Password protection
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I think this has been mentioned before, but it would be really nice to be able to lock a file with a password, so it can be given to another party for their viewing without them being able to use the file.
Another solution would be to save a SU file as another type a file that is viewable but uneditable in SU.
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Maybe we can reduce the bugsplat and build it in, so that if you start to make changes in the model, it will crash down.
It seems more possible then to get something like file protection.
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...... if it worked
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Any kind of protection will only work so well. There are applications that can grab data coming through the 3d graphics card and save it as 3d model.
Poorman's approach could be to take a copy, explode everything and flatten it one layer. Another option woudl be to exprot a QTVR or flash object. Basically stills where the user can spin around the model and see it as 3d objet. Clearly secures the model, but downside is they can only spin around, can't freely navigate through the model.
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That the sort of thing you were thinking of david?
I imagine it could be made to work pretty well in combination with a ruby that took loads of 'pics' of the model, possibly including interior shots as well.
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Well that is a little more comlex than I thought. I was jsut thinking straig jpg export from rotatig camera.
I had seen the information from the other post. Very cool technology. I used to work in interactive panoramic photogarphy and saw this demooned two years ago. Its going to be some pretty amazing stuff, on the fly 3d modeling as you capture video. I'm sure Google is cooking up something as well, ieally using Google Earth as an interface for all of this content.
Here are some old panos I did linked to Google Earth. Of course now you can do panoramics directly in Google Earth.
http://www.fullscreenpanos.com/sphpblog/index.php?d=24&m=07&y=15&category=18So things brings up another "protected" option for interior spaces. QTVR Pano (vs. object) export. In this you can spin and zoom but can't move camera position With the Ojbect it is just the opposite. Camera can move but target is stationary. I've already menteiond soemwere that this would be nice feature to add on to GE export in SketchUp. Low poly exterior model, but within that are links to panos from inside the building.
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