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Re: Google SketchUp

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:03 pm
by mrapple
Here's what I do. I design everything in normal SketchUp then I open up Google SketchupPro (Download here http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsup.html - You get eight hours of 'modeling', which is really exporting in this case) and export it to a .obj.

Hope this works

Re: Google SketchUp

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:24 am
by blast
Also, it's not the "Model Tool .OBJ" format. Wavefront is the company that created the OBJ format.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obj

Re: Google SketchUp

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:17 am
by Camwow13
I found this website which converts .skp to .obj today. It works, I got a model to go to .bzw after some conversions with Wings3D.

http://www.babel3d.com/

Re: Google SketchUp

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:23 pm
by mrapple
Sketchup Pro 7 has a free trial with like 10 hours of use or whatever, see here -> http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsup.html

When making stuff in SketchUp, I get it perfect in the free version, open it in the trial, quickly export it, then quit the trial.

This way, I'll almost never run out of usage time :)

Re: Google SketchUp

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:08 am
by A_Thousand_Suns
if you dont have the pro version, the free is very well made. i found this site that makes sketchup 7 (i think 7, look at the site) that exports to obj then emails the file when its done. Heres the link: http://www.babel3d.com/

works well.