How Flex Tools Made Me OVER 10X Faster in SketchUp!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - Typical Window Process in SketchUp
1:07 - Adding windows with Flex Tools
1:39 - Flex Tools Download Location
1:49 - Adjusting Flex Tools Window Settings
2:37 - Moving objects and openings with Flex Tools
3:14 - Adding doors and openings with Flex Tools
4:05 - Cutting Openings in multiple faces using the Flex Tools Wall Cutter
5:55 - Adding dynamic fencing with Flex Fencing
6:17 - Using Flex Tools Component Finder to manage component libraries
7:04 - Where to get Flex Tools

[Thesketchupessentials]

Hi Everyone! Let me know what you think about FlexTools in the comments below! :)

[amanshaikh.]

Fabulous and mind blowing extension I have seen so far thanks bro for making this tutorial I learn alot by watching your videos I appreciate your work keep on making videos

[rimapozinge]

Will I be able to change the parameters to mm?

[DGvisuals]

If you keep recommending such great plug ins then I'm going to have no modelling space left on my screen, it'll just be 100% icons at this rate! 😁

[peterallely]

Sweet, so is this performing booleans?

[markus]

how I can change the door from left to right site or to the other site. It only opens on one site, I only can change inside or outside opening

[SeattleCoorain]

Purchased Flextools a couple months ago.

Trying to use it in SU-2021-Pro but what a chore !!!! Some of the dynamic components ignore my model units setting = architectual inches and displays all the component attributes in mm ... great. Then bringing a fixed window down from the Flextools toolbar doesn't make any cutout in my test wall (either if a group, or a component) ... nothing nada (UPDATE - had to use the FlexTools cutter option which is clumsy and not very obvious, YMMV). Try moving a dynamic window component in your model and watch the bizarre behavior as it refuses to inference on anything else in the model.... making it just useless unless all your surfaces are coplaner with the XYZ global axis ! Can not place a FlexTools fixed window at any edge or vertex in my model that isn't coplaner with global XYZ axis .... just bizarre. This makes FlexTools a toy not a serious tool unless I can figure out how to get it's dynamic components to inference and lock onto a perfectly valid edge or vertex.

Justin doesn't spend any time going over what your initial settings environment should be, perhaps because there aren't any, but since I have had problems right out of the box with FlexTools it makes me wonder about initial settings. Not very useful so far - will keep at it. Usually Justin walks thru an extension's usage in a more detailed manner. This is a large multi-function tool set so I certainly do not expect him to cover but a tiny number of FlexTools features, however from my perspective having tried to use FlexTools, he uncharacteristically just glosses over using Flextools and spends no time with hints about what to do when the extension does unexpected things.

I am aware that SU dynamic components have a horrible reputation as extremely buggy and unreliable. Willing to believe that FlexTools has a difficult time delivering expected features when Trimble's underlying dynamic component code is awful and the FlexTools staff is doing it's level best under difficult circumstances.

It is rare that TSE does not cover an extension as well as I had hoped. The vast majority of Justin's videos are very very solid, which is why I have been a monthly Patreon contributor for over 2 years and encourage others to step up and contribute. His guides have saved me from countless hours of SU frustration.

[saturninof]

I think it is greit.... but how much it cost, or it is free..?

[reynaldomangubat]

VERY USEFUL HOW CAN I GET THAT FLEX TOOL AND HOW MUCH

[solarhiveio]

Can I export a 360° video to create 3D SketchUp of my home's exterior?

[Costa]

How much does Flex tools cost ? Thanks a lot ;)

[vishusvinn]

I think in 69€ life time access should be provide