Groups in SketchUp?

[DeathBasket]

So I only have the free version of SketchUp and apparently it ignores all groups when exporting to .obj (this plugin). Does anybody know of a way to preserve all of the groups while exporting so that I can use SharpOcarina properly, or do I have to go and get some other program?

[Malqua]

What is your OS, Deathbasket? Because if you have windows, I can fix your "free version" problem.

[Forecast]

So I only have the free version of SketchUp and apparently it ignores all groups when exporting to .obj (this plugin). Does anybody know of a way to preserve all of the groups while exporting so that I can use SharpOcarina properly, or do I have to go and get some other program?

I'm having this problem too honestly, so I'm with you. And for my OS, it's Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). Not trying to steal this thread or anything though.

[SanguinettiMods]

I have some serials for Google Sketchup 8.

Contact me if you want them.

[Forecast]

I have some serials for Google Sketchup 8.

Contact me if you want them.

Umm, sure.

[oddMLan]

I have some serials for Google Sketchup 8.

Contact me if you want them.

 

I don't think that this is a Warez site.

[Secant]

Long as he's not posting them publicly, I'm willing to look the other way. >.>

[SanguinettiMods]

Long as he's not posting them publicly, I'm willing to look the other way. >.>

 

 

 

 

Contact me if you want them.

[Zeth Ryder]

YO HO! THE PIRATES LIFE IS FOR ME!

[Arcaith]

If SketchUp is insufficient for your needs, try Blender. If you can learn to use that, you can learn any 3D modelling program.

[haddockd]

LOL@Zeth.

I tried using Sketchup many moons ago and could not get the hang of it.

@Arcaith, should I take that to mean that Blender has a higher learning curve than Sketchup?

[Arcaith]

A lot of people find its interface a bit frustrating, but it's a far more powerful and accurate modelling tool than SketchUp.

[Rinku]

Excuse me, SanguinettiMods, I have the same problem with the free version; am I permitted to contact you? I'm new here and we don't know each other, so it is no problem if you say no.

Thank you for reading!

[Zeth Ryder]

A lot of people find its interface a bit frustrating, but it's a far more powerful and accurate modelling tool than SketchUp.

 

It is -extremely- frustrating which is why I prefer Max over it, though Max does have a better advantage over blender and well everything has a better advantage over sketchup xD

[Secant]

Except that it has a low learning curve and a simple interface allowing you to quickly design maps. Unless Arcaith was just always extremely busy, it would seem to me that 3DS Max takes a long time to produce maps.

[DeathBasket]

I find that SketchUp does everything needed for modelling OoT maps except the texture mapping, which is almost always terrible on any geometry that isn't a box or flat surface. I like some of the features 3DS Max has but it takes a lot longer to create maps and is much more difficult to use. I think I'll be sticking with SketchUp, at least for now.

[Secant]

I find that SketchUp does everything needed for modelling OoT maps except the texture mapping, which is almost always terrible on any geometry that isn't a box or flat surface.

Most people don't know about some of the texturing tools about SketchUp (i.e. per-polygon mapping, projections, etc.), but once you master those SketchUp is, at the very least, competitive with other major 3D modeling programs.

[Arcaith]

Naxy, perfectionist + lazy = slow modelling speeds XD Plus, I make mine up as I go. I don't usually have a complete plan beforehand.