The Best Extensions for BENDING OBJECTS in SketchUp! (And when to use them)

In this video, learn about some of the best extensions for bending objects in SketchUp!
SHAPE BENDER TUTORIAL
• CURVED METAL PANELS in...
TRUEBEND TUTORIAL
• Bending Objects in Ske...
RADIAL BEND TUTORIAL
• RADIAL BENDING Objects...
FLOWIFY TUTORIAL
• Modeling Along Surface...
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Bending shapes along paths with Shape Bender
1:56 - Bending along complex curves with Shape Bender
3:13 - Accurate bending of objects with TrueBend
4:32 - Changing the bend direction with TrueBend and the component axes
5:45 - Bending parts of objects with Radial Bend from FredoScale
7:25 - Bending objects multiple times in multiple directions with Radial Bend
8:11 - Deform objects along 3D surfaces with Flowify
9:20 - Softening and smoothing Flowify Geometry

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below! :)

[@mraliali1579]

Thank you Justin.. This is a beautiful and inspiring lesson for my future projects.

[@katsaras1]

One of the best channels on KZbin! I love your tutorials and your content!

[@Z-add]

This extension comparison format is great.

[@ENDERMOUS]

Hello man, I do really love your content, simple, and straight to the point for showing use of the addon. btw I was wondering since the Fredo6 became paid license recently, is there any free alternative recommendations from you for use such like the curviloft or things that can scale and tapering like so

[@MegaZaws]

Hi Justin - Thanks mate, hope alls well - Q - Do you know how to use radius vs angle when bending using True Bend? e.g say we have a water tank thats 12ft in diameter and you want to bend some text along the outside of the tank. Ideally we would use the radius of the tank to bend the text then apply the text. I think its possible but not figured out how to use the radius function. Have you?

[@burakiswatching]

great as usual, thank you! how would you bend a round and flat hexagonal mesh (front grill of speaker) into a concave/convex form? the mesh i drew has a certain thickness, it s not 2D. best!

[@darahijazi7317]

Definitely will use them

[@masood6086]

nice work🌷

[@_Breakdown]

Hey Justin - thanks - awesome presentation as always! How can someone contact you?

[@parvezshaikh4581]

Hi, unfortunately shape bender don't support anymore to SU 19... Do you have something alternate to shape bend?

[@Z-add]

He talked about 4 extensions. How did you miss that.

[@waltertrejo2534]

Hello everyone, does anyone know how to make a curve like the bottom of an old caravan? I'm trying to design a mockup of my caravan but having trouble curving the walls. Thanks

[@praveenkumar8360]

Superb

[@jerichoalboroto]

thanks!

[@cLynnDavis85]

tried these exact steps in Skp 2023 on a simple rectangle extruded 6' and it wont let me select the line on the red axis? thoughts

[@cLynnDavis85]

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!! ok so ANYONE having this issue - here is what happened: I made a clean template file for my "Base files" in that template file my AXIS was not of the original SKP Axis. Opened NEW SKP file, only made style changes and re-saved template - reopen my template and SHAPE BEND WORKS!! - Seems so simple lol

[@fabio.cachuera]

hy there, i'm trying to bend a rectangular light on enscape, does anybody knows if it is possible?

[@samuelkilik8233]

THE BEST

[@kalilurrahman185]

Super sir.

[@dpgedward5947]

you would think Chris would fix shape bender. It always soften the bended object at the end.

[@bradleynegrin1214]

shape bender hasn't been working for me on sketchup pro 2022. it worked the first time I used it, then I closed the app and now the plugin isn't working anymore. Any thoughts?

[@TheSalgr]

yeah same to me!any help?in the app page refers until 2018 version

[@Qasimmi]

Sir plz give me fredo6 scale plugin Frodo scale paid extention or free

[@lilicon621]

Unfortunately Flowery does not work currently with Macs.

[@lilicon621]

Sorry...Flowify

[@jdcamc]

​ @•Melissa• Flowify works in my iMac. It can be stubborn, though.

[@lilicon621]

@@jdcamc I installed the extension and try to open and use it and get an error message...every time. Will continue to try.

[@jdcamc]

@@lilicon621 Can you tell me what the error message says? Also, here is another one of his videos explaining Flowify - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Xch2CbadaigcU

[@lilicon621]

@@jdcamc INPUT ERROR: Not Enough Input.