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      altap
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      Thanks EarthMover.

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        Anjin
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        Hi All,

        Sorry I didn't see your posts. I am deep in making a demo game (Operative Bat) for the Neoaxis Engine! Earthmover thanks for the support, thats great. Totally agree we can probably never make Blender as easy as SketchUp. I think its all about getting the power out of the tool which otherwise is totally locked to new users. I have a laptop and 2.49b is like running at a brick wall (numeric keypad mapped to normal numbers? groan). Theres just no familiarity for me at all. BlendUp gives us a island of usability that we can work from.

        If you want support direct go to anjin.biz/forum. We discuss a number of current game related topics there as well: Second Life Avatar porting (you can download a rigged blender file free with no rights restrictions), Low cost 3d tools, Neoaxis/Ogre3d etc.

        Hope to have the demo game up soon, screenshots should be available today on the blog: anjin.biz/blog

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          miikka1978
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          I see that this is a 4 year old discussion.

          Anyway,is this still available somewhere or does anybody know any similar Blender Addons or User Preference settings that would make Blender a little more comfortable for Sketchup user.

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            juju
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            @miikka1978 said:

            I see that this is a 4 year old discussion.

            Anyway,is this still available somewhere or does anybody know any similar Blender Addons or User Preference settings that would make Blender a little more comfortable for Sketchup user.

            probably the wrong forum for a definitive answer...

            Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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              juju
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              I noticed this being advertised on the forum, the name is a little misleading as it is not the same as the plugin for Blender discussed above.

              BlendUp: SketchUp to Blender exporter, I got a license (yeah, I know it is it BETA, but it seems useful enough) at the $35 reduced rate (I'm not a premium member here, else there is a further savings, from what I understand)

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              (the thread above discussed a Blender Plugin, called BlendUp, making Blender behave more like SketchUp)

              Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                BlendUp
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                Hi Juju, thanks helping us and buying BlendUp while in beta!

                Sorry for the confusion. The name is indeed misleading as I wasn't aware of a Blender addon called BlendUp before creating BlendUp 😳

                "My" BlendUp from sketchup2blender.com is a SketchUp plugin to export to Blender.

                I am jumping in this thread to discuss if you guys are still interested in SketchUp like shortcuts in Blender.

                That's something I can provide for both BlendUp free and paid versions if there is a demand for it.

                One of the main goal of BlendUp is to make Blender easy for Sketchup users!


                Laurent, BlendUp Developer

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                  speaker60
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                  dose anyone know what happened to this or anyone have a copy?

                  id like to use blender more but im so use to sketchup i fell like im disabled trying to use blender

                  its mostly the navigation

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                    Krisidious
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                    Blender is a bit convoluted... I too would like to see that ui/user theme whatever plugin.

                    By: Kristoff Rand
                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                      driven
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                      I just checked the license for BlendUp25 and it allows redistribution...

                      so here it is...

                      I don't use it so read through the files to work it out...
                      read the files before installing...
                      john

                      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                        Krisidious
                        last edited by

                        Ahh you rock. Thanks for thinking about that.

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          Krisidious
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                          @jaceguay said:

                          I´m been using Snap Utilities, in blender, until now almost a dream come true.

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                          I'll check it out.

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                          like this.

                          By: Kristoff Rand
                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                            jaceguay
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                            I´m been using Snap Utilities, in blender, until now almost a dream come true.

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                              pilou
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                              16 years after! 💚

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                                speaker60
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                                ah thanks so much and such a quick reply, and the snap tools is awesome thankyou for that

                                anybody else know of any other tools out there that are similar to sketchup features

                                doing a google search "blender sketchup style" or "sketchup features for blender" dosnt return much of anything, would be interesting to know if there are anything else

                                id like something like sketchups paint bucket tool for textureing. the uv editor good for more complex texturing but id love to be able to just click a face to apply a texture/material

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                                  Krisidious
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                                  Blender looks down on we lowly SketchUp people as do most 3D Programs. We're not real 3D modeling...

                                  By: Kristoff Rand
                                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                    jaceguay
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                                    There is opinions that limit more than tools, when I see those kind of attitude I think it is just sad. Fortunately by my experience there is not many professionals losing their time this way.

                                    edit:, sorry if I seems hash to you, I am meaning just to those blender people you´re refering, 😉

                                    @krisidious said:

                                    Blender looks down on we lowly SketchUp people as do most 3D Programs. We're not real 3D modeling...

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                                      miikka1978
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                                      @speaker60 said:

                                      ah thanks so much and such a quick reply, and the snap tools is awesome thankyou for that

                                      anybody else know of any other tools out there that are similar to sketchup features

                                      doing a google search "blender sketchup style" or "sketchup features for blender" dosnt return much of anything, would be interesting to know if there are anything else

                                      id like something like sketchups paint bucket tool for textureing. the uv editor good for more complex texturing but id love to be able to just click a face to apply a texture/material

                                      This Addon makes selecting deselecting much easier but if I have understood correct it is still not working 100%.

                                      rSelection (Left click to select and click empty to deselect all, script not 100% finalized!)

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                                        Krisidious
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                                        @jaceguay said:

                                        There is opinions that limit more than tools, when I see those kind of attitude I think it is just sad. Fortunately by my experience there is not many professionals losing their time this way.

                                        edit:, sorry if I seems hash to you, I am meaning just to those blender people you´re refering, 😉

                                        @krisidious said:

                                        Blender looks down on we lowly SketchUp people as do most 3D Programs. We're not real 3D modeling...

                                        Oh don't take me seriously... I was just playing around with industry chit chat.

                                        By: Kristoff Rand
                                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                          Mike Amos
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                                          Is blendup still available? A going concern? Dead as a dodo?

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                                            jenujacob
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                                            I would like to know too.. is blendup dead?

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