EASY RAMPS in SKETCHUP with Curvishear by Fredo6!
In this video, learn to use curvishear, a tool contained in Fredo’s FredoTools suite, to create ramps and upwardly bending curves!
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THE SKETCHUP ESSENTIALS COURSE
http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/course
CURVISHEAR DOWNLOAD (Part of FredoTools)
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=FredoTools
CURVILOFT DOWNLOAD
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/curviloft
WELD DOWNLOAD
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/weld
Plugin Name –
Curvishear
Plugin Developer –
Fredo6
Plugin Cost – Free
Where can you get it?
You can download it from the SketchUcation extension warehouse, or at this link – http://sketchucation.com/plugin/907-fredotools. Note that this extension is contained within Fredo6’s tool suite – FredoTools.
Curvishear Tool Functions
Today’s tool is a fairly simple tool from Fredo6 designed to help you shear curves in your SketchUp models. This can be useful for many things, but it really helps you take curves and shear them up.
This can be especially useful for the creation of ramps.
The way it works is that you select a single curve, or a closed curve loop, then run Curvishear to shear the shape up, creating a ramp shape.
One thing to note is if you have a curve made up of multiple edges, you may consider welding the edges together to create a single curve – otherwise you might get errors.
You can set both the start and end elevations of your ramp.
Fredo recommends coupling this extension with the Skinning application contained within Curviloft in order to create ramps with skins.
You can also shear up single curves.
You can also use this to shear up closed curves, like a circle.
About Justin Geis
Hi, I'm Justin Geis, and I'm the founder of The SketchUp Essentials. I started using SketchUp as part of my work as a general contractor in 2008. I quickly realized the power of the software and started using it for personal projects. I started The SketchUp Essentials as a place to share easy to follow SketchUp tutorials and tips to help everyone harness the power of 3D Modeling in their lives. When not working with SketchUp, I enjoy playing soccer and spending time with my wife and our two dogs.
