Sketchup Export to Blender - Revision history

https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sketchup_Export_to_Blender Sketchup Export to Blender - Revision history 2026-05-11T04:34:01Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.13 https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Sketchup_Export_to_Blender&diff=97354&oldid=prev Piotr Ługowski at 21:53, 18 June 2013 2013-06-18T21:53:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:53, 18 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Prepare Sketchup files for exporting. Check the overall integrity and than group or un-group all geometry into desired, logical parts.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Prepare Sketchup files for exporting. Check the overall integrity and than group or un-group all geometry into desired, logical parts.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Texture the model. Sketchup uses very easy and fast methods for texturing <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>work well for segments which are flat, or drawn on an extruded curve. Texturing them before exporting<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, while </del>isn't necessary<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>may lead to conservation <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of time</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Texture the model. Sketchup uses very easy and fast methods for texturing<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. It </ins>work well for segments which are flat, or drawn on an extruded curve. Texturing them before exporting isn't necessary <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but </ins>may lead to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">time </ins>conservation.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Export from Sketchup. File -> Export -> 3d Model (included <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only </del>in Sketchup pro). Choose export type "OBJ File". In options tick "Swap YZ coordinates". If you would like to create a folder with copies of texture images also tick "export texture maps". </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Export from Sketchup. File -> Export -> 3d Model (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this option is only </ins>included in Sketchup pro). Choose export type "OBJ File". In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">export </ins>options tick "Swap YZ coordinates". If you would like to create a folder with copies of texture images also tick "export texture maps". </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Import to Blender. File -> Import -> Wavefront (.obj).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Import to Blender. File -> Import -> Wavefront (.obj).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Check imported geometry. Basic hierarchy will be preserved - with "groups" and "components" from Sketchup recognized as Blender "objects". All of them will have origin point at the point of import. For static objects this may be irrelevant, but for those that will be animated it can be fixed manually or with Object -> Transform -> Origin to Geometry . This method moves the origin to the median point calculated from all vertices and is sufficient for most purposes. Materials from Sketchup will be also preserved and imported as Blender materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Check imported geometry. Basic hierarchy will be preserved - with "groups" and "components" from Sketchup recognized as Blender "objects". All of them will have origin point at the point of import. For static objects this may be irrelevant, but for those that will be animated it can be fixed manually or with Object -> Transform -> Origin to Geometry . This method moves the origin to the median point calculated from all vertices and is sufficient for most purposes. Materials from Sketchup will be also preserved and imported as Blender materials.</div></td></tr> </table>

Piotr Ługowski https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Sketchup_Export_to_Blender&diff=97353&oldid=prev Piotr Ługowski at 21:51, 18 June 2013 2013-06-18T21:51:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:51, 18 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To export from Sketchup to Blender, here are the steps:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To export from Sketchup to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Blender<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, here are the steps:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Prepare Sketchup files for exporting. Check the overall integrity and than group or un-group all geometry into desired, logical parts.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Prepare Sketchup files for exporting. Check the overall integrity and than group or un-group all geometry into desired, logical parts.</div></td></tr> </table>

Piotr Ługowski https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Sketchup_Export_to_Blender&diff=97351&oldid=prev Piotr Ługowski at 21:45, 18 June 2013 2013-06-18T21:45:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:45, 18 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To export from Sketchup to Blender, here are the steps:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To export from Sketchup to Blender, here are the steps:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Prepare Sketchup files for exporting. Check the overall integrity and than group or un-group all geometry into desired, logical parts.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Texture the model. Sketchup uses very easy and fast methods for texturing that work well for segments which are flat, or drawn on an extruded curve. Texturing them before exporting, while isn't necessary, may lead to conservation of time.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Export from Sketchup. File -> Export -> 3d Model (included only in Sketchup pro). Choose export type "OBJ File". In options tick "Swap YZ coordinates". If you would like to create a folder with copies of texture images also tick "export texture maps". </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Import to Blender. File -> Import -> Wavefront (.obj).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Check imported geometry. Basic hierarchy will be preserved - with "groups" and "components" from Sketchup recognized as Blender "objects". All of them will have origin point at the point of import. For static objects this may be irrelevant, but for those that will be animated it can be fixed manually or with Object -> Transform -> Origin to Geometry . This method moves the origin to the median point calculated from all vertices and is sufficient for most purposes. Materials from Sketchup will be also preserved and imported as Blender materials.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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