Thirteen SketchUp material plugins and texture tools compared: which make a material from a pattern, which only fix an existing one, which PBR maps come out and how each is paid for. Texturic against Architextures head to head.
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Texturic turns a pattern and a photo into a seamless texture with PBR maps: apply it to the selected faces, or save the maps on the web. Three free results a day.
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Image to SKP Free: Turn a JPG or PNG Into SketchUp Faces, One Group per Colour
Image to SKP inside SketchUp: Tracepen traces a JPG or PNG into native faces, one group and one material per colour, and the page says which routes suit a logo, a relief or a photo.
TileUp turns a selected face into real 3D tiles: herringbone, chevron, hexagon and 181 patterns, or any component repeated on two vectors, with a take-off. 3 free uses a day.
RoundCorner and its successor FredoCorner compared with BevelUp, the free SketchUp plugin for rounding and chamfering edges.
SketchUp has no built-in fillet or chamfer command. The geometry engine makes this deliberate: SketchUp models from scratch using flat faces and clean edges, so a fillet operation would need to add faces that never existed — a fundamentally different task than modifying existing ones. The three tools below each solve this differently, and understanding […]
When multiple components (com) are copied from one original, to edit 1 com without changing others you need to make it unique. However with many coms, making unique for each one takes a long time — use the auto make unique tool to process multiple SketchUp components at once. A little-known point: when you select […]
Five architecture 3D programs compared on what they actually cost in September 2026, which run on a Mac, and where models break when you move them between Revit and SketchUp.
Highly customizable SketchUp dynamic component bed frame with drawer model following real furniture construction specs. Just drag the parameters in Component Options to quickly complete the parametric production design of a drawer bed. Works effectively with the ABF plugin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFD4mftu0oI Bed Frame SketchUp Dynamic Component – Parametric Component Options Thickness Mattress Length Mattress Width Hide […]
3dshouse Dynamic is a free SketchUp plugin with a library of hundreds of ready-made dynamic components for parametric furniture design and production — doors, drawers, shelves, cabinet frames and more. Instead of modeling every part, you assemble accurate, highly customizable components and follow your own design ideas at full speed. The plugin and the free […]