I’ve have a few requests from blog readers to do a video showing the toolbars I have displayed in SketchUp. Here it is. In addition to a bunch of toolbars for extensions, I have created some custom toolbars for native tools. I’ve eliminated tools that I don’t need, such as Dimensions and Text, and I’ve condensed tools to fewer toolbars to reduce the space they consume. Although I do use keyboard shortcuts for many of the common tools, I have included those tools because it’s easier to show them being used when I do one-on-one instruction.

Here is a list of the extension toolbars discussed and their sources. I’m listing them in the order they are discussed in the video. SCF refers to Sketchucation, EWH is the Extension Warehouse. I’ll provide specific links to extensions that come from elsewhere. Before you install extensions, make sure to read the descriptions to find out if they are dependent on any other files and make sure to install them too.

Round Corner, SCF

FredoCorner, SCF

FredoSpline, SCF

Curve Maker, EWH

Curviloft, SCF

Solid Inspector 2, EWH

Shape Bender, EWH

Push Line, EWH

Sketchucation Extension Store tool, SCF

Angular Dimension 2, SCF

Fredo Tools, SCF

Curvisard, SCF

Eneroth Upright Extruder, EWH

Eneroth Solid Tools, EWH

Bool Tools 2

Joint Push/Pull, SCF

Wudworx Tools

Eneroth Auto Weld, EWH

Statistics Probe, SCF

Rake and Splay, SCF

I hope you find this list helpful. If you have any questions, please ask in the comments.

–Dave

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