but creates separate faces, extruded along face normals.

Easy multi-curve surfacesIts Sandbox tools notwithstanding, SketchUp doesn’t do organic curved shapes particularly well. There are ways of generating certain curved surfaces from scratch, but typically the only option you’re left with is importing another program’s output – which brings its own set of problems. Developed by Josef Leibinger, is a plug-in that puts tools used for creating tensile structures in your toolbox. Simply create a closed curve from arcs and lines, and Soap Skin & Bubble will fit a surface to them. You can set the number of segments in a surface, the tension in a surface and its inflation (incident pressure).

Soap Skin & Bubble also animates the fitting process: another nice touch. Better bevellingIt is possible to create bevelled edges in SketchUp using the Follow Me tool and a bit of forethought, but it doesn’t always work – for example, where more than three edges converge on a point. Thankfully, there are two plug-ins currently available that make bevelling a breeze.

Applies bevelling to every edge on an object. Simply select the whole object, right-click and select Bevel. Successively applying SketchyBevel will produce more rounded corners. (Generally speaking, a 3x followed by 1x bevel distance will produce an acceptable result.) But if you want a little more control over your modelled output, Fredo6’s (by Bezier) is the the plug-in for you.

This clever add-on enables you to set the number of edges in the bevel, and uses Bezier curves to draw them, to ensure continuity between the resulting curve and the straight edges of the model. You can also pre-pick edges to bevel them selectively, although you may need to do a little clean-up with the Eraser tool afterwards. Add subdivision modellingCosting a meagre $22, Dale Martens’ plug-in puts true subdivision surface modelling inside SketchUp. Selecting an object and clicking the Subdivide button in the Tool palette produces a perfectly subdivided object. You can set the number of iterations between 1 and 4 to increase the surface’s fidelity. SubdivideAndSmooth also handles holes and uncapped solids with aplomb, and is not limited to just triangles and quads. Making an object into a group before subdividing will give you a proxy cage, which you can use to manipulate the underlying surface.

SubdivideAndSmooth gives you the option to crease edges and vertices so that they remain sharp, plus a Knife tool that will cut through a proxy cage, introducing more control points for finer control. The Extrude tool gets around the problem with the Push/Pull tool introducing interstitial faces, which can have unexpected consequences for the shape of the derived surface. Creating a component from a group also gives you the chance to mirror-duplicate it and work on one half, effectively giving you symmetrical modelling.05. Tools on non-planar surfacesHow often do you want to use SketchUp’s standard drawing and construction tools on a curved surface? With, you can.

The plug-in installs a tool palette with analogues for all of SketchUp’s drawing tools: Line, Arc, Rectangle, Circle and Freehand. In addition you get the new tools Ellipse, Parallelogram, Sector (Pie), Circle (3 Points) and an Offset on Surface tool. It’s hard to believe this plug-in really works, but it does. Drawing tools wrap around the curved surface as you draw, leaving perfectly formed faces that can be acted upon by the author’s Joint Push Pull plug-in. It will even draw curves on Sandbox meshes, although you must remember to smooth out the TIN’s edges within the new face, so that it’s seen as a single entity. Freeform deformationsadds a freeform deformation matrix to your model, making it malleable. Simply pull on the deformation handles to distort your model any way you want.

Objects need to be at a single group level – that is, non-nested – for SketchyFFD to work. Automatic explosionsautomates one of the most mind-numbing tasks in SketchUp: exploding everything down to the base level before exporting, say, to a renderer. All you need to do is run the script. It can take quite a while, but it still saves you from a tedious manual process. When finished, select items by material, group and export. Free scalingbeefs up SketchUp’s native Scale function.

It adds features including a wireframe preview of a scaled object and taper scaling. Best of all, FreeScale aligns a scaling box to the object and allows immediate orientation of the scaling box to any face or edge in the model, so there’s no need to change the axes. Real Booleansis the only free script that can give true Booleans in SketchUp. This means it will draw in the surfaces formed by a cut: something SketchUp’s Intersect command can’t do. This also saves on cleaning up geometry. As this Ruby script is in beta, you’ll have to register at the site to download it. Watch these spaces.Since the introduction of the Ruby scripting interface to SketchUp 4.0, people have been encouraged to develop their own scripts to improve the software.

Keep an eye on to see new Rubies and what they can do.