Importing from Sculptris to sketchup
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OK, I know that there is currently no way to >directly< import a .obj to SU7 free version. Do any of our resident geniuses (genii?) have a recommendation for some sort of (freeware) conversion software other than DAZ3d to convert a .obj to .3ds or .skp? Any help or guidance would be quite greatly appreciated.
I picked up a copy of Sculptris awhile back. I like using it for organic work, but the native paint and render tools in it just aren't as nice to work with as SU7 and Twilight. Ok, to be honest, they are a PITA, so doing the organic modelling in Sculptris and then importing to Sketchy for paint / render would be my preferred workflow. Unfortunately as I understand it the programmer for sculptris has no intention to go further than he has at this point, therefore the chance of a mod allowing export as anything other than .obj is null.
Anyway, any assistance will as I said, be gratefully and graciously appreciated.Thanks,
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TIG has a good OBJ Importer plugin...search the Plugins forum
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Wings 3d is a pretty good converter between many formats... and also a great modeling app to place side by side to sketchup
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I've had best luck with Jim Folz's "obj importer"
TIG's is ok too, but I had trouble with it.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=172790#p172790 -
Hi Fletch, Marcus, tridem!
Thanks, all of you for your recommendations. I think I'll download both of those converters and see which one works better for me.
Tridem, thank you so much for reminding me about Wings3d. I used to have a copy (before Sketchup) and used it all the time, but that was 4 computers, a divorce, 6 moves, and a burglary ago....I had completely forgotten that it exists.
Anyway, thank you all. One of these should do the trick.
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@spookychick1013 said:
..I used to have a copy (before Sketchup) and used it all the time, but that was 4 computers, a divorce, 6 moves, and a burglary ago..
I'm pretty new to wings, but I believe it's very improved since then, with features like sculpting, tweak mode, boolean operations and so on... -
@tridem said:
I'm pretty new to wings, but I believe it's very improved since then, with features like sculpting, tweak mode, boolean operations and so on...So I gathered from reading the PDF manual. Looks pretty good! Still not perfect, but I don't expect perfect when using Freeware, which I am still going to be doing until my budget has room for other than rent. If there were any justice in this world, software and food would be considered necessities, right along with beer and wine.
I think I will be checking out w3d this weekend. I'm swamped with school stuff this week. >sigh<
Anyway, once again, thanks!
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