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Re: I found an LDRAW importer for Google SketchUp
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:23:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> Don't know if this has been mentioned here before, but I have found an LDRAW
> import plugin, made by Jim Foltz(?), for the Google SketchUp program:
> http://jim.foltz.googlepages.com/sketchupldrawimporter
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> I have only checked it on the CAR.DAT yet, but that works, even the colors
> come through.
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> One important thing for international users: It barfs if your Windows is not
> configured for a decimal *point* (it crashed SketchUp on my Swedish Win XP
> until I changed the National Settings to DP).
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> If you haven't heard about it, Google SketchUp (http://sketchup.google.com)
> is a free drawing program with many interesting properties. It's probably
> not suited for LDRAW part authoring, but it can be a great way to play a
> little in 3D with your model.
Actually I wonder about that. I searched recently for good 3D modeler programs
on the premise that using such programs could rapidly shrink part authoring time
if done well. In the process I also found Pictomod3D
(http://www.styxar.com/ptm3d.htm) which looks like it has potential. Imagine
getting started with a part by just taking a few photos and running them through
Pictomod3D, and then tweaking the result. This could be really amazing for
non-geometric parts like hair, plants, and animals.
If the LDraw importer for Google SketchUp can also save in .dat format, then
SketchUp could mock up a part and then more detail (including primitives) can be
added in another editor later. Right now I'm working on modeling the minifig
ponytail hair and farmer/blacksmith cowl using just LDraw Design Pad, which is a
slow and tedious process at best. (I figure at the rate I'm going after I've
just started, if I keep up at this pace, I could knock the ponytail piece out by
later December.)
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| (...) I don't belive it works (well) until I've seen it :-) I've tested some other such programs through the years, and they just don't cut it. Haven't tried Pictomod3D though. (...) Note that it is an *im*porter, not *ex*porter. But it is probably (...) (18 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| Don't know if this has been mentioned here before, but I have found an LDRAW import plugin, made by Jim Foltz(?), for the Google SketchUp program: (URL) have only checked it on the CAR.DAT yet, but that works, even the colors come through. One (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad)
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