Working out this colossal fight scene was a huge collaborative effort between the Art Department, Visual Effects, Stunts and Special Effects. It all starts with my set design in Sketchup. This is then turned over to the VFX department who take my model and create an animatic story board where all the beats of the fight are worked out. This then comes back to us where we are able to work out which walls, ceilings, floors etc need to be destroyed in camera and which walls are a Visual Effects break away. We use a physical card model to pinpoint each beat and colour code it correctly. The colour coding refers to which wall is either a real Special Effects breakaway or a Visual Effect added later. We then bring in the Stunt Team and the Special Effects team to work out (via the shooting schedule) which walls need to break away on which days and whether a stunt man is on a wire going through a wall or if it's just a SFX cassette that can be blown out with air cannons. This is a very organic process with lots of meetings and constant changes so you have to be on your toes at all times ready for changes that can throw the whole process into disarray. Thankfully we pulled it off pretty well. Feel free to ask questions about the process below. #spidermanbrandnewday #setbuild #sketchup

I m learning autocad since 5-6 months but still getting low budget work like 10$.. and it took me 4-5 hours to complete what to do and how can I get high money.. like 100-1000$ work .. through any ... You can suggest other softwares as well I will learn them but I want to earn good 😭 amount please tell... ..... should I change my approach? Or industry?

Too many client revisions have derailed this project. Every time we finalize a plan, the client changes his mind based on something he saw online/on-site. Trying to salvage the design how does this side view look, and what can I improve?

Im currently very very stuck on what i should particularly add on this area of the wall.

im designing an exterior architectural firm design trying to kinda follow industrial, modernism

Question is: how do you model window pane using V-Ray materials?

Do you use
A) a simple rectangle, as if the glass panel had no depth
or
B) two rectangles (or a rectangular cuboid), to give depth like a real piece of glass has
?

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I usually try to stick as close to reality as possible.

So, I’ve always modeled glass objects like real-world objects: with actual depth (rather than as virtual objects made of a single face).

But lately —especially after watching some tutorials— I’ve started to have doubts.

Am I making a mistake?

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Thank you.

Only took a million revisions and a lot of time but it is done (almost lol)

The native search bar is less than great, to say it nicely. If you can't find what you're looking for through the 3D Warehouse search bar, try using a search engine, and include "sketchup" or "3d warehouse" in your search.

I’m going to build a DC bench power supply, and I’ve already ordered all the components. However, I don’t have access to a 3D printer, so I initially considered using an online 3D printing service to design and print a custom enclosure for my project (1st image).

I designed the shell and uploaded the panels and middle piece separately, along with the color details. The quote came to around $140 including shipping, which is a huge expense for me.

So, I decided to go with laser cutting, which I have access locally. I’m designing the enclosure so that all the pieces fit together like a puzzle, allowing me to assemble the shell and fit all the components inside.

I usually use SketchUp for large projects and architectural designs, such as buildings and landscaping, but this is another interesting use case for the software.

Furthermore, I’m still waiting for a few small components to arrive. Once everything is ready, I’ll post the final result in a few days!

A recent interior I worked on, going for a warm and slightly retro feel.

Kept the modelling fairly clean and spent more time on the materials and lighting

SketchUp | D5 Render

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share a tool I’ve been developing for SketchUp called EasyGear. If you’ve ever tried to manually calculate center-to-center distances and draw mechanically accurate involute gears, you know it can be a massive headache.

I built EasyGear specifically for 3D printing enthusiasts and mechanical designers who want to skip the complex math and manual alignment. It doesn't just draw a gear—it builds the perfect mechanical relationship between two shafts.

Here is how it works: You don't even need to measure the distance between your shafts. Just click on two cylindrical components in your model. EasyGear instantly measures the exact center-to-center distance, asks for the radius of your first gear, and handles the rest.

Key Features:

• Smart Auto-Alignment: Automatically finds shaft centers and calculates the exact distance.
• Foolproof Mathematics: Input the radius of one gear, and the plugin automatically calculates the exact size and tooth count for the second gear to guarantee a perfect mesh.
• 3D Printing Ready (Backlash Control): Easily adjust the clearance (backlash) between teeth to account for your specific 3D printer's tolerances.
• True Involute Profiles: Geometrically accurate tooth profiles for smooth mechanical power transmission.
• Ready for Extrusion: Gear outlines are generated as continuous, welded curves (perfectly closed 2D faces). Just use the native Push/Pull tool to give them your desired thickness, and they are ready to spin smoothly straight off your FDM or resin bed.

The best part? The EasyGear generator is completely FREE to use. It's included in the free tier of my MoGrOv plugin suite.

🔗 You can get it here: [ https://www.mogrov.pro/easy-gear ]

I’d absolutely love to hear your feedback, feature requests, or see what kind of mechanisms you build with it! Happy modeling!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a SketchUp extension called Surface Painter and it’s getting pretty close to release, so I wanted to show it here and get some feedback from other SketchUp users.

The basic idea is to let you paint textures directly onto SketchUp geometry instead of having to edit everything externally and keep bringing textures back into SketchUp.

The Painter itself opens in a separate movable and resizable pop-up window, so you can position it wherever it works best with your screen/setup.

Here are some short examples of the current workflow:

Select and bake a surface

Bake showcase

You select the geometry you want to work with, bake it, and Surface Painter prepares it for painting.

Paint textures directly on the surface

Basic texture painting showcase

You can paint textures only where you want them, which makes it possible to add things like dirt, weathering, wear, stains, variation, etc. without changing the entire material.

Different texture mapping modes

Texture Mapping showcase

There are currently three Texture Brush mapping modes: Surface Tiled, Stroke Anchored and Stroke Direction, as well as Real-World sizing.

Procedural Eraser

Eraser showcase

This lets you erase painted areas with more natural and irregular transitions instead of perfectly clean brush-shaped edges.

Stamp Tool

Stamp Showcase

The Stamp tool can place textures/images onto a specific area and can also work across connected faces and corners.

More complicated geometry

2K face showcase

This example is roughly 2,000 connected faces being Unwrapped and painted normally. One of the main goals has been making this useful for more than just simple flat walls.

Apply back to SketchUp

Apply showcase

Once you’re happy with the result, you just Apply it back onto the SketchUp model.

Surface Painter also has Layers, Undo/Redo, persistent History, multi-target painting, Real-World sizing, and more.

It’s getting close to its first release, but development definitely isn’t stopping there. I plan to keep improving it and adding to it after release.

I’d really like to hear what people think.

Would you use something like this in your SketchUp workflow?

And especially:

• Is there anything about the workflow that seems confusing?
• Is there something obvious you’d expect a surface-painting tool to have that seems missing?
• What kind of models/surfaces would you use it on?
• Are there texture-editing jobs you currently leave SketchUp for that you’d rather be able to do directly inside it?

Any feedback is appreciated!