Storing and Retrieving Models in the 3D Warehouse

[Al Hart]

Prior to the new 3D Warehouse, we had a neat routine which would search groups in the 3D Warehouse, fond the models in the group, and create a file of the model name, image from the 3D Warehouse and a download link.

For instance, we placed mirrors in this group:

3D Warehouse

3D Warehouse is a website of searchable, pre-made 3D models that works seamlessly with SketchUp.

(3dwarehouse.sketchup.com)

And then our routine could get the names of the mirrors, the image of the mirror and a download link for the mirror, and display them in our mirror wizard.

Our apps could then show users only components from certain 3D Warehouse groups, then download the .SKP for the component and load the SKP into the SketchUp model.

We could have gotten the name, image and download URL from the Warehouse by hand and stored them in a CSV or MySQL file by hand, but it was awfully handy to get the information directly from the 3D warehouse. For example, we we added new components, removed things or made changes all we had to do was rerun our extract program and build a new list of items to show on the wizard.

With the new Warehouse, we can still get the Component names and descriptions, and the image from the 3D Warehouse pages. But getting a download link is proving to be a challenge.

Has anyone else find a way to extract this king of data, or does SketchUp provide a way to extract information from 3D Warehouse groups.

[Dan Rathbun]

Al.. I PM'd you an idea.