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The Google SketchUp 3D printing plugin

With this 3D printing plugin for Sketchup you can easily turn your designs into 3D prints. The plugin scales your model so it is the right size and fixes it so you don’t have to. You can read the manual below to get tips on how it works.

How to

  • 1 Download Google SketchUp, a 3D model software program. It’s intuitive, fun, and free for anyone to use.
  • 2Download and install the Google SketchUp plugin for i.materialise.
    Windows version - 6.1 MB Requires Windows XP/Vista/7
  • 3Create your design in Google SketchUp.
  • 4 If you are pleased with your design, open our plugin in Google SketchUp. The plugin lives right under the
    Plugins file menu of SketchUp. Hovering over i.materialise 3D print service, you will find the ‘Open wizard’
    option.

Design tips

The plugin comes with a manual of great design tips. You can
also download the manual seperately as a pdf file it or flip
through it on issuu.com.

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