FAST PANELS in SketchUp with s4u Panel

FAST PANELS in SketchUp with s4u Panel

In today’s video, we check out s4u Panel – an extension for SketchUp that helps you quickly and easily create panels with depth inside of your models!

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Plugin Name:

s4u Panel

Plugin Developer –

Suforyou

Plugin Cost –

$9.00

Where can you get it?
You can download it from the SketchUp extension warehouse, or at the following link.

https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/s4u-panel

Tool Functions

This is a fairly simple extension – it gives you multiple different ways to create different panels inside your Sketchup models.
This first couple options give you the ability to create panels inside your models by selecting different points. These options give you the ability to create panels by selecting either corner points or center points.
You can change the offset of your panel from your placed points by tapping the tab key.
In addition, most things about the panels that you create are editable – you can get to these options by right clicking and selecting the “set parameters” function.
This allows you to set everything from the thickness of your group, to if it’s created as a group or component, what layer it goes on, etc.
This could be especially useful if you do something like woodworking, as you could set your panel thickness to the same thickness as a piece of wood, then use this to quickly create various shapes.
The part of this tool that I’m really intrigued by is the last option, which allows you to create panels based on faces, rather than points.
This allows you to select a number of different faces, then quickly create panels based on those faces.
This could let you quickly create things like shelves or cabinets, as well as things like wall panels and other things really quickly.

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.