MUZWalls Plugin

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Hi everyone,

We’re the small team behind MUZWalls, and we figured it was about time we said hello here instead of just reading along.

We work on a SketchUp extension for walls and concrete structures. It’s still growing, and we’re figuring plenty out as we go, so more than anything, we’d like to get to know the people who actually model this kind of thing day to day.

We’re not here to sell anyone anything. We’d just love to hear how you work: what you find fiddly or frustrating in SketchUp, what you wish existed, how you’d approach it. And if you ever end up trying what we’ve made, your honest thoughts, the critical ones especially, would mean a lot.

Really glad to be here, and looking forward to the conversation. Ask us anything.

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It’s perfectly fine to start a topic for your extension that you list in Extension Warenhause (or elsewhere). You can also just add a link to it in your post above.

Welcome to the forum!

Well, I think you really just want to sell it, don’t you?! :wink:

There’s nothing wrong with that too! We like it! :innocent:

What we don’t like is when people post the same or similar “advertising” content in multiple random topics…

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Ha, fair catch :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: you’re right, and I won’t pretend otherwise: we’re a startup, so of course we’d be happy if people liked it and buy it. That’d always lovely.

But that’s honestly not what we’re here for. What we’re actually after is the constructive stuff hearing how people work, where things get painful, what’s missing. That kind of dialog is worth far more to us right now than any sale, and it’s the part you can’t get anywhere else.

And no worries you won’t see us sprinkling the same post around the forum. That’s not our style either. :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks for the warm welcome and I’ll add the link here like you suggested.

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I looked over your comparison of Medeek Wall and MUZWalls and also your pricing page:

Your comparison page is mostly accurate however you state that purchasing the Wall + Foundation + Floor will run you nearly $460.00. You are not comparing apples to apples here. The pricing you are using is for the “permanent” licenses.

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A very good day to you, from Bonn, Germany.

Nathaniel, you were right about the number. We fixed it. The comparison now shows your $330 suite, not the à-la-carte total. When we get something wrong, we say so, and we fix it the same day. And we’re glad people are talking about price. They should be.

Now, the part that matters.

Ask an architect what they want from a wall tool. Nobody says “a licensing matrix.” They say: let me draw a wall. Cut an opening. Drop in the concrete. Pull a takeoff. And get back to designing.

So that’s what we made.

One plugin. One license. Every feature, inside it with many updates to come. One price. Nothing to add up. No math. No chart to decode before you’re allowed to buy. You install MUZWalls, and the whole workflow is simply there.

And we care, deeply, about how it feels. Every click. Every drag. Every wall you pull. It should feel fast, smooth, effortless and most importantly accurate. Like the tool is getting out of your way. To us, the experience isn’t the finish. It’s the whole point. It’s the thing you can’t put on a spec sheet. And it’s the thing you feel in the first five minutes.

Anyone can hand you a menu and let you assemble it yourself. That’s easy. The hard part, the part almost nobody does, is putting everything a wall workflow needs into one license, so you never have to stop and wonder what to buy. We did that work. So you don’t have to.

We’re new. And we’re absolutely clear about who we’re for. If you draw walls in SketchUp, and you want your tools to disappear and let you work, that’s us.

Seven days. Free. No card. No catalog.

Come see how it feels.

MUZWalls

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Hi,
Congratulations on creating an extension that offers the possibility of using that system and materials!

I saw some of the tutorials and in the one about “Automatic Wall Cutting”, at minute 0:37, the wall you build and intersects an existing one, automatically breaks in those areas. How do you set this up?

Does the extension offer the possibility of connecting the layers that make up the wall based on priority (similar to Revit)? And maybe even setting for viewing details: coarse, medium, fine?

The questions are just to learn about what extensions are possible and exist for SketchUp.
Thanks!

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Hi,

Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to watch our tutorials, we really appreciate it!

Regarding the Automatic Wall Cutting at 0:37, there isn’t any special setup required. MUZWalls automatically detects when a newly created wall intersects an existing MUZWalls wall. The first wall is treated as the reference (cutter) wall, while the second wall that passes through it is automatically trimmed to create a clean connection. This priority is based on the wall creation order, so it’s something users should keep in mind when modeling.

As for wall layer priorities, MUZWalls uses fully parametric wall assemblies, where the external and internal layers are defined separately. The way these layers connect depends on the wall type and its assembly. At wall intersections and corners, MUZWalls automatically handles wall joins based on the wall configuration.

I’ve also attached a few images showing how corner wall joins work. They should help illustrate the logic behind the current implementation. For example, an internal plaster layer should not be joined directly to an external brick layer. MUZWalls already respects this principle when creating corner joins, keeping the wall assembly consistent.

The kind of advanced layer-priority behavior you’re referring to similar to Revit is something we’re actively working toward. It’s part of our development roadmap, and our goal is to make wall connections much smarter over time, with more intelligent layer interactions and wall join behavior that further enhances the BIM workflow.

We’ll also be uploading more Wall Features tutorial videos to our YouTube channel soon, where these workflows and features will be demonstrated in much greater detail.

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Here’s one Tutorial Video to help answer common questions about how our wall system works:

Wall Features Tutorial | External & Internal Finishes, Join Walls, Follow Path & Auto Trim

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I work on a Mac mini M4 pro and I am certainly not an expert in SketchUp but I have been working with it somewhat for many years. I’m doing my first large set of construction drawings using Layout SketchUp Pro 2026 for a custom residence. Since you’re asking ….

Once I’ve sent my model to Layout, and I’m setting up the viewports for wall sections, I would like to be able to type in which materials are to be used in that wall and have those drawn while in Layout. (The individual pieces and specifics of that wall almost never need to be modeled in SketchUp). For instance, if I have a wall section, I’d like to have it delineated with symbols and pochee, showing the drywall, the insulation, the sheathing, and the siding. Of course I would want it to do a nice rendering that is clear and to scale (in symbol form for black-and-white construction drawings). The line widths would also need to be appropriate for the material shown .
Just saying :slight_smile:

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D.Marie, love this, thank you. You’re describing exactly the kind of thing MUZWalls is for: define a wall’s layers + materials once, section it, and get a to-scale assembly in Layout. The next step you’re pointing at, real material symbols (insulation hatch, etc.) with per-material line weights, drawn automatically, is a great feature idea. Fully inside Layout it’s tricky (limited API), but producing that hatched, correctly-weighted section detail on the SketchUp side to drop into Layout is very doable. I’m putting it on the list and would love to keep you posted. :folded_hands:

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Our team is continuously working to improve and expand MUZWalls functionalities. Guided totally by user feedback, we’re constantly adding new features, refining existing tools, and fixing issues to deliver a better experience.

As part of this ongoing development, a new update focused on roof tools will be released soon.

Thank you for your continued support and valuable feedback!

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