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Tools for architects working in SketchUp©

These are tools that I made for my own use, tools that I longed for in SketchUp. They help perform tasks that we as architects often do, but might as well be done by a machine. They are made to make our work in SketchUp more efficient.

Most of these are not free but they will save you many precious work hours.

They are all written entirely in Ruby, they contain icons and cursors in classic SketchUp style as well as instructions in the status bar. They work much like what you would expect of a standard SketchUp tool, using the VCB instead of dialogs.

The tools will be available to you instantly after purchase. Please make sure to post your correct email address as the product will be sent as an attachment to you. Payment is administered through Paypal but you need not be a member.

If, for some reason, you should not be satisfied with the products please write me a mail at info@rubits.com telling me why and I will refund you your purchase.

Massing Box Tool

Lets you draw boxes by specifying area and/or proportions.
Includes toolbutton and cursor.

See demonstration here.

Area Scale

Scale any shape to a specified area.
Includes toolbutton

See demonstration here.

Texture Tools

These tools will let you work more efficiently with textures. Sure, you can use the standard texture position tool in Sketchup, but with these tools you can manage these trivial tasks with a single click. They will work on both individual faces, collections of faces or groups. These are two tools in one package.

Turn Texture

Lets you turn textures 90 degrees on faces with a single click. Very useful when working with linear textures sunch as wood, bricks or sheet metal.
Includes toolbutton.

Randomize Texture Position

Randomizes the placement of textures on faces with a single click. Great for making your textures look more natural, e.g. when you have a row of columns and they all have the same texture in the same position. This tool will randomize the position on them all individually.
Includes toolbutton.

Unit Switch (free)

Switch easily between 2 different units. Apply a shortcut to this script and you can change units by a single keystroke. You can change both units using the regular settings in the Units section of the Model Info dialog. The changes you make will only apply to the current unit. The tool also remembers precision settings.
Includes toolbutton.

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Random Selection (free)

It is very difficult to act truly random, so this will help you!
There are many random actions that can be applied to a collection of objects. Color, scale, move, grouping, anything basically. Instead of making a multitude of different scripts to perform all these random actions, you can have one script to randomly select a specified number of objects. That is what this tool does.
First you make a selection of the objects among which you wish to randomly select, then you type in the percentage of the selection or a number of objects to keep in the selection and the tool will then keep that amount of objects in your selection.

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Scale Ruler

1/100? 1/500? 1/30? 1/64? This tool measures length in any scale you specify. It can be particularly useful when making real models. You can also resize the model to the specified scale. Furthermore, by pressing Tab you can switch to reverse scale, so if you have a model in 1/200 scale you can turn in back into 1/1.
Includes toolbutton and cursor.

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All tools are compatible with SketchUp 6 and up on both the Windows and Mac platform. If you find a bug please inform me and I will do my best to fix it as soon as possible. Bugfixes and updates are free forever.