need help exporting my sketchups to gmax or blender

[jamal17]

does anyone knows how to add your sketchups to blender or gmax

 

[teddytoot]

See my post here.

 

[jamal17]

do i have to pay for ModelConverterX or is it free without trial

 

[pcas1986]

I just use Gimp (free!) to clean up scans or drawings and save as targa files (TGA). Then use as background images in Blender.

Or were you looking for something more complex than that?

 

[teddytoot]

It's free. Follow the link in my post, then the link in the Wiki and you'll get there. Since posting that I have imported some Sketchup models into GMax and then into Trainz for my own use without any major problems.

 

[jamal17]

did it work with you? just so i know that the info is legit

 

[teddytoot]

It works in the sense that I have imported a few models from the 3D warehouse into GMax, redone the textures (their transfer is rather hit and miss) and then exported to Trainz. I don't use Sketchup as such, as it is so poly hungry compared to GMax.