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    • D Offline
      Dennis_n
      last edited by

      So the 2 choices are:

      1. LightUp
      2. Blender + bake tool add on
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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Those are my 2 suggestions. Might be other choices out there.

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        • D Offline
          Dennis_n
          last edited by

          Can I get an .obj exported in both cases?

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            Not from LightUp. .DAE and .FBX only.

            From Blender you've the full range of 3D formats.

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              Dennis_n
              last edited by

              Can LightUp export .PLY?

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              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                No, only FBX and DAE.

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  Dennis_n
                  last edited by

                  How hard is Blender to learn? Is there a way to test this method without committing a credit card number?

                  What do you think about reimporting LightUp dae into sketchup and export to .obj from SU?

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @dennis_n said:

                    How hard is Blender to learn? Is there a way to test this method without committing a credit card number?

                    Blender UI is a beast to figure out. Steep learning curve. No way to trial the Bake Tool+.

                    @dennis_n said:

                    What do you think about reimporting LightUp dae into sketchup and export to .obj from SU?

                    It's be quicker to use MeshLab to convert it from DAE to OBJ

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      It's for animation or still images ?

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                        Dennis_n
                        last edited by

                        Sort of Animation.
                        Acute3D viewer is only flying around photogrammetry model. The only and critical advantage of it is LOD. It has 1 Gb model with details unseen in SU, flying like it is 1k SU model. Amazing. Because Photogrammetry model already has shadows baked in, even medium built PC can process it with no problem. Animating shadows is not an issue, because the environment model already has shadows fixed and cant adjust at all. The only choice is to match the existing environment shadows. Well that is good enough. However, imported geometry looks like crap because it is not shaded.

                        If I can fix that, my clients will piss their pants from excitement.

                        So Here is what I got for now - 1.Get the LighUP to export DAE, 2. Use MeshLab (or SU) to make a .OBJ
                        Right?

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                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          I don't know if that can help ?
                          Su[Ch] by Renderiza
                          Shadow Text

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

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                            Dennis_n
                            last edited by

                            Will xNormal do the job?

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                            • Rich O BrienR Offline
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
                              last edited by

                              It could but you'll need to lower poly mesh to bake the high poly info to.

                              Knald would also bake the AO channel. Haven't seen your mesh so I don't know if it would fail or not.

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                Dennis_n
                                last edited by

                                28 residential towers 20 - 33 floors, intense landscape below.

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                                  Dennis_n
                                  last edited by

                                  The LightUp demo didnt work. I couldn't get it to export baked shadows. Anyone with LightUp can you post a small DAE with baked shadow? Im desperate.

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                                    Dennis_n
                                    last edited by

                                    Looked at Blender: Gotten really sceared by complexity.

                                    Tried LightUp:couldnt get it to export anything meaningful. Posted on forums for support, no luck.

                                    Came across SimLab Composer: it was the answer to my prayers. It did everything I wanted and more. They are really friendly with import\exports. The bake looks good. Wooho.

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                                      Dennis_n
                                      last edited by

                                      Can Thea bake shadows?

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                                      • FrederikF Offline
                                        Frederik
                                        last edited by

                                        @dennis_n said:

                                        Can Thea bake shadows?

                                        No... Not with current available version...
                                        However, I'm sure it will be available in a future version... πŸ˜„

                                        Cheers
                                        Kim Frederik

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