From sketchup to UDK
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Hi guys,
I have no clue about this application but there is a plugin at Smustard - GroupByTexture - which... well... does what its name says and mightbe useful in your case.
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ok thanks i will give it a try
i have another general question :
what means groups/components in sketchup ?
whta the difference between -
Practically, as they "work" in the model, they are pretty much the same. They both are to keep a certain set of geometry together (and prevent interaction with other geometry - i.e. separating it - just like in some applications layers do but not in SU)
Components have some extra features like:
- you can set the axis of a component
- you can save it as a separate skp file (which it is actually) and reload it from an external source
- there are component definitions and instances in a model - if you change the definition (i.e. edit any instance of the same component), the changes will be reflected on all other instances
- SU only keeps the definition (geometry, textures etc.) of a component once in its file so it is also good to keep file size down
- etc...
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I thought I'd give this a try and see what happens. Unfortunately, it leaves a more complex model full of missing faces and materials, not quite as badly as the obj exporter.rb that has been floating around or a while (I can't get it to work at all).
What still works best is to extract the .dae from a .kmz and import that to Blender, and you can export from there into the .ase or whatever other format with a plugin; though I must say it imports quite a mess of triangulated faces, and if you want quads you're out of luck.
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thanks a lot
see u later
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@EscapeArtist : i did'nt see your post
i tried like you said kmz->dae-> blender
but it give me a blank model
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Rename the file.kmz to file.zip. Open the file and find the .dae file (file.zip/models/file.dae). Get Blender (if you don't already have it) and use the Collada import. (File > Import > Collada 1.4) Import the file.dae.
Also, make sure there are no groups or components in your model. All groups and components must be exploded, otherwise you will get nothing when you import.
This should work, but as I said, it makes quite a mess of things and may not be worth your while to fix it. Too bad Blender doesn't have options to make it exactly like SU as far as initial modeling, it'd make Blender much more popular.
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hi
@EscapeArtist : it worked !!!
i have exploded all in sketchup, exported to kmz4,
and in blender imported the .dae inside ithowever the model is extremelly large so i have modified some properties
http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/sketchup_converting_import_kmz_blender_advanced.htmso i have now my model correctly imported and textured in blender
now the problem will be how to export it correctly into UDK
but this is another question
ps : any udk users here ?
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finally i get my models into udk with the right blender/plugins versions
they are not perfect but just fine
thanks
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@escapeartist said:
I thought I'd give this a try and see what happens. Unfortunately, it leaves a more complex model full of missing faces and materials, not quite as badly as the obj exporter.rb that has been floating around or a while (I can't get it to work at all).
What still works best is to extract the .dae from a .kmz and import that to Blender, and you can export from there into the .ase or whatever other format with a plugin; though I must say it imports quite a mess of triangulated faces, and if you want quads you're out of luck.
From my experience on importing Sketchup models to CE2 via collada, the problem with glitches on the models come from exporting an untextured model. This can be solved simply by applying a texture to every visible face of the model, easily done if all its faces are connected, you press shift + LMP while applying a texture and all the faces will be textured. After that there should be no problems.
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