Backward sketchup - Pepakura

jol

I'm really kicking myself now, after doing a clean install of the latest freeware version of sketchup... Needless to say I had been working on a model in sketchup which has taken a couple of months so far and was pretty well tidied up and getting to pattern stage.

Pepakura hasn't caught up, and when you find the pieces are mirrored, every piece is duplicated and split apart in oh so many horrible ways.

I would have been alright if I could have sourced the initial 7.1 sketchup file, I found a vers 6 version, but that was too early.

Needless to say it is a disaster. I can fully understand that previous versions won't be supported, but without the means to download previous versions from anywhere, and I searched n searched, it appears I am totally screwed.

Not Happy Jan

Rich O Brien

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=24381

from what I gather your looking for SU6?

thomthom

You're saying you're having problems with the latest Sketchup? What kind of problems? I didn't quite understand.
Note that if you went from SU6 to SU7.x - you might experience oddities unless you updated your graphic card drivers.

jol

Thanks for your replies
The freeware Sketchup works fine, I don't have a problem with it at all. It is getting easier and easier to work with and I'm learning as well. Great program.
And this guy on uTube monsterz3r0, deserves a medal. Really got me on the right path.

But I export my drawings into Pepakura so I can make fabric patterns. I have tried wabe, but it didn't work well, but that was a year ago, so could perhaps give it ago again.

Anyway, Pepakura doesn't like the upgrade at all to the latest version of sketchup and when I import a supported .kmz file into it. It really spits the dummy. Every face is duplicated, so you essentially end up with 2 of everything. Makes it very very hard to join pieces together.
Pepakura is a bit of a skill anyway, as it does have a tendancy to fracture blocks of faces as well, but thats probably my drawing skills.

I'm really just kicking myself, that for some insane reason, I didn't keep a previous version of sketchup on file - versions of both that are going to collaborate together.
I guess Pepakura doesn't have the same kind of army working behind it that sketchup does and I will be waiting a while for catchup to occur on Pepakuras side.
What I need is the initial skip to version 7, the most recent once certainly won't come to the party, and it does make life difficult that Google doesn't keep available previous versions should software hiccups occur. Which is kind of ironic, since it does boast supporting a couple of formats. But I forget, thems Google ones anyway.

The good news is that drawing are progressing well, cept for the shoulder pads of the astronaut, but I will beat him into submission sooner or later . Well it won't be happening again. I sharnt be so trusting in the future.
Cheers
Jan