Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Architectural Design with SketchUp
Geometry Plugins
By Regular Polygon—Free [www.regularpolygon.org/plugins]
This collection of several plugins allows you to create various
geometric shapes that wouldn’t be possible using SketchUp.
These shapes are Ellipse, Superellipse, Superellipsoid, Sphere,
Torus, Loxodrome (Spherical Helix), and Spherical Spiral
(Archimedes Spiral).
Another useful geometric tool is DrawHelix by J. Folz.
It is also free, and you can download it from [10].
Grow
By TIG—Free [5, 6]
This plugin lets you make multiple copies in one step based
on equal x, y, and z spacing, rotation about any axis, and
scaling.
Joint Push Pull
By Fredo6—Free [5, 6]
This plugin is an excellent tool for “thickening”
surfaces. It allows you to use a Push/Pull-like
tool on the connected faces that make up a
surface, yet keep everything joined during this
process. Available functions include Joint Push
Pull, Vector Push Pull (thicken all surfaces in
the same direction), and Normal Push Pull.
Main uses for this plugin are (1) adding
material thickness to surfaces (e.g., to create a
concrete shell), (2) offsetting surfaces, and (3)
adding thickness to a surface object to apply
a subsurface-scattering material to it in your
rendering software.
Lines2Tubes
By D. Bur—Free [3, 5, 6]
Whenever you need to take a set of lines or curves and turn them into tubes, use this plug in.
It is even possible to use it on branching lines as in, for example, a truss. You can specify
parameters such as diameter, precision, and even material.
A similar plugin that also allows for an inner diameter to be set is PipeAlongPath by TIG
[5,6]. It won’t work well with branching lines, though.
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