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    thomthom
    last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:05

    @kwistenbiebel said:

    If Whaat could also pay a visit to Asgvis, Next Limit and Glare Technology, we would finally see some decent Sketchup bridges appear for the mainstream render engines. ๐Ÿ˜„

    Easier said than done. They all have to deal with that Sketchup exposes in the API - which isn't always ideal.

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      Khai
      last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:11

      hold on.
      won't this also mean you could create your model, UVmap it.. then instead of bring it back into SU, export it to another format right off?

      Unrwap's got an impressive list of formats it'll export to...

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        Stinkie
        last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:12

        @kwistenbiebel said:

        Is it going to be free?

        I'm guessing 'no'. I wouldn't just give this one away. ๐Ÿ˜„

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          solo
          last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:14

          I'm guessing yes, and the other way also, importing from other formats into SU. But this is all speculation as we still do not know all the details.
          I'm sure Dale is gonna enjoy reading this, we sound like kids hovering around the Christmas tree trying to guess the gift by it's shape.

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            thomthom
            last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:24

            @solo said:

            I'm sure Dale is gonna enjoy reading this, we sound like kids hovering around the Christmas tree trying to guess the gift by it's shape.

            Shake it! See if it rattles!

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              EarthMover
              last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 13:24

              Looks pretty cool. I think TT is right about the bridge. Looks like you could potentially do it now using U3D, it would just take a few extra export/import steps. Whaat appears to have sped up the process.

              Never used U3D, but looks like a good investment, albeit a bit complicated with a lot of buttons. UV is something I could never really unwrap my head around. At least the unwrap UI in 3ds Max, which I find a bit intimidating. Hopefully this is simpler.

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                plot-paris
                last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 14:26

                come on whaat, enlighten us... ๐ŸŽ‰
                is looking really good, this one. just had a project where I was fighting with textures on organic surfaces...

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                  Whaat
                  last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 14:37

                  Hi all,

                  I updated the first post with some explanation.

                  @unknownuser said:

                  I presume this should work also with other software, say Blender, which allows to save the UV-mapped OBJ model, am I right?

                  Right now, the plugin will only work with U3D. I tried Blender but ran into some issues that were tricky to solve. Maybe in a future version, though.

                  SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                    Whaat
                    last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 14:39

                    @notareal said:

                    With a quick look the unwrap3d do have a skp importer, but this is far better work flow.

                    ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Really? I'm not aware of a skp importer for U3D. Where do you see it?

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                      Whaat
                      last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 14:46

                      @earthmover said:

                      Looks pretty cool. I think TT is right about the bridge. Looks like you could potentially do it now using U3D, it would just take a few extra export/import steps. Whaat appears to have sped up the process.

                      Exactly! Without using the plugin, the process would be extremely tedious and frustrating.

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Never used U3D, but looks like a good investment, albeit a bit complicated with a lot of buttons. UV is something I could never really unwrap my head around. At least the unwrap UI in 3ds Max, which I find a bit intimidating. Hopefully this is simpler.

                      I was a bit overwhelmed at first with U3D myself. I had really used UV mapping software before so I was quite lost. There is a bit of learning curve here but there are also some good tutorials and documentation available.

                      When you are trying to learn U3D, first just focus on the basics. First, learn to use the selection tools, then, try some simple UV methods like box, spherical, and cylindrical. One step at a time!

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                        solo
                        last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 14:59

                        Dale, UU3D imports .skp, but no export available, thus your setup will be much better.

                        Link Preview Image
                        Ultimate Unwrap 3D - File Formats

                        Ultimate Unwrap 3D, UV Mapping. Ultimate Unwrap 3D is a standalone UV mapping software for unfolding and unwrapping 3D models.

                        favicon

                        (www.unwrap3d.com)

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                          dacad
                          last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 15:01

                          Whaat i really don't care if this is going to be free or not, because i want that so badly!!I can't thank you enough for this effort for the comunity.

                          unwrap3d has a skp importer (it's on the compatible formats list, in the features webpage) but not a exporter so that will allways lead to problems (we all know how sk importers behaves...).

                          I would like to ask you one thing if possible, please try to do the blender version also, as you said, just because blender can also paint directly the mesh on the unwarped texture.

                          A full featured uv mapping in sketchup...SEE AND LEARN GOOGLE!!
                          A big thanks to you Whaat

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                            solo
                            last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 15:04

                            However.....

                            It does NOT work on Mac's and there are issues with Vista, apparently it runs great with XP and windows 7.

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                              dacad
                              last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 15:19

                              Blender?!?

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                                richcat
                                last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 15:30

                                Looks like dream coming true. Can't wait

                                @unknownuser said:

                                I would like to ask you one thing if possible, please try to do the blender version also, as you said, just because blender can also paint directly the mesh on the unwarped texture.

                                The other is Argile , which I have trying on and off for the past 2 years.

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                                  dedmin
                                  last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 16:22

                                  PhotoshopCS4 can open .kmz files and you can paint the surfices and then export again to .kmz and open in SketchUP. Here a quick try

                                  2009-11-13_182043.jpg
                                  2009-11-13_182111.jpg

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                                    plot-paris
                                    last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 17:21

                                    great suggestion. how did you do it exactly? can't seem to find an option to export it to kmz anymore...

                                    that seems to be a great way to add detail like rust, stains, dirt...

                                    but to actually wrap textures around an object it doesn't seem ideal to me...

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                                      dedmin
                                      last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 18:09

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                                        notareal
                                        last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 19:24

                                        @solo said:

                                        Dale, UU3D imports .skp, but no export available, thus your setup will be much better.

                                        Link Preview Image
                                        Ultimate Unwrap 3D - File Formats

                                        Ultimate Unwrap 3D, UV Mapping. Ultimate Unwrap 3D is a standalone UV mapping software for unfolding and unwrapping 3D models.

                                        favicon

                                        (www.unwrap3d.com)

                                        Indeed, need to use some other format and import that back to SU.

                                        Take look at the end of page "Third Party Plugins".
                                        http://www.unwrap3d.com/u3d/downloads.aspx

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                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by 13 Nov 2009, 19:37

                                          @solo said:

                                          However.....

                                          It does NOT work on Mac's and there are issues with Vista, apparently it runs great with XP and windows 7.

                                          that's fine.. anyone without the required hardware/software can just upload here and beg someone to map it for them ๐Ÿ˜„

                                          dotdotdot

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