Joint Push Pull is widely praised as a "must-have" extension for any serious SketchUp user, considered one of the top 10 essential plugins. Users consistently highlight its ability to solve problems that are "impossible" with the native Push/Pull tool, such as creating thickness on curved surfaces and extruding multiple faces at once. The visual feedback provided during the extrusion process is also highly commended for improving modeling efficiency and precision.
To use Joint Push Pull effectively in SketchUp 2021, you need to ensure you install the correct version of the extension and its mandatory companion library. Joint Push Pull Sketchup 2021
: Always extrude within a group or component context. If you perform a Joint Push Pull operation on a raw, ungrouped surface, the new geometry will be "glued" to the surrounding faces, making it difficult to move or edit later. By double-clicking into a group, you keep your extrusions isolated and your model organized. Joint Push Pull is widely praised as a
Once LibFredo6 is installed, download the Joint Push Pull RBZ file. In SketchUp 2021, go to > Extension Manager , click the Install Extension button, and select the downloaded RBZ file. To use Joint Push Pull effectively in SketchUp
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Extrudes faces along a single, specified direction (vector), regardless of which way the individual faces are pointing.
You can toggle an option to generate the new geometry inside its own group to keep your model organized and non-destructive.