Master SketchUp Modeling: The Ultimate Guide to Joint Push Pull
Developed by legendary plugin creator Fredo6, is a powerful suite of extrusion tools designed to work simultaneously across multiple, non-planar, or curved faces. Instead of breaking a curved surface into individual flat segments and extruding them one by one, this tool automatically fills in the joints between adjacent faces. This capability allows you to add thickness to organic forms while maintaining continuous, manifold geometry. Key Capabilities Matrix Extrusion Mode Best Used For Primary Behavior Joint Push Pull Curved shells, complex terrain, organic roofs
: Extrudes faces along a specific direction (vector), regardless of the individual face orientation. Normal Push Pull
Click on the curved face. You will see a grid of editing arrows appear.
The power of Joint Push Pull lies in its versatile operational modes. Each mode uses a different mathematical approach to calculate how faces move in 3D space: 1. Joint Push Pull (J)
The current version of Joint Push Pull Interactive is a paid extension with the following licensing options:
If you are modeling a chair with a curved backrest, Joint Push Pull allows you to extrude the thickness of that backrest without breaking the geometry into a thousand messy pieces. Speed and Efficiency
Elias found the official portal. To unlock the power, he first had to install the shared library—the core engine that many of Fredo6's "exclusive" tools depend on. He followed the sacred steps:
: "Extension Manager says 'Failed to install'" Solution : Try manual installation by extracting the .rbz contents directly into the Plugins folder
: Offsets multiple faces while keeping them joined, ideal for thickening curved surfaces like car hoods or arched roofs. Vector Push Pull
The native Push/Pull tool in SketchUp is a powerhouse for flat faces, but it falls short when you need to thicken a curved wall or extrude multiple irregular surfaces at once. To solve this, professional modelers turn to the plugin by Fredo6.
Pulls surfaces while maintaining the exact initial wireframe border profile.
Unable to install Joint-push/pull - Extensions - SketchUp Forums
To ensure you are downloading the authentic, secure, and most stable version of this extension, follow these official distribution channels. 1. Download via SketchUcation PluginStore
