[TEC] how to convert .obj files to google sketchup?

Yamato_NF · 05-04-11, 04:14 PM

i need to do this for a project to make animations and Vertical tubes for a typhoon for SH4...
specifically, the Red October by Karle94.

thanks in advance,

Yamato_NF

MaddogK · 05-10-11, 10:44 AM

You should be able to find an import plugin for sketchup on the internet, as well as an export plugin. I have found that some OBJ exporters don't export with the correct syntax to be importable by S3D.

Also- adding vertical launch tubes can be tricky if you're using missles that are modified torpedos, all torpedos fire along the same axis, so if you alter the axis to allow vertical launch your torpedos will fire from the torpedo tubes vertically as well.

A good example of 'cheating' the missle axis can be found in the Oscar 2 sub currently available for download.

05-04-11, 04:14 PM	#1
Yamato_NF King of the Ocean Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Michigan, United States Posts: 337 Downloads: 621 Uploads: 0	[TEC] how to convert .obj files to google sketchup? i need to do this for a project to make animations and Vertical tubes for a typhoon for SH4... specifically, the Red October by Karle94. thanks in advance, Yamato_NF __________________ Proud owner of SH3/4/5 Proud owner of the DCS series "He who controls the seas controls the world."

05-10-11, 10:44 AM	#2
MaddogK XO Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago, Ill. Posts: 409 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	You should be able to find an import plugin for sketchup on the internet, as well as an export plugin. I have found that some OBJ exporters don't export with the correct syntax to be importable by S3D. Also- adding vertical launch tubes can be tricky if you're using missles that are modified torpedos, all torpedos fire along the same axis, so if you alter the axis to allow vertical launch your torpedos will fire from the torpedo tubes vertically as well. A good example of 'cheating' the missle axis can be found in the Oscar 2 sub currently available for download. __________________ May fortune favor the foolish Last edited by MaddogK; 05-10-11 at 03:35 PM.