Starting around the SketchUp 2021 era, Fredo6 transitioned his major plugins to a highly affordable premium/donationware model via SketchUcation. Ensure you activate your license through the SketchUcation tool. Core Tools Inside Joint Push Pull

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SketchUp's native Push/Pull tool is a staple for 3D modeling, but it has a major limitation: it only works on flat, individual faces along a single perpendicular vector. When you need to extrude curved geometry, thicken complex organic shells, or push multiple faces simultaneously in different directions, the native tool fails.

Tap the on your keyboard to lock the extrusion to a specific axis (Up Arrow for Blue axis).

Extrudes surfaces while automatically generating rounded, bevel-edged transitions. System Requirements for SketchUp 2021

If you check the "Generate as Group" option in the tool preview, the new extrusion will automatically be isolated, keeping your model clean and organized.

Unlike standard extrusion which moves perpendicular to a face, Vector Push Pull extrudes all selected faces in one single direction. You can define this direction by an axis (X, Y, Z) or a custom vector, regardless of how the faces are oriented. 4. Normal Push Pull (N)

: If the toolbar is greyed out, ensure you have not installed a 32-bit only version on a 64-bit machine. SketchUp 2021 is strictly 64-bit.

To get the most out of the Joint Push Pull tool, follow these best practices:

While using the tool, look at the at the top of your viewport or check the tool tips. Joint Push Pull includes powerful modifier keys:

To get Joint Push Pull running smoothly in SketchUp 2021, you must install two separate components from the Sketchucation Plugin Store. Fredo6 plugins require a shared library to function. Step 1: Install LibFredo6

- This is often due to ill-formed faces in your model. Use a cleanup extension like Thom Thom's CleanUp3 to merge coplanar edges and fix geometry before extrusion.

Extrudes each face individually along its own specific normal. Extrude Push Pull:

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