Exporting SketchUp to a CNC router is not simple — it requires multiple steps through DXF and CAM software. This is a comprehensive guide to the full SketchUp-to-CNC workflow for woodworking and advertising. All CNC machines read data via G-code file so the article guides the steps to create a G-code file for a CNC […]
After you have programmed the Dynamic Component SketchUp functions, to remove all dynamic properties and attributes from objects, it is usually only possible to manually delete it in the Component Attribute table. If the file has many objects and properties, it will take a long time to delete. Delete Dynamic Tool is a tool available […]
SketchUp Dynamic Components are powerful — until you copy one and watch everything break. The scale attribute crash is one of the most persistent bugs in SketchUp, still reproducible in SketchUp 2026: copy a Dynamic Component with Move + Ctrl (or paste from clipboard), try to scale it, and the child objects freeze at the […]
Faces To Groups helps to automatically batch-group loose faces in SketchUp, creating separate groups from loose shapes. This tool is used only in rare cases. Here 3dshouse provides this tool for nesting implementations with the Abf Plugin. In this example the Faces To Groups Tool will automatically create a series of Groups to export via […]
Extra edges (unused coplanar edges) sitting in the middle of a flat face add nothing to the shape, but they still bloat the SketchUp file, inflate entity count, and break CNC/ABF export workflows. In many cases you need to remove them, and doing it by hand is slow and easy to miss. In the picture […]
Objects hidden with SketchUp’s Hide command can be batch deleted quickly — the Delete Hidden tool removes all hidden geometry at once instead of having to search and delete each object manually. Hidden objects vs hidden by tag in SketchUp — know the difference first There are two completely different kinds of “invisible” in SketchUp, […]
Where Purge Unused lives in SketchUp 2025 and 2026, exactly what it removes, the data-loss caution in SketchUp own docs, and what fixes a heavy file when purging does not.
Anyone who builds or debugs Dynamic Components experiences Dynamic Component errors where the model jumps, shows the wrong scale, or formulas stop working — even when programmed correctly. This is an extremely common error, especially when building highly complex custom models. I created a whole set of dynamic models for furniture production so I have […]
ABF is a free SketchUp CNC plugin built specifically for furniture production workflows that need to go from a modeled cabinet or panel to a ready-to-cut DXF file without leaving SketchUp. The full name stands for ABF Solution, developed by ABF Extension, and it remains completely free for real production use as of 2026 — […]
Loose To Groups is a SketchUp plugin that automatically creates separate groups from loose geometry — essential for CNC nesting workflows. This plugin is rarely used, but in some cases it is very necessary. When to Use the Loose to Groups SketchUp Plugin for CNC & Nesting When need to create automatically Group group. For […]
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