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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
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      @unknownuser said:

      are you saying (showing us) that Blender has the ability to print documents like LayOut?

      No, for the moment it makes "easily" (depends of users skill πŸ˜‰ animations of parts of Bim files!
      But sure that in a few times, it will be capable! πŸ˜‰

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

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      • L Offline
        liam887
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        @pbacot said:

        @liam887 said:

        Well I am 4 days in and having lots of fun!

        what is it?

        Some sort of robot loosely based on this https://www.artstation.com/artwork/egDZX

        VISIT MY ONLINE GALLERY
        http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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        • andybotA Offline
          andybot
          last edited by

          Do we have a subforum yet!? πŸ˜„ I want to discuss pros and cons of obj vs. dae format import. Nice intro video you linked Solo, glad to see they are finally taking seriously the UI compatibility with other software

          http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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          • PixeroP Offline
            Pixero
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            I just bought Chip Walters Blender video course and so far I'm enjoying it.
            Much info in a short time so I'm sure I have to go back to remember everything.
            Recommended.
            Right now there is a reduced price also.

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            • pbacotP Offline
              pbacot
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              @box said:

              Something to keep in mind, all software, just like any analog tool, is only as good as how well you learn how to use it. The correct hammer and chisel in untrained hands will reveal a driveway from a block of marble instead of a David.

              Some of us just need a driveway ( I could use a new one, concrete not marble). And a forum is helpful for learning how. Not much help in getting a David though (I'd need a TON more to get there myself πŸ˜› )

              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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              • chippwaltersC Offline
                chippwalters
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                Hey all,

                As many of you may know, I have a course that takes you from modeling in SketchUp to rendering and animating using EEVEE (Blender's realtime photorealistic renderer) in Blender.

                It's at https://gum.co/EEVEE

                Also, here's one of the lessons from the course which may get some of you started. It's on IMPORTING from SketchUp to Blender while keeping the proper scale units.

                Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Don't know if it's indispensable...because collada format seems working...
                  (i see that Premium SKetchucation members has a cool reduction) πŸ˜‰

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

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                  • N Offline
                    nlipovac
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                    BlendUp is no longer available.

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                    • K Offline
                      Khai
                      last edited by

                      the main problem is, DAE is a poorly supported format.

                      no no! hear me out!

                      there's plenty of apps that write DAE.. but damn few that read it.

                      but there's plenty that do read OBJ - it's the almost universal 3D format..

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                      • chippwaltersC Offline
                        chippwalters
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                        @pilou said:

                        Don't know if it's indispensable...because collada format seems working...
                        (i see that Premium SKetchucation members has a cool

                        Awhile back, I bought that, then tried to contact the author-- all with no results. It's dead for sure. Even if it did work, it wouldn't work in 2.8 as they now use Collections instead of Layers.

                        Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
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                          So what is the best way to move my models to Blender 2.8?

                          I tried .dae and only parts showed up. I also tried fbx but got a message in Blener 2.8 that it did not support fbx.

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                          • chippwaltersC Offline
                            chippwalters
                            last edited by

                            @ntxdave said:

                            So what is the best way to move my models to Blender 2.8?

                            I tried .dae and only parts showed up. I also tried fbx but got a message in Blener 2.8 that it did not support fbx.

                            See my YouTube video above. It walks you through all the settings.

                            Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                              rv1974
                              last edited by

                              @chipp, are they planning to add skp to supported import formats?

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                              • andybotA Offline
                                andybot
                                last edited by

                                @ntxdave said:

                                So what is the best way to move my models to Blender 2.8?

                                I tried .dae and only parts showed up. I also tried fbx but got a message in Blener 2.8 that it did not support fbx.

                                I've been consistently using .obj export for years with good results. I find duplicate faces and lots of other problems with .dae

                                You can use AutoDesk's FBX converter to convert to a different FBX format that will import correctly. I forget the details as I use it infrequently, but it is possible.

                                http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
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                                  @andybot said:

                                  Do we have a subforum yet!? πŸ˜„ I want to discuss pros and cons of obj vs. dae format import. Nice intro video you linked Solo, glad to see they are finally taking seriously the UI compatibility with other software

                                  We are still waiting for Rich O'Brien to create the subforum, I do not have admin rights to do it.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                  • andybotA Offline
                                    andybot
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                                    @solo said:

                                    We are still waiting for Rich O'Brien to create the subforum, I do not have admin rights to do it.

                                    Sounds like some more changes coming to Sketchucation than just an additional subforum πŸ˜„

                                    http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=646088#p646088

                                    @rich o brien said:

                                    OK, we'll get you guys a Blender forum for SketchUp users up and running.

                                    We are doing some server upgrades at the moment as we need to move to a newer php version. So give us a day or 2 to get something set up.

                                    http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                      fossa
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                                      Looking forward to the new Blender sub-forum. The 2.8 UI overhaul is unbelievable. Kudos all around for the blender devs that worked on that. Can't wait for more Blender topics....

                                      In response to some threads above about DAE vs OBJ. I've been having good luck with DAE imports from SU. It places all objects in an "empty" and scales the empty to the correct units. Haven't had any problems with duplicate faces.

                                      Now I'm just trying to figure out how to deal with "empty" object types in Blender. πŸ˜„

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                                      • pbacotP Offline
                                        pbacot
                                        last edited by

                                        I've also used the Blender skp importer add-on, but it only works up to 2.79 and then you can open in 2.8.

                                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        • K Offline
                                          Khai
                                          last edited by

                                          Thinking, while we're waiting, could we make clearly labeled threads (think "blenducation : having issues importing....") to go on with, with the labels making it easy to round em up and move them when the forums active?

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                                          • chippwaltersC Offline
                                            chippwalters
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                                            @rv1974 said:

                                            @chipp, are they planning to add skp to supported import formats?

                                            Haven't heard anything about that. I sorta doubt it. Of course someone could always write a plugin, but going from SU to Blender isn't that hard using .OBJ (IMO).

                                            Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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