Scenery Question

[weeebbz]

just wondering are you able to create 3D models for scenery designs using Google sketch up

 

[IanP]

I know people who are, but you have to jump through a couple of hoops to compile them. It is possible, though.

Ian P.

 

[Tako_Kichi]

Simple buildings are not too bad but more complex models (like vehicles or aircraft) present greater issues.

I am completing a major scenery project and looked at using Sketchup vehicles to save time but in the end it became obvious that it was much faster to build my own from scratch rather than trying to convert SU models.

 

[jdhaenens]

Arno Gerretsen's Model Converter X makes FSX .MDL's out of Sketchup models. See it here:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=87

Jim

 

[Meshman]

And here is a nice tutorial about the process by Tom Gibson at California Classics;

http://www.calclassic.com/sketchup_tutorial.htm

 

[scott967b]

I think you might find that for Sketchup, it is fairly easy to get modeling for simple objects. When you want more complexity, it can require more digging into the program and I suppose at some point may be as hard as some of the other 3d modeling software. One thing about it, it is written using a scripting language called Ruby, and can run Ruby code. As a result, there are many Ruby plugins that extent the functionality quite a bit.

You need to use MCX with it, and MCX provides capability for setting FSX material properties, and some attachpoint functions. I haven't looked into animation at all, not sure if this can work or how.

scott s.
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