Engineering ToolBox - enabled for use with the amazing FREE Google SketchUp 3D drawing and modeling program.
Engineering ToolBox - enabled for use with the amazing FREE Google SketchUp 3D drawing and modeling program.
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Construction channels - dimensions and static parameters
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The insert! and the Tools features works only from the inside of SketchUp. Add and edit parametric objects to the SketchUp model!
Edit:
undo -
redo
Color:
change color!
- of the selected object(s) - may be slow for some more complicated objects (save your model first!)
View:
iso -
top -
front -
right -
left -
back -
bottom
Make Component:
make! a component of the selected object. Note that all objects from the Engineering Toolbox are inserted as individual groups. You should transfer a group to a component sharing the 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 with right click and entity info).
Rotate Object(s):
degrees around
red,
green or
blue
axis! (select object(s) first)
Move or Copy Object(s): - move or copy (multiple) selected objects
move/copy!
no. copies
red
green
blue
(offset from current position)
Make advanced geometric constructions with multiple selections, multiple copies and the offset.
Insert Line: - use this feature to add reference lines
red
green
blue
- Start position
red
green
blue
- End position
insert!
Insert Horizontal Plane: - use this feature to add reference planes
insert!
red (size)
green (size)
blue (vertical position)
Insert Vertical Plane: - use this feature to add reference planes
insert!
red (horizontal position)
green (size)
blue (vertical size)
insert!
red (size)
green (horizontal position)
blue (vertical size)
Insert Box: - add a box
insert!
red (width)
green (depth)
blue (height)
Add standard and customized parametric components - like flange beams, lumbers, piping and more - to your Google SketchUp model by using sketchup.engineeringtoolbox.com.
It is FREE and EASY!
Download the amazing FREE Google SketchUp here!
Download engineeringtoolbox.rb
to your Google SketchUp plugins directory.
Exit and reload Google Sketchup!
Select the "Plugin" menu and the "Engineering ToolBox" submenu.
A page like this one opens - and you are running!!
Note! The Sketchup plugins directory is located in something similar to "c:\Program files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins" (Windows)
After loading Sketchup and the Engineering ToolBox from the menu - navigate to the wanted component in the navigation menu above - and select "insert" to add the wanted component to your SketchUp model.
Note! The SketchUp Engineering Toolbox is an online resource updated continuously. You need an internet connection to operate.
For some components parameters like length, color, offset and more can be changed before insertion.
Customized components can be inserted by changing the parameters in the dialog boxes at the end of the component lists - and clicking "custom!"
Selected objects in the model can be manipulated - rotated, moved, colors changed and more - from the Tools section.
Parametric assistant objects like lines, horizontal and vertical planes can be added.
The most efficient way to learn SketchUp is by watching the tutorial videos.
When organizing your model - avoid layers - they will confuse You. Organize your model in groups and add components to the groups. Example: separate groups for construction_steel, piping and more. Allways keep an eye on the model in the "outliner" (Open the outliner with Window Menu and Outliner).
The most convenient way to copy an object is by selecting it, using move or (m) and pressing Ctrl (makes a copy) before moving.
Precise moving of objects can be done by selecting a point in object that can be connected to a point in the new position.