Animate objects

Jorgensen · 21 Apr 2008, 12:03

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

remus · 21 Apr 2008, 12:22

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.

Jorgensen · 21 Apr 2008, 12:29

Hi Remus

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

remus · 21 Apr 2008, 12:35

I can iamgine, is your animation quite complicated then?

juju · 21 Apr 2008, 12:42

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.

Didier Bur · 21 Apr 2008, 12:47

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

remus · 21 Apr 2008, 12:49

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?

Jorgensen · 21 Apr 2008, 13:46

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

Thanks
Jorgensen

dylan · 21 Apr 2008, 13:59

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

Jorgensen · 21 Apr 2008, 20:07

@all

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

Antics · 21 Apr 2008, 20:46

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