Place the first one on the desired spot and then do the radial array: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0nSmvQngY
Something like this:

Hold arrow keys to adjust radius. Press up+down to reverse displacement vector.
See here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/68663595/Artisan-Quick-Reference

I´m really glad you have decided to dig into the goodies that Kerkythea will offer - it´s not that I can offer you some smart advice in this regard, though
But there are some really nice clay render presets here: http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8775 (scroll down to Fletch´s post)
Hope they might come in handy.

+1
Pasta looks really nice

Thanks for the heads-up.
Have you tried .obj?
There´s a free online conversion service: https://www.babel3d.com/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f

No hassle

Whaat has provided us with another great plugin http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23725&hilit=plugin to help with UV mapping.

It is a bit of fussing around, but apart from Blender, I am really not aware of any other (freeware) possibility of converting a .skp file into a .nif file.

Hi there!
Nice work. Now which Costa is that?

Hi,
Organic modeling is possible in SU (many thanks to Whaat for his plugin: http://artisan4sketchup.com/)

But when it comes to rigging, UV mapping, animations - and if I am not totally mistaken, you don´t really want a bunch of static models in-game, it seems like Blender would be a better choice (with a little help from Blender Nif scripts)

I think you already know that it is used by many modelers in Zoo Tycoon 2 modding.
Nice tutorial here:
http://z14.invisionfree.com/ZT2_Designing_Center/index.php?showtopic=2977

Hats off...Although I am not that much into this kind of visualizations, this is something to get ispired from. Congratulations!

It took me a moment to understand what happened...but I am still lost for words.
Seems like a long time since I´ve heard any good news.
Rest in peace, Honoluludesktop.

I love this cartoon style. Great model. And tutorial also

A real "rat bird" once flew regularly:

And how heavy was the .skp file before exporting?

If I remember correctly, 3D RAD is actually the game maker; gaming models have to be more efficient in their use of modeled details. To accomplish that, you have to make models with as few polygons as possible.
So when creating your models in SU, there are a few useful things to keep in mind: http://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/faster

On exporting 3d models from Google SketchUp to 3D Rad:
http://www.3drad.com/sketchup-exporting-guidelines.htm

Visiting their forums might also be a good idea: http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?board=1.0

Rich, I would also like to know how do you UV map such irregular shapes, I mean where do you hide the seams?

Artisan. It does take some trial and error to figure out how to make proxies, though.

There is a trial version available, so why don´t you give it a go: http://artisan4sketchup.com/
There are also some nice video tuts there.

60 years after it's destruction restauration works of forgotten masterpiece of barock architecture started in Slavonski Brod in september 2007.
Hope you are going to model it

I like it!

BTW ovo ti je vjerojatno dobro poznato , if someone has similar interests: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=864936

Does that polygon cruncher exist as a standalone app?

They can, but only Autodesk .3ds files
And Gmax can´t even do that without the importer script. It´s pretty much a "dead end" app.

As was said, download the trial.

@ krisidious: why would he need Milkshape or Gmax? Neither of them can read .max files AFAIK

I am afraid that you cannot open/convert it unless you have the 3ds Max.

If you are unsure about the 3ds max version used to create that file, than you need to have the newest verion of the software installed - new versions of 3ds Max generally read .MAX files from previous versions but cannot save back to earlier file format.

Or you can download the trial if that .max file is of great importance to you.