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8/8/2019 i Materialise Sketchup Plugin Manual 1 0
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Manual
Modelmaking made easy
i.materialise Google SketchUp Plugin - V1.0
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Introdu
ction
Contents
Introduction - 1
Workow - 6
The Wizard - 9
Instructions or Mac - 14
3D Printing - 15
Tips and Tricks - 17
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Introdu
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i.materialise
Welcome to i.materialise
i.materialise is an online service that aims to make 3D printing technologies available to everyone.
With 3D printing, its easy to build highly detailed, unique models in attractive colors. The great thing
about this technology is that it is very well suited to create architectural models.
Theres something special about physically holdinga design youve spent so many hours on.
Your own model?
Create a scale model o the new house youve just moved into or the interior youve recently redecorated.The possibilities are endless!
Its useul or architects reviewing their designs or communicating with their customers, or urban
planners creating volume studies... the list goes on.
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Introdu
ctionThe Bottom Plate
Located below the building volume is a bottom plate, a necessity or a
successul print. Since the plate is part o the 3D print, its important that
everything is attached securely to it.
The Building Volume
The presented building volume is a portion o the 3D printer. Place your
design in it however you want to.
How does it work?
Its simple.
We oer you a building volume with fxed dimensions at a fxed price, no
matter what kind o design goes in that box.
Nobody likes complex quoting,
thats why theres a fxed price
or an architectural model.
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Introdu
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Why Google SketchUp?
3D prints always start rom a 3D model. While there are many alternatives or creating 3D models,
we choose Google SketchUp or architectural models.
Why?
Free
Google SketchUp is available to everyone at no cost. Visit sketchup.google.com/download to
install the ree version o SketchUp. Youll be modeling in minutes.
Easy to use and ast
Google SketchUp is a user-riendly package that doesnt require extensive knowledge o 3D
modeling. The simplifed tool set allows you to create the design you want quickly and easily.
Easy to learn
Just start exploring, or check out the tutorials at sketchup.google.com/training/videos.html.
We know youll like Google SketchUp. We like it too!Thats why you can prepare your 3D print model right into SketchUp.
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Workfow
1 Install Google
SketchUp (ree)
2 Design your
model
3 Install the i.materialise
3D print wizard (ree)
4 Use the wizard to upload
your model
5 Order
The workfow
It only takes a ew steps to turn your design into a real scale model!
Get a 3D model
Install Google sketchUp its ree and easy to design your own
model rom scratch.
I you want a scale model o your house, probably your architect
already made a digital 3D model and can help you out.
The wizard
Once you are happy with your model, the wizard will help you increating a scale model and in preparing it or a 3D print
6 Your scale model
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Workfow
Example: Audreys house
1 Audrey designed a house
and would like to have
a real lie scale model o
it. She downloads the
i.materialise plugin.
2 Audrey wants her house on
a scale o 1:100. She uses the
scale ratio command in theplugin to rescale. The house fts
nicely in the building volume.
3 Audrey preers a light color or her base
plate and picks the color white. She also
wants to see the interior o her 3D printed
model, so she uses the plugin tool to hide all
glazing.
4 Once she is happy with the model, she presses
the upload button. Her fle is quite big, so
meanwhile she visits some other websites. The
progress bar keeps her updated on the status.
5 When the model is uploaded on the i.materialise website,
Audrey proceeds through the process and orders her
model.
Audrey receives her 3D printed model via mail. It looks
awesome, exactly like she wanted it!
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Workfow
Example: Matthews house
1 Matthew designed
two houses that
share a complex,ingenious roo.
He wants to
communicate this
concept to his client
with a real model.
2 His preerred scale is
1 : 200, but not everything
fts in the given building
volume.
3 Mathew turns on the side planes and uses the
move and rotate tools to place only the house
on the bottom plate, he leaves out the garden.
4 The 3D printed model looks
very nice and Matthews
client is completely sold
on the design.
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TheWizard
Installation
First, go to the i.materialise website and download the installer. Run
this fle, press Next, press Install. The wizard is now installed and available
in SketchUp.
NoTe The wizard is available only or Microsot Windows.
We wont bother you with technical details about solids,normals, ... and how to create a fle or 3D Printing. Make
your design and we will print it, without fxing cost.
Open the wizard
Open Google SketchUp and look or the new buttons in the menu bar:
Open the i.materialise 3D print wizard
Open the manual
I the buttons are not shown, you can access the plugin through
Menu Plugins i.materialise 3D Print Service Open Wizard
Create your design and open the wizard. It will appear on your screen
and take you immediately to the introduction page. From that point,
ollow the steps weve laid out or you!
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TheWizard
Step 1 - Model Size
In this step, the building volume is drawn in your workspace. When the
box representing this volume is created, SketchUp will zoom in to that
box and indicate it, so youll know where its located.
You can keep using your
avorite SketchUp tools
while the wizard is open.
Show boundaries
Anything that lies outside the building volume will not be printed.
The sides o the building volume unction as cut planes and crop o
everything that extends beyond them. For a better view o the points
where the model is going to be cut, enable the boundaries. Youll see the
sides o the building volume in the viewport, allowing easy placement o
your model.
Show boundaries OFF Show boundaries ON
TIP Drag a window to select objects when
the boundaries are enabled.
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TheWizard
Scale to ft
The astest way to position your model is by
using the Scale to ft button. It automatically
scales your model and fts it into the building
volume.
Scale ratio
Use this command when a model needs to be
printed at a certain scale. First fll in the scale.
Then press the button.
NoTe The scale command modifes your
model. That means i you frst scale
with a ratio o 1:100 and later apply
1:2, the resulting size compared to
the original one will be 1:200.
Center on plate
This tool will shit your model until it is on the
center o the bottom plate and the bottom o
your model is on top o the bottom plate. This
is particularly handy when youve scaled your
model manually but its in the wrong place.
Step 2 - Position Model
The second step is all about making sure your model is in the right scale and at the right location. You can do this manually with the tools provided by
Google SketchUp or speed up the process with the ollowing automated tools.
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TheWizard
Step 3 - Modiy model
The fnal step beore uploading allows you to add a variety o enhancements to your fle.
Color bottom plate
Ater doing some tests, we picked some colors that are ideally suited or the bottom plate.
You are not limited to these colors, though. You can also create geometry on top o the
bottom plate to print your garden, street and more.
G cc
A ully urnished, occupied house looks much nicer than an empty one. Add urniture, people, cars,trees and more to your design. The protocols o 3D printing dictate that these be real three dimensional
objects. In other words, they cant be at. Thats why we created this collection.
Open the collection and browse to fnd the object youre looking or. Theyre available in range o sizes,
pick the one thats closest to your needs.
Hide Glazing
Dont print the glazing i you want to look
inside your 3D printed house. Hide all the
glazing with one click with this tool.
Click on the button and then click on one
glass. Objects that share the same material
are hidden simultaneously.
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TheWizard
Remember that you are working on
the real print scale. Thats why the
trees in our collection are so small.
Step 4 - Upload
Ater a fnal check to make sure the completed design matches your
specifcations, press the upload button. It may take a ew minutes to
upload your fle to our servers, so be patient. The i.materialise website will
open when the upload is fnished. At that point you can place your order.
And now, place the order!
Color or white
You can choose a plain white or a multi-color model.
Quantity
I you want more than one model, change the quantity.
Check Out
With the above options selected, youre ready to place your order. Fill in
all the necessary inormation so the fnal price can be calculated. Onceyouve fnished making your payment, construction on your model will
proceed!
white model
multi-color model
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Mac-users
This page is intended or Mac-users. I SketchUp or Windows is installed,
please ollow the above instructions and skip this page.
Prepare your modelCurrently, the plugin is not available or Mac. I SketchUp is installed on
your Mac, some manual preparation is required. Follow these steps:
1 Download the zip fle containing two
templates: imperial and metric. Extract
the fle and open the appropriate
template. This is a SketchUp fle,
containing the bottom plate and the
building volume.
D ownload templates
Do not moDifythe i.materialise layer or its contents in this fle.
2 Go to file > import and import your design.
3 Use the SketchUp Scale Tool to scale your
model until it fts in the building volume
6 Do a fnal check: is everything you want to be printed lying inside the
building volume?
7 Go to file > SAVe AS and save your fle locally.
8 Go to the i.materialise website and upload your
fle on the main page.
9 You will be asked or a manual price request.
Please do so and we will get back to you.
- Done !
4 Use the SketchUp Move Tool to place
your model on the bottom plate. Make
sure everything is attached to the
bottom plate.
5 Read the tips at the end o this manual to make sure your model isready or 3D Print, pay special attention to.
Windows: i you want to look inside,
remove the glass.
Flat objects: replace at trees with
real 3D objects, you can fnd those in
our collection on the 3D Warehouse.
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3DPrinting
How Z Corporation technology works
Z Corporation technology works by creating a 3D physical model directly rom digital data, layer by layer, turning concepts and ideas into real, physical
3D models that you can hold, examine and evaluate.
3D printing technology by
1 A 3D CAD fle is imported
into the system sotware.
The sotware slices the fle
into thin cross-sectional
slices, which are ed to the
3D printer.2 The printer creates the
model one layer at atime by spreading a layer
of powder and inkjet
printing a binder in the
crosssection of the part.
3 The process is repeated
until every layer is printed
and the part is complete
and ready to be removed.
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3DPrinting
1 When the user clicks 3D print, the
ZPrinter warms up, flls the buildchamber with build material, and, i
necessary, automatically realigns its
print heads.
2 The ZPrinter begins
creating the model,depositing a layer o
powder.
3 The print carriage moves across that
layer depositing binder (and inks or a
color model) in the pattern o the frst
slice. Steps 2 and 3 will be repeated
until the model is complete.
The binder solidifes the
powder in the cross-section
o the model, leaving the
rest o the powder dry or
recycling.
1 Ater each layer, the piston
below the build chamberlowers the powder bed,
preparing or the next layer.
2 The cycle
continues until
the model is
complete.
3 When fnished, the model issuspended in powder to cure. At
the end o curing time, the machine
automatically vacuums most o the
powder rom around the model and
recycles it or use in subsequent builds.
The build chamberThe 3D printing cycle
3D printing technology by
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Tips&Tricks
Tips and tricks
Decorate the model
Add urniture to your rooms,
insert people, plant trees... Itwill make your model look
much more attractive.
Depth
Accentuate details by creating
relie.
Open or closed?
I you want an open model,use the Remove glazing tool
to make it possible to look
inside. We recommend that
you retain raming, it provides
a nice eect.
Leave the windows in place
or a closed model. Remember
that transparent materialscannot be printed so they will
be converted to an opaque
material.
Open
Closed
Minimum thickness
Minimal wall thickness or asuccessul print is 1 mm. You can
choose to work with walls that are
already thick or use zero-thickness
walls (only planes representing a
wall.)
Whats the dierence?
I everything is already the
correct thickness: It will be
printed as designed.
I not, we will modiy the
model until its printable.
Thick walls
Planes
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Tips&Tricks
Real 3D objects
On a 3D print, its advisable to
use real 3D objects instead o atrepresentations. We oer a library
that contains trees, people, cars
and more.
Doors
The same restrictions that apply
to windows are true or doors.Its recommended that you
remove the doors or a clearer
model.
We print what we get
Make sure to double checkyour fle. Misplaced objects
are printed the way you
deliver them.
2-sides planes
Its no problem to use theSketchUp unctionality and color
both sides o a plane.
Colors and textures
When you order a multi-color
3D print, all colors and texturesare printed along!
We advice to use pastel colors
or a sot look.
Flat people
The at people available in
SketchUp look fne on the fnalprint. Leave them in i youd
preer.
Hidden geometry
Hidden objects are not printed.
Use this to defne which objectsare to be printed.
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Tips&Tricks
Building Volume
Make optimum use o the given
space. You can easily crop ounnecessary geometry by placing
it outside the box.
Cutting o a large garden allows
you to print a bigger version
o your house in the building
volume youre allowed.
Text
The ollowing settings result in a
good, readable text.
Font: Arial Black
Style: Bold
Height:
3 mm minimum,
4 mm optimal
Thickness:
0.5 mmColor:
sides: white
text: black.
The Bottom plate
I youve drawn a plane that
is coplanar with the bottomplate, then the coloring
inormation rom yours will be
used.
Transparent textures
Fences are oten drawn withtransparent textures. When
thats the case, see-trough areas
will be changed to white and
printed in a flled manner.
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