Update: June 2014 This article was written right before Google sold SketchUp to Trimble. Since then the instructions has changed slightly. In May 2013 SketchUp 2013 was released which included... read more →
The Ruby language is very easy to extend to suit your needs. Some very pretty looking code can be written. However, when you write plugins for SketchUp's Ruby API you... read more →
Something I all too often observe in plugins for SketchUp that kills performance is the usage of .typename within loops. I blame the SketchUp Ruby API documentation for this widespread... read more →
Keyboard shortcuts are very effective time savers. For frequently used commands they are much quicker to execute than using the mouse to aim and click on a menu or toolbar... read more →
Here is a wee teaser of my next commercial plugin, Bezier Surface. The goal is to create a set of tools to create and manipulate parametric bezier patches in SketchUp.... read more →
Updated my Edge Tools plugin to version 1.1.0. Added a new feature to divide faces by inferring edges. Download from Sketchucation
Updated my Sketchup plugin Cleanup to version 2. Supports ThomThom's Menu Persistent preferences. Settings for global and local cleanup synced. Repairs split edges. (Based on Carlo Roosen's Repair Broken Edges)... read more →