The 10 BEST EXTENSIONS for Complex Shape Modeling in SketchUp in 2021!

In this video, we check out ten of the best extensions for SketchUp for creating complex shapes and surfaces!

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CURVILOFT DOWNLOAD AND TUTORIAL

SOAP SKIN AND BUBBLE DOWNLOAD AND TUTORIAL

EXTRUSION TOOLS DOWNLOAD AND TUTORIAL

JOINT PUSH PULL DOWNLOAD AND TUTORIAL

FLOWIFY DOWNLOAD AND TUTORIAL

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Timestamps -
0:00 - Introduction
0:21 - Intersecting and Subtracting Shapes with Solid Tools
1:59 - Sculpting with Sandbox Tools
3:45 - Lofting and 3D Skins in SketchUp with Curviloft
5:37 - 3D Skins with Soap Skin and Bubble
6:52 - Edges to complex faces with Extrusion Tools
9:48 - Thicken Curved/Complex Shapes with Joint Push Pull
12:05 - Bend objects along faces with Flowify
13:37 - Modeling with vertices with Vertex Tools
16:42 - Quad Modeling Toolset - Quad Face Tools
17:51 - Subdivision modeling with SubD
19:00 - Support the SketchUp Essentials on Patreon!

[Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know your favorite tool for complex shapes in the comments below! :)

[alondraramirez]

Hi, I downloaded Flowify but it is not working. It does not show me the toolbar and it gives a ‘INPUT ERROR: Not enough Input’. Do you know why? Thank you!

[NightAtTheOpera]

It's shameful that the full functionality of Solid Tools is locked off in Sketchup Pro. They're basic boolean operations that are pretty boilerplate for any drafting software and not all of us can afford a subscription.

[kondybas]

Curviloft and Joint Push-Pull by Fredo6 are my favourites for years

[-ChrysostomosManalu]

Haloo.. May I know how to get a job as an architect?
Ia there a website for architects like me to find work?

[cutiepie]

dude YOU JUST LITERALLY SAID GOD MODE ON WHEN YOU STARTED THIS CHANNEL COZ LIKE OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[Rob_NABS]

Very comprehensive and well presented.
$40 each for the last 2 extensions is a bit steep. Yes they are good but you have to be using them a lot. Then again, I'd probably use a different modeller for SubD. Amazing it can be done within Sketchup though.

[nameinvalid]

OMG flowify will be amazing for things like stamping roof tiles / other tiles on curved faces! (very common in Asian structures)

[DarkMoonDroid]

Wonderful!
So many awesome tools ...
Thank you, Justin!

[reDrawn]

I have a timelimitwarning on the soap and bubble, so I am unabled to use Even newer versions of this plugin give the same warning. Does anyone have the same experience here and has a solution?

[joe_fabricator]

Hi Justin. Great video, thank you. Curious....I see youre using 2021 version of SU which is what I have. But, I can't get Extrusion tools to load or work. Thoughts?

[arc.suleimanahmedmaigatari]

Please how can I install the extension tools I downloaded in to my SketchUp?
Thanks.

[arc.suleimanahmedmaigatari]

Please how can I install the extension tools I downloaded in to my SketchUp?
Thanks.

[cl_one]

I want to ask when I open the SketchUp application, the extensions that I have installed scatter on the screen. When I fixed it and opened SketchUp again, all the extensions were messy again. do you know how to fix it thank t

[MlleVB]

Hi is there a tutorial to make a model for subd. Meaning how to draw the lines around the object to make the subd shape accurate

[MlleVB]

Hi! Whats the best extension for a simple padding shape not too crazy for organic shape objects

[usnmedic]

Any good extensions or methods to creating 3D models of landscaping? If I wanted to create a custom 3D tree for example?

[ulugbekturgunboev]

I love all of your videos and you are my master in SketchUp

[gabe]

Hi, please can you do a SKALP plugin tutorial. It looks like a really useful tool for students but I don’t know how to use it. Thanks 🙏

[STEVEJOY]

1:53 Work around is to: have two objects ungrouped. Select one of them and place it intersecting the other. Then R. click selected object and chose "Intersect Faces". Now just delete unwanted parts. Good if you don't have PRO.