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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Double CAD is not only "just" a medium for further exports if you need a nice CAD software but it's a real CAD app, too, not only a toy. To say the least, I am a total beginner at CAD but slowly advancing to see what it's good for.

      Thanks for bringing it up again, August, one can never emphasise good, useful (and of course, free) products enough!

      Gai...

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
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        All CAD progs are toys for beginning 20th people 😆

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Well, Pilou, CAD apps are for one kind of task and other (mainly modelling) programs are for different tasks. There are a whole bunch of things you cannot do with SU as it's not meant for drafting but modelling (and of course, vice versa).

          Gai...

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            August
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            @unknownuser said:

            SU free (SKP)-->Double CADXT free (DXF 2000 2003)-->Blender(free) with Plug DXF Autodesk--> 3DS 😄

            OR:
            SU > KMZ > rename ZIP > extract DAE > Blender > 3DS
            (One less external app.)

            “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
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              Look at this one,

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                Well, Pilou, CAD apps are for one kind of task and other (mainly modelling) programs are for different tasks. There are a whole bunch of things you cannot do with SU as it's not meant for drafting but modelling (and of course, vice versa).

                @Gaeius
                Of course yes 😄 (maybe a little misunderstand 😆 Su is like CAD : Conception Assisted by Computer ☀
                I said all that didn't exist in the half less middle of the 20th century so it's all magic toys for me 😉

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                • EscapeArtistE Offline
                  EscapeArtist
                  last edited by

                  Is this for a different version of SU than #7? I cannot find a way select what version of GE to save the file as, only what version of SU I want to save it as.

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    In SU 6 (at least one subversion of it) there were two formats for GE: "simple" GE and GE 4. Now they are obsolete and SU only exports in one GE format (not to speak about that we are at GE version 5 now). It's a kmz file it exports.

                    Gai...

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                    • EscapeArtistE Offline
                      EscapeArtist
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, when I've tried renaming a .kmz to .zip and extracting it, I get a kml.doc - no directories.

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        The kml is simply the placemark (co-ordinates and such) for the GE model. There should be some further folders inside for the model file (*.dae) and the texture images.

                        Gai...

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