Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Chapter 4 Using Plugins Effectively
I can imagine this plugin working equally well for gnarly
bushes and for vines—all you need to do is provide appropriate
foliage. You accomplish this by adding to the model
leaf components that have “ivyleaf” in their name.
For good results, we need to edit the foliage materials
that come with the plugin. Export the leaf images to your
image-editing software, remove the background (make it
transparent), and then reimport into SketchUp’s materials
as a transparent PNG.
Tools for Architects
By rubits—Free/various prices [www.rubits.com]
These tools help with massing, textures (materials), and
selections. The Massing Box tool allows you to draw rectangular
shapes with a defined (fixed) area, and the Area
Scale tool lets you scale any shaped face to a defined area.
Both of these tools are excellent help in the programming
layout phase of planning.
Windowizer
By R. Wilson—Free/$10 [4]
If you need “storefront” mullion-type windows in your model or want to panelize a surface,
then this plugin can create them for you based on a collection of selected faces. You can
specify mullion width and a variety of other parameters. The plugin then places mullions at
each face edge and replaces the face’s material with a transparent glass material.
To use this plugin, select one or more faces and then right-click on one of them. The
Windowize command is in the context menu.
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