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 […]
Today, 3D modeling software is extremely common in architecture — tools that make architectural design simpler and more efficient. The best 3D software for architecture: Best 3D Modeling Software for Architecture: SketchUp, Revit, ArchiCAD and More SketchUp: strong for interiors and furniture, easy to use, user-friendly. The 3D Warehouse library has over 5 million models […]
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 […]
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 […]
Parashape (formerly 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 […]
Decimify is a free SketchUp polygon reducer that imports external models in GLB/STL format and reduces the face count of SketchUp geometry. SketchUp 2020 added native GLTF/GLB import — but it has no built-in decimator. When the imported object has a dense mesh, SketchUp’s Soften/Smooth Edges and Hidden Geometry only change how faces are displayed, […]
Tracepen turns a PNG or JPG into native SketchUp faces – each colour becomes its own group with its own material, ready to push-pull, paint, or run Solid Tools on. A deterministic tracer (no AI): same image in, same faces out. Free for 2-colour traces; sign in with a 3dshouse account for full colours. Video […]
SketchUp’s 3D modeler still has no fillet or chamfer command for rounding the edges of a solid, so softening a corner usually means fighting with Follow Me or buying a paid extension. (SketchUp 2026 did add Fillet and Chamfer tools — but only inside LayOut, for 2D vector linework, not for 3D geometry.) BevelUp fixes […]
SketchUp has no built-in mesh simplification or decimation tool — this is a deliberate design decision, not an oversight. SketchUp was designed for architects drawing from scratch, not for processing meshes imported from game engines or Megascans. When you import a file from 3D Warehouse, receive an FBX from a client, or export from Revit, […]
Smart Dynamic Component Options SketchUp Panel: Features and How It Works Smart dynamic options panel is a smart interface for editing dynamic component options in SketchUp. Replace SketchUp’s default component options panel with a smarter, batch-capable alternative. Limitations of the default component options panel. It takes a lot of time to have to press the […]
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