Question Using Sketchup to create meshes

[xx_mortekai_xx]

Perhaps this is the wrong forum for this, but it seems that no other forum properly applies, so here goes:

I have become rather proficient with Google Sketchup, and thoroughly enjoy modeling different things. So far, this has been limited to automotive subjects, but since my interests are varied and obviously include general aerospace subjects, I was curious if anyone else has tried to use Sketchup to produce meshes for use in Orbiter. I know that my version includes the option to save in a format that is compatible with 3DS max, so I would assume that this is the case, but since I hate assuming anything, I ask so i will know.

Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

 

[Grover]

if you have SketchUp pro you can export it as a 3ds, otherwise, there iw a way to get it to 3ds, by exporting it as .obj, opening it in another program then exporting it as a 3ds

i also suggest using anim8or to export the mesh when youre finished, since max2msh has been a little buggy for me

laters

 

[jangofett287]

or try http://www.babel3d.com (not, I an not affiliated with them in any way)

 

[Hielor]

Try searching the forums for "sketchup". There's a new thread on this about once a week.

 

[Grover]

a few of them by me

 

[jangofett287]

And in just about every single one of them (That have happened while I've been here) I've posted that link. If only people use the search box, then lots of time and MB would be saved.

(I say once again, I am not affiliated with Babel3d in any way)

 

[xx_mortekai_xx]

10 threads in 3 years is hardly "once a week".

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/search.php?searchid=1156826

In fact, I dont see two of those in consecutive weeks at all. If you do not wish to answer a question, perhaps refraining from doing so is the best course of action.

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Grover and Jango, thank you for your input and your help. I do appreciate it. I will have to try Babel3D and the anim8or routes, and find which works best for me.

 

[Grover]

its an infamous topic here, Sketchup isnt one for compatibility

i use it ebcause i find it rather easy, and even i have a hard time loving it, it has a horrible way of mashing UV coordinates into a half stiched, half torn, all jumbled mess, youll see what i mean when you try to edit some UVs, look at the state sketchup leaves them in

but when you get it working, it is a fine way to model, its somehow different to everything else, anyone can make a model with some imagination and a little experimentation.

 

[Hielor]

10 threads in 3 years is hardly "once a week".

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/search.php?searchid=1156826

In fact, I dont see two of those in consecutive weeks at all. If you do not wish to answer a question, perhaps refraining from doing so is the best course of action.

I'm not sure what you searched for (because linking to results doesn't work like that), but if I search for "sketchup" I get 94 results, among them the following relevant threads:

This one (June 7, 2011)
SketchUp to mesh (May 28, 2011)
.skp to .3ds (May 3, 2011)
Would anyone be willing to convert .tex, .msh, etc. for me? (April 22, 2011)
Making a ship model, how to attain .msh from .skp? (SOLVED) (April 17, 2011)
Can you use Google Sketchup to make meshes? (April 9, 2011)
Sketchup modelling for dummies (Appendix for Base modelling) (March 18, 2011)
problems preparing mesh for orbiter shipyard (January 27, 2011)
Skp to msh converter? (January 15, 2011)
SketchUp in Orbiter Addons? (January 7, 2011)

So yeah, that's ten threads this year alone, several of which, including your own, were within less than two weeks of the start of the previous thread.

I was being helpful by telling you how to find the answers: searching the forums.

 

[xx_mortekai_xx]

I'm not sure what you searched for (because linking to results doesn't work like that), but if I search for "sketchup" I get 94 results, among them the following relevant threads:

This one (June 7, 2011)
SketchUp to mesh (May 28, 2011)
.skp to .3ds (May 3, 2011)
Would anyone be willing to convert .tex, .msh, etc. for me? (April 22, 2011)
Making a ship model, how to attain .msh from .skp? (SOLVED) (April 17, 2011)
Can you use Google Sketchup to make meshes? (April 9, 2011)
Sketchup modelling for dummies (Appendix for Base modelling) (March 18, 2011)
problems preparing mesh for orbiter shipyard (January 27, 2011)
Skp to msh converter? (January 15, 2011)
SketchUp in Orbiter Addons? (January 7, 2011)

So yeah, that's ten threads this year alone, several of which, including your own, were within less than two weeks of the start of the previous thread.

I was being helpful by telling you how to find the answers: searching the forums.

i was wrong. please accept my apologies.