Re: Google SketchUp export

2013-01-08 Thread Alan Fregtman
Collada support is the same in both free and Pro, but the Pro has other formats it supports including FBX (which will probably yield you better output) and good ol' reliable OBJ. [source: http://www.sketchup.com/product/whygopro.html ] On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Scott Lange

RE: Google SketchUp export

2013-01-08 Thread Scott Lange
Thank you Alan...Do you happen to know off hand if the trial version of pro will allow me to export in either FBX or OBJ? If not I will just try it, I just would prefer to avoid that if I can. I appreciate it! Collada support is the same in both free and Pro, but the Pro has other

Re: Google SketchUp export

2013-01-08 Thread Stephen Davidson
SketchUp Pro has .xsi export, but I haven't had much luck with that. The resulting imported .xsi model has way to may components so it makes it hard to manage the resulting hierarchy. The .xsi export from SketchUp also assigns each mesh with a separate material, even if they are identical. The

Re: Google SketchUp export

2013-01-08 Thread Leoung O'Young
Have your try the Collada importer in Polytran?...just a thought On 1/8/2013 12:03 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: SketchUp Pro has .xsi export, but I haven't had much luck with that. The resulting imported .xsi model has way to may components so it makes it hard to manage the resulting hierarchy.

RE: Google SketchUp export

2013-01-08 Thread Scott Lange
Hi Leoung! ;) hope you are doing well... I will try that too, thank you. Scott Lange Have your try the Collada importer in Polytran?...just a thought