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I've only been looking at Sketchup a week and don't know all the
capabilities.<br>
I do know that supposedly the Collada ".dae" format is one that
Sketchup can export,<br>
and one that Second Life (and I guess OpenSim) can import. <br>
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I tried one SU to SL with one complex scene, via .dae format, and
all the objects came out on top of each other, with shapes and
colors surviving and textures nowhere to be found. Typical
newbie issues. Haven't searched out fully-worked examples yet.<br>
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I've never used AC3D. <br>
I see other forums talking as well about Silo3d in the low-end
modeling tools (without rendering or animation)<br>
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Recent comparison, but still out of date:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_3D_computer_graphics_software">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_3D_computer_graphics_software</a>.<br>
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Some people seem to end up with a pair of tools to cover the low and
high end efficiently.<br>
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Some of Blender do their initial modeling in something else, such as
Wings or Silo or perhaps AC3D, then use Blender for animation and
rendering or touchup. Still, the initial learning curve for
Blender seems to be more like 6 months than 6 days, at least for me,
and it's definitely overkill for simple models. <br>
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Wade<br>
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On 2/14/12 5:22 PM, Ovi Chris Rouly wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Folks,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">we are looking at introducing a
GoogleSketch-up to OpenSim building/object translation tool
into one of our classes.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ultimately, we need to be able to
import fully built building-objects into our Sim.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Does anyone have any experience
with the product AC3D (see links below)?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks in advance for your
advice.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Chris</font></div>
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