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    • B Offline
      BigTom
      last edited by

      Here is a link to the bonus pack download section for SU version 6 (There is no version7 pack yet) http://sketchup.google.com/download/bonuspacks6.html

      I've attached the SU file here as well 2D_Group_Allyson_Avery.skp

      http://www.tomsherrillillustrations.com

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        BigTom
        last edited by

        @solo said:

        They are made with SU, by painstakingly tracing an image and filling the traced parts with flat color, then deleting the unwanted bits at the end and saving as a component.

        Thanks for the reply, Solo. I was afraid of that - that's what I've been doing but was hoping to streamline the process somehow.

        http://www.tomsherrillillustrations.com

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          Gaieus
          last edited by

          If they are drawn with real geometry (and not images), you can still use some external program where freehand drawing is easier and then import the result to SU.

          Gai...

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            drewpoeppel
            last edited by

            Here is a link to a tutorial.
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlroywBmCdM

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Well, there, the outline is already drawn - and that's the painstaking part in here.

              Gai...

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                tomsdesk
                last edited by

                Tom, I find it easier to trace the image in Autocad (no fighting the inference problems), then importing the dwg linework (image erased of course) into SU to finish up.

                There are tracing programs that can create a path that can be exported as a dxf, but I personally found the clean up of such took longer than tracing in acad.

                Have fun, Tom.

                http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
                2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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                  dale
                  last edited by

                  I was trying to find this tutorial that I did once in which they used "trace contour" in Photoshop then, I believe they adjusted the contrast, did a little cleanup, exported as a bitmap to a cad program, exported as a dxf/dwg to sketchup . It sounds convoluted, but I remeber after doing the tutorial thinking it was quite slick.

                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                  • RichardR Offline
                    Richard
                    last edited by

                    1. Import photo to photoshop > edit > image adjustment > posterise > lower number of colours,
                    2. edit image to paint areas that you just want as one colour,
                    3. create masks of each colour and export each as separate JPG,
                    4. Get freeware - Wintopo, or use Coral Trace, or illustrator
                    5. Import image > auto trace outline > smooth or simplify > export dxf
                    6. Open SU > import dxf > combine outputs > clean up > create faces > make face me component,

                    Sounds like a lot but once you get process going it's pretty quick.

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                      olishea
                      last edited by

                      good idea

                      oli

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                        cosycat
                        last edited by

                        I noticed that the offline version of vector magic
                        http://vectormagic.com/home
                        has a dxf export feature, might be useful if you wanted to do a lot of this type of work.

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