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The Skimp plugin acts as a Polygon importer and reducer tool for design professionals. The design models within the SketchUp software can be simplified before or after the importing procedure with the help of the Skimp plugin.
For using this SketchUp extension, the users are required trial or a paid license. The Skimp plugin has been supported by Mac and Windows. The supporting language for the Skimp plugin is English.
Design features of the Skimp Plugin
➢ The Skimp plugin has the ability to simplify the groups and components within its SketchUp model.
➢ The Skimp plugin also has a very fast simplification and importing feature.
➢ Users are able to preview and adjust the design scale and orientations of the design models before the importing process.
➢ The Skimp plugin has an accurate metric-based simplification feature, which helps to preserve design details.
➢ The model hierarchy of the SketchUp designs can also be maintained by the Skimp plugin.
➢ Users are also able to maintain the UVs and design materials while doing the design simplification and importing procedure.
Key functionalities of the Skimp Plugin
Streamlining the design workflow
Several existing tools can also be replaced by the Skimp plugin within the existing design workflow of the users. Thus, the users are able to import those design models that they receive from the other team members or purchase from 3D asset sites and streamline their design workflow.
Simplifying the design objects
With the help of the Skimp plugin, the users are able to reduce the number of faces within the design and can also reduce the design file size; thus, the users are able to simplify their SketchUp design models.
As a result, the visual appearance of the design models has been maintained by the Skimp plugin. The users are also able to specify an error tolerance distance to simplify their SketchUp design models.
Importing and optimising different file formats
The Skimp plugin is one of the fastest importer tools for the design models of the SketchUp software. The Skimp plugin has the ability to import different file formats, including USD, GLB, FBX, SKP, OBJ, STL, DAE, 3DS, PLY, and VRML, within just a few seconds. In addition, the Skimp plugin also enables users to preview their design models, as well as can also simplify those design models as per their requirements before importing those design models.
During the preview procedure, it takes only a few seconds to load. The design orientation and the model units in the designs within the SketchUp model can also be adjusted by the users by using the Skimp plugin. The Skimp plugin also has the import preview feature, which helps to show the bounding box size of the design model. In this context, the user does not need to use a trial while setting the design model units to create the designs.
Replacing features of the Skimp plugin
The Replace Textures Tool offered by the Skimp plugin enables users to easily replace the design textures of the design models within the SketchUp software. By the SHIFT + Clicking, the users are able to replace a design material of all matching faces completely without making any kind of changes in the UVs. In addition, the amount of duplicate design materials within the SketchUp design model can also be reduced with the help of the Replace Textures Tool of the Skimp plugin. The Skimp plugin enables users to import multiple file formats into the SketchUp model within a very few time.
How to download the Skimp plugin for SketchUp software
To download the Skimp plugin for SketchUp software, the users have to follow several steps, which are as follows:
1. At first, the users have to go to the official Skimp download page or has to find the Skimp plugin on the SketchUp Extension Warehouse to download this SketchUp plugin.
2. For downloading the Skimp plugin, the users either need to request a free trial of this SketchUp plugin or have to purchase the commercial license to download the Skimp plugin for SketchUp software.
3. After initiation of the trial or purchaisng the commercial license, an email has been sent to the users along with the download link for the Skimp plugin and also detailed instructions regarding the downloading procedure have been explained.
4. The users are guided to download the Skimp .RBZ file through email.
To learn more, watch the following video tutorial.
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5. The users do not need to open the.RBZ file directly, they have to use the SketchUp Extension Manager to install the.RBZ file.
6. After that, the users also have to follow the instructions given in the email to activate their Skimp license and use the Skimp plugin.
