Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Chapter 4 Using Plugins Effectively
Mover
By Unknown—Free [5, 6]
This small plugin lets you add animation to SketchUp. Unfortunately, it is not well documented
(and is hard to find), but it works well.
PageUtilities
By R. Wilson—$5/$7 [4]
This set of utilities makes working with SketchUp’s tabbed animation feature easier by providing
smooth transitions and constant speed.
Proper Animation
By morisdov—Free [5, 6, https://sites.google.com/site/morisdov]
This plugin allows you to create animation in SketchUp by assigning positions to objects and
animating them through SketchUp’s tabbed animation.
SketchyPhysics
By C. Phillips—Free [5, 6]
SketchyPhysics has two amazing purposes: (1) simulating physically accurate motion behavior
(including collisions) in SketchUp and (2) playing bowling or dominos right in SketchUp.
This plugin incorporates a physically accurate simulation engine into SketchUp that comes
from game software. When it is running, it is capable of simulating gravity, bounces, drops,
and even buoyancy—you can interact with the model, too, by simply dragging on objects.
A good example is pulling a bowling ball toward some pins that fall over on impact (see the
images that follow for examples).
One use for this plugin is to create realistically piled-up objects for rendering. To do this,
group each object separately and place them all above the ground plane that SketchyPhysics
provides. Then run the simulation and watch your objects fall and tumble over each other.
Save a copy of the SketchUp file to preserve the geometry before you exit SketchyPhysics.
Another plugin, SketchyReplay, allows you to record this motion in SketchUp, which
can later be used for rendering animations.
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