Welcome to the IES <Virtual Environment> plug-in to Trimble SketchUp. This plug-in links SketchUp 6, 7 and SketchUp Pro 6, 7 to the <Virtual Environment> suite of tools: VE-Ware, VE-Toolkits, VE-Gaia and VE-Pro. This document is intended as a brief introduction to the plug-in to let you get started.
More detailed videos, how tos, help, forums and tutorials can all be found on SketchUp™ Plug-in website by searching in your browser.
SketchUp:
IES<VE>:
The plug-in appears as a toolbar in SketchUp. The toolbar has 11 features which will be described in more detail below:
The IESVE plug-in for SketchUp can be used with models that have been drawn using either a Thick Walls or Thin Walls method.
Thin Walls – Available in both SketchUp Free and SketchUp Pro , this is the most basic way of drawing models where a single surface represents a floor, wall, roof element.
Thick Walls – Available only for SketchUp Pro users, this mode allows realistic buidling models to be analysed using the plug-in where floors, walls and roofs have been modelled with a thickness as in the real-life building.
