So, when you are lining up a measurement with the Tape Measure tool, it’s a lot quicker to type that measurement into a Live Component parameter.Ģ021.1 also includes a modest improvement in the draw time of Live Component editing. Specifically, Live Component parameters now display in the same unit format that you are using in your SketchUp model. Live Components continue to evolve in SketchUp Labs into an even more powerful innovation. That goes for the things we build too! Unit translation for Live Components We want to help developers make extensions that function predictably in SketchUp and fit nicely in a user’s mental map of our application. Speaking of best practices, we recently published our Extension UX Guidelines. Now, we aren’t forcing developers to put extension commands in the Extension menu, but it is best practice. We’ve also relocated extension management and developer tools to this menu. From here out, this menu heading will always be visible, regardless of whether extensions have been installed there or not. The extensions menu is taking its well-deserved turn in the spotlight. If you’re eager to take this new API for a spin, check out extensions such as Artisan, SubD, Bezier Surface, and Skimp. For example, a large terrain map generated with Bitmap to Mesh would normally take about 2 minutes now it takes about 15 seconds. Once you get meshes above 20,000 polygons, the improvement is especially noticeable. While these operations can be a good excuse to make another cup of coffee, we’re pleased to announce an order-of-magnitude improvement to how efficiently SketchUp’s API generates large meshes. Of course, the bigger the mesh an extension is adding to SketchUp, the longer it will take to generate. Some SketchUp extensions are expressly designed to create or manipulate large swaths of geometry. Performance improvement for big mesh extensions You’ll find that faces are eligible to be stretched only if they are oriented ‘convexly’ to adjacent faces. ‘Stretching’ a face is roughly equivalent to moving a face perpendicular to its drawing plane, and especially useful at the earliest stages of form development. Stretch is a modifier state that has actually existed in SketchUp for years, but has never been referenced in the Status Bar or received proper treatment in the Push/Pull cursor until now. In addition to making the Push/Pull Copy modifier a persistent toggle - so that you can rapidly repeat extrusions - we are also formalizing Push/Pull’s hidden modifier, Stretch. You’re now able to pre-lock an inference direction before the first click with the Line, Tape Measure, and Move tools.Īs you get cozy with SketchUp 2021.1, you’re also likely to notice some differences with Push/Pull. In this release, we are starting to apply this pattern to other tools. Rotate, Rectangle, Circle) feature the ability to ‘pre-lock’ an inference direction or drawing plane. Either hit the modifier key again or change tools.Īs you may already know, many SketchUp tools (e.g. Need to back out of a modified tool state? No sweat. This means being able to make multiple copies of objects with Move or being able to more easily hide batches of edges with Eraser across multiple view changes. We’re now persisting modified tool states across multiple operations. With more modifiers behaving as toggles, we think it’s smoother to switch the tool state before you complete a given operation.
This means fewer press-and-hold modifier interactions for tools, more predictable modeling outcomes, and, thus, more efficient usage.įor any given tool, you can identify what modifiers are available in the Status Bar (at the bottom of the screen) and confirm the current modified state of the tool by examining the cursor or on-screen modeling behavior. The most explicit change is that more tool modifiers behave as toggles that can be turned on and off by tapping a key.
You can read all about the changes to each tool in our release notes, but here are the highlights: We want to save you extra clicks, speed up your 3D thinking, and help reduce frustrating ‘undo’ moments. And, with a modifier, Push/Pull can create new faces when you extrude. For example, SketchUp’s Move tool does double-duty as a Copy tool. In SketchUp 2021.1, we are changing the way that ten core tools jump in and out of their ‘alter-ego’ modifier states. So roll up your sleeves and let’s dive in. With this release, our goal is to improve the consistency of how modeling works from tool to tool, increase workflow efficiency, and amp up the discoverability and learnability of SketchUp’s most nuanced (awesome) behaviors. After our 2021 launch in November and a Studio revamp in April, we’re happy to announce another SketchUp update.
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