The TOP 10 FREE SketchUp Plugins of 2018!

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In this video, we go over my top 10 FREE extensions for SketchUp in 2018! Links to tutorials are in the notes below. All tutorials should contain a link to download the extensions noted.
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Curviloft
This extension is great for creating Skins along frames and other complex sets of lines. When you use it properly, you can make truly amazing shapes within SketchUp.
Joint Push Pull
Ever get the message in SketchUp that you can't push-pull a curved surface? This extension allows you to push pull multiple surfaces at once, push pull round surfaces, and more. This is a great extension for adding thickness to complex objects as well.
Clothworks (Free Version)
Clothworks is a realistic cloth simulation tool. While the full version has some unlockable features, like moveable pins, and different kinds of smoothing, the free version of clothworks does still allow you to simulate cloth and very realistic ways!
Truebend/FredoScale
Last year, I featured FredoScale for its ability to bend objects within SketchUp. This year, I'm still featuring FredoScale, specifically for its radial bend tool, but with a catch - I'm also recommending a new extension from Thom Thom that allows you to bend objects along a 360 degree radius, while FredoScale only bends objects along 180 degrees.
Animator
One of the areas where a base SketchUp installation lacks a bit is in the animation functions. However, this extension, created by Fredo6, allows you to actually animate moving geometry.
Flowify
One of the most powerful extension for SketchUp is flowify, which allows you to bend geometry based on a target shape with 4 corners. This allows for the creation of more complex shapes and objects by using a complex target shape.
Slicer
Slicer allows you to take solid shapes and break them up into different slices, allowing you to make very interesting geometry, but also allows you to export these different slices to a CNC routing machine, helping you create real models from these shapes in real life. Note that shapes for slicer have to be solids, so you may want to use a tool like Solid Inspector to help you create the solid geometry.
FFD
FFD is an extension that allows you to create a "Bounding Box" around a group of geometry, which can then be used to manipulate the geometry within the box. When you move the points on the bounding box, FFD will use those points to deform your shape.
Soap Skin
Soap Skin and Bubble is an extension that allows you to select a frame, create a face along it, then inflate it to create different faces - this is an excellent extension for the creation of shapes like tensile structures, etc.
ThruPaint -
As we move forward, UV Mapping and the placement of materials is becoming more and more important. This extension allows you to really customize the location and mapping of your materials within your SketchUp models.

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@sergiovazquez8599 5 жыл бұрын

The best Sketchup Tutorial channel, so far! I'm glad I had found it! Simple explanations for such a complex shapes. :D THNX!

@johnseitz4977 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. I recently found you. And what a find! Please keep doing what you're doing. Your work is greatly appreciated.

@ADVBear 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. I hope you truly appreciate what your work does for us. Not only you take our hands and teach us how to better use Sketchup, but you also research, test, compile and show us fantastic extensions - free or not - that really save us time and hustle. And all this you give us for free. You spread knowledge that makes our work and yes, our lives, ultimately better. You are awesome, and I'm happy to tell you that I've just become a patron. I wish I could contribute more, but I'm not able at this time. Thank you so much for everything. 💚

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I'm really glad that something I'm doing is helping people - hopefully I can keep adding value in the future, and thanks for the support! :)

@danhalski 5 жыл бұрын

Alexandre Freire I can not add anything I agree in 110%

@gerrie7407 5 жыл бұрын

thank you Justin, your channel has made a difference in my work and abilities to work smarter ad faster, my client are super impressed. Thank you for what you have been doing over the years.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - really glad I've been able to help you! :)

@master-yq7qf Жыл бұрын

You are a living god among n, a legend worthy of praise. What you've uploaded here, will echo into eternity!

@AndrewAliferis 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you for the advice!

@liecls.2363 5 жыл бұрын

These are great! Thank you so much!

@jssw3404 3 жыл бұрын

I know I might be a little bit late... but still I just wanna say your videos help me a lot and thank you very much! Appreciate a lot!

@vezahamed 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you ...you have been a great help. May you be rewarded

@gortnewton4765 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. This is just too good. Love this.

@muziffhussin8887 2 жыл бұрын

STILL WORKS AT THIS DAY TY MAN !!!!!!

@exploringpattaya2596 5 жыл бұрын

I really like your video. It's full of information, please keep doing it more and more.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Will do - thanks!

@raajvinay9751 Жыл бұрын

Every moment as I m learning it's awesome keep working brow thank a lot a more ...

@ashrafmujawar5839 3 жыл бұрын

Great work, thank you 😊❤

@mohamedkamergi412 2 жыл бұрын

The program works great, thanks, post more videos like this

@sudiptapurkait2723 3 жыл бұрын

thank you verry much ..love your channel...many thinks i learn from you.

@ahmedkordi6772 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful as usual

@sandarnyein3940 5 жыл бұрын

love all of your tutorials

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@3DwithHussam 4 жыл бұрын

you are the 1st reference for sketch up ... Simply the Best

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@Cipher1611 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thnak you.

@polinasaade9367 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, that's a great list of plugins. I hope you could help me with something. I noticed in 1.38 you are extruding a curved surface with vector push pull. Unfortunately, when I try to do this my new face geometry follows the original face, opposing to your new face being "flat". I am trying to extrude some buildings off a curved terrain and they end up having curved ceilings. I hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance, keep up the great work!

@jurgenvantomme 5 жыл бұрын

Great overview thank you!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jurgen!

@blackstar-bk5ut 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much,You helped me a lot, my regards from Syria🌸

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@JDusala 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful stuff. Thank you!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@triana3576 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is very helpful for me

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@roshnikuthum9725 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin!

@jeinkyo 4 жыл бұрын

EXTENSION time line up *CURVILOFT = 1:00 *JOINT PUSH PULL = 1:21 *CLOTHWORKS = 1:41 *FREDOSCALE /TRUEBEND = 2:16 *ANIMATOR = 2:52 *FLOWIFY = 3:24 *SLICER = 3:49 *FFD = 4:16 *SOAP SKIN = 4:48 *FREDO TOOLS/THRU-PAINT = 5:08 i like em all

@vatshalakuanr77 4 жыл бұрын

You are great , Sir. You are our saviour ! 😇

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video :)

@TwanvanDijk 5 жыл бұрын

Your video's helped me out so many times so I really wanted to thank you for it!! I'm really having problems with uv mapping as you mentioned.. As a lot of people are trying out UE4 many encounter mapping issues in ue4 (UV mapping overlap and/or broken lightmaps) I would be really gratefull if you could make a video sometimes about this issue!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Well I'm not sure what I can do about this - I think this is really an issue that needs to be fixed as a part of the UE4 process, though I will admit I'm not really up to date on the absolute newest developments...

@buketbeyaz6843 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video it will be useful for me

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Perfect - glad you found it useful!

@floyd8471 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for video tutorial !!! but why i can download its sir ?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

All the links are in the description

@tsf4356 4 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to find an extension that lets me transform (distort, warp, etc) a PNG/JPG image I imported into sketchup. I can only find how to manipulate objects that were built in sketchup but thats not what I need. Can anyone help?

@thongit6376 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@anwarali-qp8sd 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin - what is your advice about Plugins used for kitchen design - Thanks

@goldroger8806 2 жыл бұрын

you are amazing thx a lot

@sultanularefeenkhan2594 3 жыл бұрын

I've learn many many things by you

@bartydulake1 2 жыл бұрын

Great video - really useful as always :) Clothworks was a cool one as well as soap skin - all good choices.. I clicked on here looking for an animator tool, is there any way to get a rendered animation.. Also, any ideas about ow I can create a walk around within a model (ie - if I have designed a building can I allow a client to use arrow keys and mouse to navigate around it? Thanks!

@ekramulhaque416 Жыл бұрын

work! Cheers

@aissatousarr1518 4 жыл бұрын

You really are a life saver!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@rajendiranp122 3 жыл бұрын

good work

@madibaraasi9935 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@JD_Mortal 3 жыл бұрын

I have an issue with exporting. When sketchup exports and does triangulation, everything gets horribly broken. I get triangulation that spans surfaces that were not surfaces, creating surfaces that were never in the model. I also get horrible "normal flipping", which matters when other programs try to blend reflections across surfaces. EG, a square triangulated with one flipped normal will virtually be trying to blend the front and the back surface on the same surface that should be flat. As a mirror, this results in a twisted reflection where the normals converge. However, if I manually triangulate all my surfaces, none of this happens when exporting, because there is nothing being triangulated. So all normals are correct and there are no "made-up", surfaces being generated. Normals are determined by the clockwise or counterclockwise order of the triangles. In the triangulation export option. Apparently it is not retaining the order, leading to flipped normals and the creation of ghost surfaces in the process... So, is there a plug-in that will triangulate the model, in advance to the horrible, broken, "triangulate" that happens in sketchups exporting process? (Happens on almost all exporting, but the results are inconsistent. Rarely do I ever get clean exports where all these flat surfaces MUST be triangulated. Same for non-triangulated, which my other programs can handle, but sketchup creates ghost surfaces and holes.)

@rhk4096 2 жыл бұрын

can you please try and make a minimal surface i did it and it worked but it’s causing sketchup to crash and i’m not being able to do it in a bigger scale or export it to a rendering software (i used subd plugin to do it)

@anushasvlog5179 Жыл бұрын

hy i have been following you from very long u are doing great i learned soo much from you. But recently i tried to use curviloft flowify and other tool in sketchup 2021 its not working why can u give us alternative plugin which are free.

@edwingad8532 4 жыл бұрын

try...go to windows

@nomar12590 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, a lot Justin

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jamityv7389 2 жыл бұрын

I just found out that there is an expiration for these extension and it says that I need to geta license, what should I do to use the extension again for free?

@yasik1706 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you man so much)

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@devankailham8623 5 жыл бұрын

its really helping. greeting from jancok island

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Curious - where is that island located?

@diannearabajaro2088 3 жыл бұрын

Why i can't install some of the fredo plugins in extension manager? can someone help me? Thanks in advance

@TomasEchalar 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for the advice

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@DMS3521 4 жыл бұрын

Like it!

@daneaverydevera4753 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for tNice tutorials bro

@howardroark4227 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome really!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@asadbalouch2685 4 жыл бұрын

hey justin i don't know how to make drainage system on the roof can you please help me

@ruwaydafarred4412 4 жыл бұрын

Love this tutorials

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@ruwaydafarred4412 4 жыл бұрын

thx

@HOMEIDEA3D 5 жыл бұрын

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@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

👍👍😎

@muhammedlamyp.j9860 4 жыл бұрын

What is the yellow green tab that appears in all the plugins...

@dimitellme 4 жыл бұрын

Hi kudos on your tutorials Concise and informative nice pacing very helpful. Question do you have any insight as to whether curve a loft will be available for 2019 version of sketch up?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

It worked in the 2019 version

@willembuiting 6 жыл бұрын

That would be clothworks Justin although I have to mention than the back face of say a curtain can create serious rendering problems in other rendering software such as Unreal Engine or Lumion. Thank you for this video!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm...I wonder if there's a way around that at this point? Maybe give them slight thickness with Joint Push Pull? That would probably cause other issues...

@willembuiting 6 жыл бұрын

With a Straight down curtain that works but wit a more classic folded one Skechup goes haywire if you try that :-)

@aminaorabi9740 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@nickbjones8833 2 жыл бұрын

will you be doing a list for 2021. just asking.

@10cruz 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@Wasabiii999 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks jon

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Well my name is Justin but you're welcome!

@ABBAFI 3 жыл бұрын

Hi where can I download the that 10 extensions

@cienybuctot1142 5 жыл бұрын

huhuhu thank you so muchhh :*

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@juliadezorzi1547 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, once I have downloaded the extensions, how do I insert them on sketchup?

@ian1525 5 жыл бұрын

install extension button in extension manager

@erro-pe6tk Жыл бұрын

Change the "Program" from Agressive TE to Analog Base 1 TE inside the GMS setup equlizer panel..

@boyca93 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the video, you know some free plugin to simplify the geometry of a model

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing free - your best bets are Skimp or Transmutr - both paid

@nayeoncrack4289 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus, these plugins are GAME CHANGERS!!!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@ahmedkordi6772 3 жыл бұрын

realy helpfull

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

@007shabeeb 4 жыл бұрын

wow man ,, that's awesome

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

@universh373 2 жыл бұрын

How Can i find JHS power bar .Can you help me pleace

@glrider100 5 жыл бұрын

Justin, hopefully a quick question, easy to answer. I want to warp text. Many baseball teams have their names "warped" where lettering, like the Braves or the Dodgers. What extension do I use? I"m thinking Fredo, but not sure. thx

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Depends on how you want to warp it. For something simple, think about FredoScale - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frSPaqdhs7raXXk.html - For something more complex, maybe Flowify - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJOcp6p_zMC1d4k.html

@cadengineer9047 4 жыл бұрын

please guid me how to the install clothwork tool make a utorial installing clothwork. please please and please

@vishnuvardhanguggilam 4 жыл бұрын

does "clothworks" plugin really free?? the video showing that it has to buy for $29

@forthewin84 3 жыл бұрын

He says there is a free version and a paid version.

@hoangthinhxd 5 жыл бұрын

thank you...

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ireidemarfernandescosta8158 2 жыл бұрын

Muito show 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@theordinary44 5 жыл бұрын

Is there any alternative Plugin for LSS Matrix ? as the developer is already stopped developing it

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

No idea - never used that one

@vikaspant619 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you hold your breath during introduction...

@gouravdey2856 6 жыл бұрын

hoping for this video for long ago ! thanks . btw, you could add the text editor in this list.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm...interesting. I do like that extension, but top 10?

@gouravdey2856 6 жыл бұрын

Then the title would be top 11 extensions :P

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

😂

@serhatugur8668 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Justin . I have some a problem with some of plugıns such as curviloft , joıntpushpull tool ... I already downloaded them but they don't seen on screen so I cant use them do you hava any video about fixing . ?,

@queeny3912 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have the same problem, did you solve the problem ?

@larisapetrowa6415 Жыл бұрын

more setups tutorial but not sure how Producer asures up in that departnt.

@JakobJWinter 5 жыл бұрын

Good list. But definitely put CleanUp³ in there...

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

That's a good one too - thanks!

@mazashayeri1411 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure about top 10 but in top 20 there could've been Fredo Round Corner, Bezier Spline, Vertex Tools & SubD, Zorro2 and selection toys.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Nice list - those are all great extensions, and most probably would have made my top 20 :)

@sdivlogs Жыл бұрын

Can you link the setuper channel, soft and track, so you don't have to color and rena 3 tis ? Btw aweso video!

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

what?

@vellankisaichandra5741 Жыл бұрын

Wow 🎉

@sergiovazquez8599 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. I'm seriously having trouble installing Curviloft, from the Extension Manager it appears installed but I can't see the tab or window so I can use it (I've got Sketchup 2016). How can I put it into function properly? I'd gladly appreciate it!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have Fredo6's LibFredo installed and activated? Did you restart SketchUp after installing Curviloft? Thanks

@sergiovazquez8599 5 жыл бұрын

TheSketchUpEssentials I actually did , but yes . I restarted SketchUp and then it appeared. :) thanks 🙏🏻

@kirillqes3062 5 жыл бұрын

Hey. help me please. how to build a circle with 200 points equally distant from each other?

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

You'd just activate the circle tool by tapping the "c" key, then type in the value "200" and hit the enter key. This would set the number of segments to 200

@mukondeleliratshilavhi5634 6 жыл бұрын

wow wow wow wow .. i dint know most of them but there are so many that im going to try out thank thank thank you ... ... i want to make you the 1st person i contribute to on Patron .. how dose it work if your from south Africa ? Lastly i wonder if the is an extension that makes ir easy to export to blender ?

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, Patreon works the same way in South Africa as everywhere else, though I'm not sure if I have any South African supporters yet or not :) - Unfortunately, I know very little about blender, so I'm not sure how much I can help on that one. It may have some kind of SketchUp importer...

@julkarnaiyen9677 5 жыл бұрын

Sir, I flow your tutorials but, I need cloth work plugin free downloads. please inbox this this link

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Links to all extensions in the notes below the video

@senthoorsusmithas761 2 жыл бұрын

hi, Justin are these plugins working in Sketchup make version.

@Thesketchupessentials 2 жыл бұрын

If you mean the desktop free 2017 version, probably a few of them

@sudiptapurkait2723 3 жыл бұрын

please make a vedio how get plug in free and how to install those...

@azinefoulak6761 4 жыл бұрын

hello I have a broblem when I import a stl file on sketchup I can't sum up the lines there is no solution to that thank you

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you mean by "sum up the lines"

@deepshikhaverma37 4 жыл бұрын

Please help me out i download curviloft but the tab is not showing up. Its not even in view ->toolbars

@bikramsubedi4946 4 жыл бұрын

have you installed them?

@Robin-sm9kr 5 жыл бұрын

How to get join push tools I don't know login . It's showing 30 days trail like that in above.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand...I can't think of one place you'd go for this extension that has a 30 day trial...

@timothyhill1149 5 жыл бұрын

hello justin I am trying to use vertex extension I have downloaded. i have a trial version and am having difficulty finding how to activate. Ive looked in the folders in application seems wrong and doesnt work either. please help thanks.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Which vertex extension? How did it install? Did it have an installer or did you install it directly through the extension manager?

@timothyhill1149 5 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials TT vertex 131 rbz. I did not double check im new to sketch up. thanks for getting back to me. great videos