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H. Watercolor, Painterly and Rendered EffectsWatercolor, Painterly and Rendered Effects
Collection of assorted stuff..
Contents
1 Textures1.1 Post-modeling pretty stuff

TexturesMaking Engraved LetteringRoss Macintosh xx [missing images]
display issue: burning througholaf troubleshooting overlapping transparent PNGs burning-through.
Effective Texturing of TerrainsRoss Macintosh xx[missing images]
Materials & Textures Introduction and basic advice on texture/material application from PlayUp.
PNG or JPEG files best for textures? Some information about image compression and its affect on SKP file size.
Photoshop CS2 Jpeg format textures mangled upon import to SU Using Save to Web to avoid problems when using a Mac-made textures on a PC.
Texturing an arch
Creating an arch materialGaieus
Texturing an Arch #2Gaieus
Part 1Gaieus
Part 2Gaieus
How to texture an Arch in SketchUp using ThruPaintRich O'Brian
Post-modeling pretty stuffAlex Hogrefe Tutorials on architectural rendering and illustration mainly using Phtotoshop and SketchUp
Up for review The genesis of what is know as the 'Dennis Technique' - Dennis Nikolaev's architectural visualization style. This is definitely worth studying for how exported images from SketchUp and Photoshop layers can be used to quickly produce an attractive non-photorealistic render. Dennis did create a nice PDF manual, but creative energy coming from all the thread's participants is still electric and the thread also is the inspiration for the Richard Technique (attachment below). xx [a few images to update]
The Edited Watercolour Technique Thread.. Ross Macintosh created a condensed version of Up for review. xx[a few images to update]
Dennis Technique SketchUcation tutorial authored by Dennis Nikolaev.
Ernest Burden III digital/watercolor hybrid 
Digital Watercolour effects on SketchUp imagesGrant Marshall
Another digital watercolour..Ross Macintosh
Drawing Workshops Jim Leggitt Homepage | 3D Basecamp 2008 (High Quality video) and PDF handout
Photoshop
SketchUp and Photoshop 3D Basecamp 2008 video.
Importing SketchUp Models into Photoshop 2015 video show how to use the 3D feature in Photoshop you can render with custom materials, create animations, and more.
Rendering in SketchUpDaniel Tal's webinar-styled overview on rendering in SketchUp.
SketchUp Artists Post production tutorials and tips website - the techiques page.
SketchUp and Photoshop 3D Basecamp 2008 video
Skydome/Globe tutorials Doubles as a tutorial on replacing a texture, mapped image in SketchUp through the Materials browser. If you want to start from scratch and texture map a globe or dome, knock your socks off. But you also can download one of the SKP dome or globe samples (the link opens on a skydome tutorial, but follow another link on that page to get to the globe tutorial) and 'just' replace the image through SketchUp (the tutorial link open to a skydome tutorial. The existing mapping will remain intact. (Relevant plugin - UVTools, a SketchUp plugin for simple image mapping - as needed for a skydome and globe. See UV Toolkit² and SketchUV, too.  (To get the SketchUcation-hosted plugins, join the forum for free to see images and download stuff.)

Plugins and ProgramsNote: To download plugins from SketchUcation, join the forum and logon.Animated textures
AnimatexRenderiza - Plugin to set up animated texture effect.
LightUp This renderer can set up animated textures. See relevant video from link.
SKMtools,MaterialTools,ImageToolsTIG - Plugin can create animated textures.
Blackoutthomthom - Plugin to make a material mask for post processing by turning all materials black, except the selected face(s). 
CanvasRenderiza - Plugin to interactively paint groups and components in spray type manner.
Export 2d with Alphathomthom - Plugin to export the current view with transparent background option in SketchUp 8.
FixAspectRatioRick Wilson - Removes the gray bars added through plug-ins like tt_vray_Toys linked above.
FredoTools:ThroughPaintFredo6 - Plugin which extends the native paint tools, like not needing to open a group/component to paint the inner geometry.
Import ALL from FolderTIG - Mass import supported image file types. 
JS Background color Plugin which adds a horizon color to the sky.
massmaterialimporterA. Beazley - Create a materials library starting from a folder with JPG images. It creates materials that use images as textures. All textures will come in at a standard scale and must be edited later.
NightSkySmustard - Adds sunrise and sunset effects to the Shadow Info slider.
RainRenderiza - Creates animated rain effect.
Rendering FavouritesTrogluddite - Plugin creating a toolbox and to store and recall parameters of a model appearance.
RpImageFiltersRender Plus - Apply Photoshop-like filters to SketchUp image exports from inside SketchUp.
rps_texturewriter Al Hart - Extracts a texture file from a SketchUp texture.
RpToolsRender Plus - The Alpha Images wizard will convert a color to an alpha channel AND export an image with the background transparent. NprTools will create non-photorealistic renders. Fee - Windows
RpTreeMakerRender Plus - Plugin to create custom, 2D face-me trees inside SketchUp. Standard tree library in the 3D Warehouse which can be loaded in RpTreeMaker and customized.
Sizer Windows utility program which will resize your window to match 2D output. Windows
SKMtools,MaterialTools,ImageToolsTIG - Plugin can create animated textures.
[SU]ChRenderizia - Exports several rendering channels for photo-editing post-processing.
ThruPaint Fredo6 - Extends native Paint tools, includes several UV options. Bundled with FredoTools.
UV Mapping
Probesthomthom - Tools for inspecting normals and UV mapping.
SketchUVDale Martens (Whaat) - The Pro version of UVTools - Fee
Blender 3D program with UV mapping program for complex forms supported by SketchUV. Free
Roadkill UV Tool UV mapping program for more complex forms supported by SketchUV. Free
Ultimate Unwrap 3D Pro UV mapping program for more complex forms supported by SketchUV. Fee - Windows
UV Toolkit²thomthom - Suite of UV mapping tools.
UVToolsDale Martens (Whaat) - A SketchUp plugin for simple image mapping (use a projected texture.) Free
Video Texture Plugin for SketchUp Marc S. - Play videos (most common file formats supported) on textured surfaces.
V-Ray_Toolsthomthom - Despite the name, the plugin has several tools for people who do not have V-ray like adding gray bars which frames out the SketchUp workspace to match your 2D exports and alpha exporter more advanced than his earlier plugin, Export 2d with Alpha.

Tip:Photoshop CS4 can import a KMZ file from SketchUp. The model surface can be painted in Photoshop, then returned to SketchUp as a KMZ import. In Photoshop CS4, export the file through 3D > Export 3D Layer.

Is there a way to COLOR lines to make them appear softer?
In SketchUp, Click .. Window (PC) > Styles > In Model > Edit > Edge Settings > Color: By Material
Then use the Paint Bucket tool to paint the Edges.
Note:Textured materials can be painted on in addition to solid colors. But to help avoid blotting the SKP file size, make sure the materials you use have a small file size. Also, if you purge your SKP file of 'unused' materials and wonder why some materials cannot be deleted from the home menu, those materials may still be painted on some edges.


RenderersRenderers Rendering options listed on the Resources page
Photo-Rendering Your SketchUp Models: Some Options High Quality 3D Basecamp video | PDF handout
Rendering Workshop - Studio - still life SketchUcation thread
SketchUp and Piranesi 3D Basecamp video and handout | PDF Handout
V-Ray
Delete Component and Group Material A script to speed up exporting a model to V-Ray by removing materials applied to components and groups
Delete all textures SketchUcation discussion on how to delete textures to speed up rendering in V-Ray.
V-Ray_Toolsthomthom - Despite the name, the plugin has several tools for people who do not have V-ray like adding gray bars which frames out the SketchUp workspace to match your 2D exports and alpha exporter more advanced than his earlier plugin, Export 2d with Alpha.

SketchUp StylesCreating Your Own Styles with SketchUp Style BuilderAidan Chopra - Basecamp 2008 presentation.
Wet-watercolor style This is one of several Styles posted in the old forum. xxx[dead link]
really nice easy to use good quality watercolor styleMajid Yeganexxx[dead link]
Majid's latest tutorials are at SketchUpArtists (along with tutorials and advice from other artists) and commercial publication listed at SketchUcation.
Creating custom Sketchy Edges Manual technique before SketchUp Pro''s Style Builder was released - but Free users may still be interested.. 
Creating Your Own Styles with Google SketchUp Style Builder 3D Basecamp 2008 video
Basic concepts of StylesRoss Macintosh
2008 Sketchy-Edge Style Building Contest SU6 users can find all 10 styles by opening the Style palette and selecting In Model. Create a new library and permanently add them to the Favorites that load with SU. SU7 users already have these styles installed in a library.
Components, Materials & Styles Sketchucation forum that posts new styles.
Form Fonts Free styles to exchange members, otherwise the site is subscription service.
Rendering FavouritesTrogluddite - Styles plugin with more comprehensive setting options than in the Styles browser.


SkyNote: Some of the techniques listed below, using skydomes and cylinders mapped with a sky image, became a bit dated since SketchUp introduced image watermark styles in version 6. But the techniques may still be useful in the right context.
Cloudy Sky Using a transparent PNG cloud image.
NightSkySmustard - Plugin to add sunrise and sunset effects to the Shadow Info slider.
SketchUp Skydome How-to neatly map a sky image on a dome and making a textured globe - off-site tutorials
Ultimate Unwrap 3D Image mapping program - Fee - Windows

Quick and DirtySites with styles ready to go - but you still need to find what you want.. There's no such thing as a free lunch..
Components, Materials and Styles SketchUcation forum with stuff.
SketchUpArtists Styles collection
SketchUp Books SketchUcation paid offerings.
20131206 Temp files in Plugins subfolder avoided. 20131202 MAC compatible key-presses and other future-proofing. 20130907 Minor adjustments to code to future-proof the tool. 20120929 2dFillet now side-steps potential splats by ill-mannered 3rd party tools' EntitiesObservers. 20120228 2dFillet segment range adjusted to =2. Plugin integrates directly to your SketchUp workflow to upload any SketchUp geometry for automated building performance analysis. This plugin saves time by allowing you to export building geometry to the existing cove.tool projects in the cloud. Dec 11, 2017 SketchUp Hatching, Lineweights, Line Styles, and More with 2D Tools – Extension of the Week #44. In today's SketchUp extension overview, we review an extension that contains a free suite of tools designed to help you model in two dimensions! Sketchup Automation Tools. Sketchup Automation Tools is a Productive Toolbar Launcher, and it is special maked for Sketchup Pro Software, you can Speedup all your Painting Movements and Saved more then 50% of your Time. With this Launcher you can forget searching into MenuBars instead of that you have All your Favorite Toolbar Buttons direct in visual area, and you do not have to remember all.
Sketchup Plugins 2d Tools DownloadSketchUp is one of the most popular 3D modeling software used in architecture. The interface is pretty straightforward which makes it easy to use engineers, designers and architects to accomplish what they need. SketchUp's limited interface and ease of use does kind of restrict its abilities in its basic setup. As work starts to get a bit more complicated designers are going to require some advanced tools to accomplish what is needed.
 Summary: The blog describes the manual and professional methods to fix PowerPoint issues and turn the presentation to a readable format.

Hdd llf low level format tool for mac. This is where SketchUp plugins or extensions come in to play. These extensions have been created by Sketchups most experienced users that have discovered the shortcomings of the basic SketchUp tools and decided to create some advanced tools of their own. That means anyone can write SketchUp extensions to customize the software. Designers use these extensions in order to save time, automate processes and gain new capabilities when using the Sketchup program.

Tips & Tricks‎ > ‎ 
H. Watercolor, Painterly and Rendered EffectsWatercolor, Painterly and Rendered Effects
Collection of assorted stuff..
Contents
1 Textures1.1 Post-modeling pretty stuff

TexturesMaking Engraved LetteringRoss Macintosh xx [missing images]
display issue: burning througholaf troubleshooting overlapping transparent PNGs burning-through.
Effective Texturing of TerrainsRoss Macintosh xx[missing images]
Materials & Textures Introduction and basic advice on texture/material application from PlayUp.
PNG or JPEG files best for textures? Some information about image compression and its affect on SKP file size.
Photoshop CS2 Jpeg format textures mangled upon import to SU Using Save to Web to avoid problems when using a Mac-made textures on a PC.
Texturing an arch
Creating an arch materialGaieus
Texturing an Arch #2Gaieus
Part 1Gaieus
Part 2Gaieus
How to texture an Arch in SketchUp using ThruPaintRich O'Brian
Post-modeling pretty stuffAlex Hogrefe Tutorials on architectural rendering and illustration mainly using Phtotoshop and SketchUp
Up for review The genesis of what is know as the 'Dennis Technique' - Dennis Nikolaev's architectural visualization style. This is definitely worth studying for how exported images from SketchUp and Photoshop layers can be used to quickly produce an attractive non-photorealistic render. Dennis did create a nice PDF manual, but creative energy coming from all the thread's participants is still electric and the thread also is the inspiration for the Richard Technique (attachment below). xx [a few images to update]
The Edited Watercolour Technique Thread.. Ross Macintosh created a condensed version of Up for review. xx[a few images to update]
Dennis Technique SketchUcation tutorial authored by Dennis Nikolaev.
Ernest Burden III digital/watercolor hybrid 
Digital Watercolour effects on SketchUp imagesGrant Marshall
Another digital watercolour..Ross Macintosh
Drawing Workshops Jim Leggitt Homepage | 3D Basecamp 2008 (High Quality video) and PDF handout
Photoshop
SketchUp and Photoshop 3D Basecamp 2008 video.
Importing SketchUp Models into Photoshop 2015 video show how to use the 3D feature in Photoshop you can render with custom materials, create animations, and more.
Rendering in SketchUpDaniel Tal's webinar-styled overview on rendering in SketchUp.
SketchUp Artists Post production tutorials and tips website - the techiques page.
SketchUp and Photoshop 3D Basecamp 2008 video
Skydome/Globe tutorials Doubles as a tutorial on replacing a texture, mapped image in SketchUp through the Materials browser. If you want to start from scratch and texture map a globe or dome, knock your socks off. But you also can download one of the SKP dome or globe samples (the link opens on a skydome tutorial, but follow another link on that page to get to the globe tutorial) and 'just' replace the image through SketchUp (the tutorial link open to a skydome tutorial. The existing mapping will remain intact. (Relevant plugin - UVTools, a SketchUp plugin for simple image mapping - as needed for a skydome and globe. See UV Toolkit² and SketchUV, too.  (To get the SketchUcation-hosted plugins, join the forum for free to see images and download stuff.)

Plugins and ProgramsNote: To download plugins from SketchUcation, join the forum and logon.Animated textures
AnimatexRenderiza - Plugin to set up animated texture effect.
LightUp This renderer can set up animated textures. See relevant video from link.
SKMtools,MaterialTools,ImageToolsTIG - Plugin can create animated textures.
Blackoutthomthom - Plugin to make a material mask for post processing by turning all materials black, except the selected face(s). 
CanvasRenderiza - Plugin to interactively paint groups and components in spray type manner.
Export 2d with Alphathomthom - Plugin to export the current view with transparent background option in SketchUp 8.
FixAspectRatioRick Wilson - Removes the gray bars added through plug-ins like tt_vray_Toys linked above.
FredoTools:ThroughPaintFredo6 - Plugin which extends the native paint tools, like not needing to open a group/component to paint the inner geometry.
Import ALL from FolderTIG - Mass import supported image file types. 
JS Background color Plugin which adds a horizon color to the sky.
massmaterialimporterA. Beazley - Create a materials library starting from a folder with JPG images. It creates materials that use images as textures. All textures will come in at a standard scale and must be edited later.
NightSkySmustard - Adds sunrise and sunset effects to the Shadow Info slider.
RainRenderiza - Creates animated rain effect.
Rendering FavouritesTrogluddite - Plugin creating a toolbox and to store and recall parameters of a model appearance.
RpImageFiltersRender Plus - Apply Photoshop-like filters to SketchUp image exports from inside SketchUp.
rps_texturewriter Al Hart - Extracts a texture file from a SketchUp texture.
RpToolsRender Plus - The Alpha Images wizard will convert a color to an alpha channel AND export an image with the background transparent. NprTools will create non-photorealistic renders. Fee - Windows
RpTreeMakerRender Plus - Plugin to create custom, 2D face-me trees inside SketchUp. Standard tree library in the 3D Warehouse which can be loaded in RpTreeMaker and customized.
Sizer Windows utility program which will resize your window to match 2D output. Windows
SKMtools,MaterialTools,ImageToolsTIG - Plugin can create animated textures.
[SU]ChRenderizia - Exports several rendering channels for photo-editing post-processing.
ThruPaint Fredo6 - Extends native Paint tools, includes several UV options. Bundled with FredoTools.
UV Mapping
Probesthomthom - Tools for inspecting normals and UV mapping.
SketchUVDale Martens (Whaat) - The Pro version of UVTools - Fee
Blender 3D program with UV mapping program for complex forms supported by SketchUV. Free
Roadkill UV Tool UV mapping program for more complex forms supported by SketchUV. Free
Ultimate Unwrap 3D Pro UV mapping program for more complex forms supported by SketchUV. Fee - Windows
UV Toolkit²thomthom - Suite of UV mapping tools.
UVToolsDale Martens (Whaat) - A SketchUp plugin for simple image mapping (use a projected texture.) Free
Video Texture Plugin for SketchUp Marc S. - Play videos (most common file formats supported) on textured surfaces.
V-Ray_Toolsthomthom - Despite the name, the plugin has several tools for people who do not have V-ray like adding gray bars which frames out the SketchUp workspace to match your 2D exports and alpha exporter more advanced than his earlier plugin, Export 2d with Alpha.

Tip:Photoshop CS4 can import a KMZ file from SketchUp. The model surface can be painted in Photoshop, then returned to SketchUp as a KMZ import. In Photoshop CS4, export the file through 3D > Export 3D Layer.

Is there a way to COLOR lines to make them appear softer?
In SketchUp, Click .. Window (PC) > Styles > In Model > Edit > Edge Settings > Color: By Material
Then use the Paint Bucket tool to paint the Edges.
Note:Textured materials can be painted on in addition to solid colors. But to help avoid blotting the SKP file size, make sure the materials you use have a small file size. Also, if you purge your SKP file of 'unused' materials and wonder why some materials cannot be deleted from the home menu, those materials may still be painted on some edges.


RenderersRenderers Rendering options listed on the Resources page
Photo-Rendering Your SketchUp Models: Some Options High Quality 3D Basecamp video | PDF handout
Rendering Workshop - Studio - still life SketchUcation thread
SketchUp and Piranesi 3D Basecamp video and handout | PDF Handout
V-Ray
Delete Component and Group Material A script to speed up exporting a model to V-Ray by removing materials applied to components and groups
Delete all textures SketchUcation discussion on how to delete textures to speed up rendering in V-Ray.
V-Ray_Toolsthomthom - Despite the name, the plugin has several tools for people who do not have V-ray like adding gray bars which frames out the SketchUp workspace to match your 2D exports and alpha exporter more advanced than his earlier plugin, Export 2d with Alpha.

SketchUp StylesCreating Your Own Styles with SketchUp Style BuilderAidan Chopra - Basecamp 2008 presentation.
Wet-watercolor style This is one of several Styles posted in the old forum. xxx[dead link]
really nice easy to use good quality watercolor styleMajid Yeganexxx[dead link]
Majid's latest tutorials are at SketchUpArtists (along with tutorials and advice from other artists) and commercial publication listed at SketchUcation.
Creating custom Sketchy Edges Manual technique before SketchUp Pro''s Style Builder was released - but Free users may still be interested.. 
Creating Your Own Styles with Google SketchUp Style Builder 3D Basecamp 2008 video
Basic concepts of StylesRoss Macintosh
2008 Sketchy-Edge Style Building Contest SU6 users can find all 10 styles by opening the Style palette and selecting In Model. Create a new library and permanently add them to the Favorites that load with SU. SU7 users already have these styles installed in a library.
Components, Materials & Styles Sketchucation forum that posts new styles.
Form Fonts Free styles to exchange members, otherwise the site is subscription service.
Rendering FavouritesTrogluddite - Styles plugin with more comprehensive setting options than in the Styles browser.


SkyNote: Some of the techniques listed below, using skydomes and cylinders mapped with a sky image, became a bit dated since SketchUp introduced image watermark styles in version 6. But the techniques may still be useful in the right context.
Cloudy Sky Using a transparent PNG cloud image.
NightSkySmustard - Plugin to add sunrise and sunset effects to the Shadow Info slider.
SketchUp Skydome How-to neatly map a sky image on a dome and making a textured globe - off-site tutorials
Ultimate Unwrap 3D Image mapping program - Fee - Windows

Quick and DirtySites with styles ready to go - but you still need to find what you want.. There's no such thing as a free lunch..
Components, Materials and Styles SketchUcation forum with stuff.
SketchUpArtists Styles collection
SketchUp Books SketchUcation paid offerings.
20131206 Temp files in Plugins subfolder avoided. 20131202 MAC compatible key-presses and other future-proofing. 20130907 Minor adjustments to code to future-proof the tool. 20120929 2dFillet now side-steps potential splats by ill-mannered 3rd party tools' EntitiesObservers. 20120228 2dFillet segment range adjusted to =2. Plugin integrates directly to your SketchUp workflow to upload any SketchUp geometry for automated building performance analysis. This plugin saves time by allowing you to export building geometry to the existing cove.tool projects in the cloud. Dec 11, 2017 SketchUp Hatching, Lineweights, Line Styles, and More with 2D Tools – Extension of the Week #44. In today's SketchUp extension overview, we review an extension that contains a free suite of tools designed to help you model in two dimensions! Sketchup Automation Tools. Sketchup Automation Tools is a Productive Toolbar Launcher, and it is special maked for Sketchup Pro Software, you can Speedup all your Painting Movements and Saved more then 50% of your Time. With this Launcher you can forget searching into MenuBars instead of that you have All your Favorite Toolbar Buttons direct in visual area, and you do not have to remember all.
Sketchup Plugins 2d Tools DownloadSketchUp is one of the most popular 3D modeling software used in architecture. The interface is pretty straightforward which makes it easy to use engineers, designers and architects to accomplish what they need. SketchUp's limited interface and ease of use does kind of restrict its abilities in its basic setup. As work starts to get a bit more complicated designers are going to require some advanced tools to accomplish what is needed.
 Summary: The blog describes the manual and professional methods to fix PowerPoint issues and turn the presentation to a readable format.
Hdd llf low level format tool for mac. This is where SketchUp plugins or extensions come in to play. These extensions have been created by Sketchups most experienced users that have discovered the shortcomings of the basic SketchUp tools and decided to create some advanced tools of their own. That means anyone can write SketchUp extensions to customize the software. Designers use these extensions in order to save time, automate processes and gain new capabilities when using the Sketchup program.
Sketchup Plugins 2d Tools ToolSelection Toys­ – Provides a wide range of selection modifiers, filter out all edges, faces etc. Entities that have similar properties can easily be selected like same material, layer orientation etc. It is also used to select similar instances of the same Dynamic.
CleanUp3 – Checks and simplifies the geometry of your SketchUp model. It combines multiple faces, eliminates extraneous data, and erases any lines that don't make a face.
BezierSpline – A set of tools to create a variety of Polylines, Bezier and Spline curves, all in 3D. SketchUp does not come with a good option for this, Bezier Spline allows you to create these curves with ease by utilizing the almost 13 tools in the palette.
Layers Panel ­ – Designed to be very similar to Photoshop's layers panel. It adds the ability to group layers, sort them, lock them, hide/collapse groups, etc. Layers panel saves layer states that can be labeled, recalled and applied to other scenes. The plugin can manage the visibility setting of new layers in other scenes.
DropGC ­- Drop selected groups/components onto geometry below. Useful for getting entourage (cars, people, plants, etc.) onto topo surfaces.
Edge Tools² ­- Suite of tools to simplify edges, close gaps, cleanups and more. This is very useful for generating terrain from imported site plans. The Epsilon value asked for is how much the simplified curve is allowed to deviate from the original.
StrayLines ­ – This plug-in works with open-ended line segments which are called 'Stray lines.' There are 4 options to choose from to work with stray lines with this tool: Label, Select, Delete, Show Only.
Solid Inspector² ­- Inspect and repair solids in SketchUp. Select a group or component and activate the tool for an analysis of what would prevent it from being a solid manifold.
Fredo Tools -­ Groups a number of my standalone plugins. By delivering them as a single package, it reduces the footprint on Sketchup and avoids individual installation of each plugin.
TopoShaper– ­ Generates Terrains from iso-contours, that is, contours which have a constant or quasi-constant altitude. TopoShaper generates beautifully even terrains based on quads which will look excellent in any application you may wish to render them.
Artisan – ­ Subdivision, sculpting, and soft selection tools for artists, designers and landscape architects. With powerful subdivision, sculpting, and soft selection tools, Artisan is ideal for creating:Terrain and landscapes
Furniture
Characters
Abstract sculptures and decorative objects
Fabric, curtains, and pillows
Rocks, Trees, and Plants
FredoScale -­ With FredoScale you can orientate the selection box around a set of objects and interactively apply a number of geometric transformations, such as Scaling, Tapering, Stretching, Plane Shear, Twisting, Bending and Rotation.
Joint Push Pull Interactive ­- Performs push pull on multiple faces in one operation. JPP can maintain the continuity of the offset surfaces (mode joint push pull). This is useful to thicken non­planar surfaces.
Extrude Tools ­- A tool to help create clean geometry in the early stages of the modeling process. It is much like the Push/Pull tool except that it will create a loop of edges at the start of the operation. The advantage of the extrude tool is that it will not create interior faces like the Push/Pull tool does.
CurviLoft ­- Generate Surfaces from curves by Lofting and Skinning.