Reply With Quotethanks Ascension, I thought about doing that for better control...would be nice with a function to convert that jpg to walls directly
What I started doing with SU was to draw my plan out in PS, saved as jpg, then import that into SU (make sure you size it correctly) so I knew exactly where everything was and just drew out the outer lines and inner wall lines (that form the rooms and corridors), and then lastly use that raise tool thingy and just pull the walls up leaving the rooms on the ground. Works great if everything is on one level but adding more levels adds complexity and confusion so I did other levels as new models then grouped everything and imported that back into the first model.
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thanks Ascension, I thought about doing that for better control
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well..... There is a plugin to import svg files. I have tried it on sketchup 8 following the instructions here but there is a warning it conflict with the sandbox tools.Originally Posted by tilt
thanks Ascension, I thought about doing that for better control
Here is a quick doodle in inkscape and after I imported it into sketchup and pulled up the wall and turned on shading. I added the piller in the round room after in sketchup.
test.pngsvg2sketchup.png
If you had a sketch (jpeg/bitmap) could could use the trace function to get it into SVG.
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RobA, that is brilliant! Very efficient.
looks great rob, I don't get 90% of what they are talking about in that thread - so I guess I'm doing the good old in-program manual tracing
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Sigh...I've been wanting the ability to import vector lines into Silo 3d for ages, but although it is supposed to support .dxf imports, they don't work at all well (you just get nodes and not lines or polys). Having this functionality would be great for making city maps where you could extrude the buildings.
exactly, I'd love to be able to draw stuff in Illustrator or photoshop and then just pull extrude it to 3D ... and perhaps trace a drawing and extrude that
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I actually started a village a few years ago this way but didn't get all that far with it.
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@Ascension- I think that looks pretty cool.
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Okay RobA, I would love for a simpler explanation for how to get the SVG import up and running--am I wrong to think that there are three or four plugins as well as an aditional library file you need to put into the sketchup folder to get this going? The 'walkthrough' post seems more that a little complicated. Perhaps there is a link to all the files needed?
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