Althought SetchUp is grandios, it is not made for architects and is no CAD.
I am no friend of plugins, but in this case they are necessary for my industry. They will make SU nice and smooth to work with.
All are free to use and installed easily. You will find them after installing in context menu, Toolbar or on Extention Tab.
There are two sources to find hundres and more of plugins, so don’t get lost.
- Extension Warehouse inside SU.
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Plugin Store Download | SketchUcation
This I my recommendation.
Importing DWG-Files you will need
CleanUp³
Author: thomthom
Source: Extension Warehouse and SketchUcation
If you are missing line styles like dashed or dotted lines
2DTools
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
You need to know the hight of the roof top or of your church tower
highttool_Datum
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
To show Area and Perimeter of a room, export to .csv, import to LayOut
AreaTextTag
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
You have set all scenes for floorplans and need to add a Layer. It will show in all scenes and you don’t want to renew them.
cmd_auto-invisible_layer
Author: cmd
Source: Extension Warehouse
Section Cuts leave the walls open. Close them with
SectionCutFace
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
Moving Groups and Component to user Layers can cause loose geometry by modifying them. Take care with
TIG-LayerWatcher
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
You want to intersect, but the Groups are not solid.
TIG-solidsolver
Author: TIG
Source: SetchUcation
You can easily erase a bunch of Guidelines with one click, do the same with Dimesions.
ene_remove-dimension
Author: Julia Christina Eneroth
Source: Extension Warehouse and ScetchUcation
Hatches and material can be easily rotated with
ene_texturepositioning
Author: Julia Christina Eneroth
Source: Extension Warehouse and ScetchUcation
Last but not least some must haves.
If you are looking for HD seamless textures or backgrounds have a look at
Now the last one:
If there are not enough Styles shipped for you or you want to render your model, have a look at
Hope you like it.