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Chapter 4 Using Plugins Effectively
4. Now highlight all of the faces that will be windowized and right-click on
one of them. In the context menu, you will find the Windowizer tools.
Click on the Windowizer tool menu item to get to the settings dialog.
5. Adjust these settings to your liking. As you can see, you can even preselect
the materials for the frame and the glass. When you click on OK,
your windows will be generated for you.
Plugins for Digital Fabrication
CADspan Tools
By CADspan—Free and Pro [www.cadspan.com/software]
In addition to providing 3D printing services, this company has published a free plugin for
SketchUp that allows you to detect problems in a 3D model and provides a resurfacing tool that
produces 3D-printable “watertight” meshes. You can then export your model as an STL file.
Center of Gravity
By TIG—Free [5, 6]
Given a solid shape, this plugin finds the 3D center of gravity of the shape and marks it. If
you do this for more than one shape, it can also calculate the combined center of gravity.
This plugin can help with sculpture as well as mobile making.
Centroid and Area Properties
By A. Schreyer—Free [7]
This plugin finds the centroid of any face that
is drawn on the ground plane. The centroid is
marked, and several relevant properties such
as Area, Moment of Inertia (in two main directions),
and Radius of Gyration are reported.
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