After doing that I was like I want to build a castle. I have always wanted to build a castle for some reason and SketchUp seemed to be working well so I was like let's do it.
So I spent most of my time on this window. It was a tricky one. Then in like 1/3 the time I put the rest together to feel like I was doing something. Note you can see inside the tower. The rest of the castle is not like this yet.
It does prove to me that SketchUp is easy to use and you can make stuff fast without knowing much. I have a lot of learning before I get good, but it is a start.
Things I don't like in no Linux version yet. Also, I still am looking into the file format. The goggling I did today did not turn much up on the default .skp which seems to be a binary format. There some stuff about an xml format that uses COLLADA which you can make with a plugin. The thing I want is some way of getting stuff out of SketchUp so I could do what I wanted with it like use it as a map in video game or something...
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WOW! Good stuff! I immediately recognized the bookcase too. I also had no idea your new apartment was a castle. I should visit sometime, and I will be sure to let you know beforehand so you won't pour boiling oil on me.
I gotta say, that is pretty super neato! I once experimented with Blender...i made a box...it was viewable in 3 dimensions...and it had a gray matte finish. Ok, so it wasn't me that actually made it, it was the default when you opened a new project. That being said, I've never heard of this SketchUp, I might have to give it a looksy. Blender by the way, was introduced to me by Shayne, and while it does output files formats that are supported for things such as video game backgrounds, it seemed to me to be extremely complicated, although I'm assuming that in the right hands it is also very powerful. Wow, what a rant...I need time further away from Shayne apparently. Oh well, once again, super cool work happening there Paul.
Yea I have messed with blender on and off and it has a lot of stuff going on, but is hard to use. SketchUp is so much simpler and faster at first. At least I feel like I can make something fast and then I learn more. In Blender I have trouble making anything.
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