#Google sketchup pro 2014 full install#
#Google sketchup pro 2014 full pro#
#Google sketchup pro 2014 full software#
#Google sketchup pro 2014 full code#

For 3D printing, advanced needs usually take some people away from SketchUp and toward a more serious CAD app. So there are commercial SketchUp plugins that do better photorealistic rendering, etc. As a designer, IвЂ™m thinking you may get torn, i.e., I would say start with SketchUp, but it doesnвЂ™t have the visual power of Photoshop without plugins however, Photoshop doesnвЂ™t have the ease of use for working with 3D models. SketchUp has a really low learning curve when all is said and done and the amount and quality of video tutorials is amazing. There are some plug-ins that will fix that (my post that you commented on has all the plugins that we strongly suggest people using SketchUp adopt ( ). For a 3D model to be printable, it must be manifold meaning it has well-defined shells or surfaces that do not have gaps between the faces. Even then, the 3D tools are good for adding 3D shapes together or finding overlaps, but they are not good for editing mesh surfaces or for ensuring a 3D model is printable.

#Google sketchup pro 2014 full pro#

It is a really good tool at the free level, but really needs the pro level to work with 3D printing well. So in the modern 3D design world, I was raised on SketchUp. I learned basic AutoCAD 15+ years ago but left it behind awhile back. My university has not jumped onto Adobe Creative Cloud yet so I have only read about the recent addition of supporting 3D model file formats to Photoshop. I donвЂ™t think it will kill 2D but it will continue to trend towards ubiquity. (c) Jim Foltz has an STL importer plugin at RB version of the plugin rather than using the method that mentions the.

#Google sketchup pro 2014 full install#

Please note that we have found it easier to install and use the. (b)Дљnother tool is free and requires no account registrations however, it lacks those tools for solids that CADspan has. It also has nice tools for working with solid objects that are otherwise only included in Google SketchUp Pro. (a) One tool from CADspan and works well as long as you create a free account with their company that is needed each time you use the tool. Separately, if you want to use designs from Thingiverse where everyone shares the STL files but only some share there CAD files, I use a STL importer plugin for SketchUp as well (see c below). Also, I use SketchUp Pro so I will use the solid tools a lot along with the Solid Inspector plugin ( ) and Fix Solid plugin ( ).

#Google sketchup pro 2014 full code#

Additionally, I donвЂ™t have to print out too many experimental jobs because I use Pleasant3D CAD to visualize the вЂњgcodeвЂќ code that would be sent to the printer to do a quick reality check on how well something will print.

#Google sketchup pro 2014 full software#

There is nothing in the ReplicatorG software for the Makerbot that ensures a design will print well so I have some rules-of-the-thumb and do some iterations back and forth between SketchUp and ReplicatorG. The Makerbot uses STL files so if I want to export from SketchUp, I need to use an STL export plugin (see a and b below). That is very timely as we will be making some posts about how we do things based on our learning. The plug-ins that are installed and are recommended for greatly increasing the utility of SketchUp include: The University of Richmond subscribes to Atomic Learning tutorials for its community however, those tutorials are only up to SketchUp version 7 (visit ). They are available through the 3D Warehouse (visit ). Also, there are tutorial files that can be opened in SketchUp and walk you through learning various skills. The best video tutorials are the official ones originally from Google and now maintained by Trimble (visit h ttp://). There are many sources for tutorials for using SketchUp. SketchUp is available for download from their site, but it is also available on the computers in the Technology Learning Center located on the 3rd floor of Boatwright Library. Moreover, there are many plug-ins for use with the app to increase functionality and interoperability. It has a very low learning curve and can be used to create accurate designs. SketchUp is a great tool for doing 3D design.