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    • J Offline
      Jorgensen
      last edited by

      Hi

      Does anyone know if it is possible somehow to animation objects in SU ?

      If there is a way can it be exported into AVI ?

      Thanks
      Jorgensen

      sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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        remus
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        its a very cumbersome method, but the only one as far as i know.

        Basically you make lots of copies of the object you want to move, and you move them along the path you wish the object to follow. Once youve done this you'll need to create a new layer for each 'frame'/model youve made. You then create a scene for each frame and make sure that SU is remeberign the layer visibility options for each scene. You then alter the layer visibility in each scene untill the object appears to be moving by switching between layers (which is then done by the scenes function in SU).

        Feel free to ask questions, i made a bit of a hash job of describing the whole thing.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          Jorgensen
          last edited by

          Hi Remus

          Thanks for your reply. I think the method will be to complicated and timeconsuming 😞

          sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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            remus
            last edited by

            I can iamgine, is your animation quite complicated then?

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              juju
              last edited by

              If you have a look over at http://www.suplugins.com (the Podium website) there is a SUanimate plugin that reportedly does what you're looking for.

              I have not used it myself though, so I cannot comment from personal experience.

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

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                Didier Bur
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                Hi,
                You can use this plugin for basic animation:
                http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_ren_page.htm
                Browse the page down until you find "transformer_beta.zip" and d/l it.
                And there's also SketchyPhysics 😍

                DB

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                  remus
                  last edited by

                  Didier, how would you goabout animation with sketchy physics? is there some clever solution or is it a case of having screen capture going while running the animation?

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    Jorgensen
                    last edited by

                    @Didier
                    Looks very interesting, but can it be activated via Scenes ? And included in AVI ?

                    Thanks
                    Jorgensen

                    sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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                      dylan
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                      Jorgeson you might find some useful information in this thread:
                      http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=633

                      http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                        Jorgensen
                        last edited by

                        @all

                        Thanks for your input. I think I have to wait for SU7.0 - It might have some animations features πŸ˜„

                        sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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                          Antics
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                          You might also want to check out Antics V3.1, which just launched last week and now includes SketchUp import. Antics V3.1 is a free download from http://www.antics3d.com

                          Check out this video which showcases how you can add animation to your SketchUp models:
                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC9ZIeEadqQ

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