Best SketchUp Plugins - Ruby Scripts

SketchUp is a useful program as it is, able to be used to visualize any project. However, the ability to expand SketchUp with Ruby script plugins will increase the power of the program and allow you to produce professional renderings in less time and create more accurate models.

To install the Ruby Scripts:

    Download Ruby Script
    Copy the Ruby Script file into the SketchUp Plugins folder on your computer:
    Ex. C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp/Plugins

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There are numerous websites that offer free and paid plugins, some of the best are:

    Smustard - Smustard has a vast collection of SketchUp Plugins, many of them free but also offers paid plugins. A very trusted site that offers many add-ons for SketchUp
    Ruby Library Depot - Ruby Library Depot offers a large collection of Ruby Scripts for SketchUp. They have a nice system of Plugins categories that helps the use to find the script that are most relevant.
    SketchUcation - SketchUcation forums has many answers to your SketchUp questions answered by professional users from around the world. Look through the forums and find many useful SketchUp plugins.
    Google SketchUp Ruby Samples - Directly from the SketchUp site, Google offers a brief synopsis on the Ruby Scripts and provides some ruby script samples, which happen to be some of the more useful ones.

Must Have Ruby Script Plugins:

    Simplify Contours - An absolute must have for anyone working on site work. Helps to simplify contour data and speeds up the process within SketchUp
    Shapes - A useful tool for creating complex geometrical shapes in SketchUp
    Flight Path - A useful tool when creating animations. It allows you to set a camera path when creating animations from scenes. Gives you increased camera control
    Weld - A useful tool when trying to find gaps in a line that are not visible. Automatically welds the broken points
    Combo Spray - An extremely useful tool when creating large scale sites, allows you to "Spray Paint" components onto a mesh

There are many other useful Ruby Script Plugins available on these sites, and you may find many that are more useful for your design process but more often than not, these are the ones you will grab and find to be the most helpful. There are other types of plugins for SKetchUp including Ray tracers and exporters to other programs.

The use of these Plugins greatly increases the power of SketchUp and allows the designer to designs more efficiently and aesthetically pleasing.

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