Here’s a very cool video of a mech model that was imported from the Google 3d Warehouse then animated in Antics…
Just goes to show how valuable the Warehouse import feature is that you can grab models like that completely free and drop them into your scene.
Keep an eye on the SketchUp Tips & Tricks section on our forum, a how-to explaining how the mech was animated will be posted there soon.
Update: The how-to is now available.
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Wow!!!! That was awesome!!!!
I wonder how the robot was animated. I’ll go right now to the SketchUp Tips & Tricks forum to check how it was done.
JF
Glad you like it! We’re still writing the how-to, but I’ll be sure to post up on here once it’s live.
Robert and I have completed the how-to, available in the Antics forum here:
http://www.antics3d.com/forum.php?action=thread&topic_id=671
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Renditioner
There are a few extras that IMSI have produced of late that either help out specific TurboCAD users, such as furniture makers, or greatly improve other products with IMSI technology.
One of these is the IDX Renditioner. It is a plug-in for Google SketchUp that provides high-quality photorealistic rendering – fast and easily. Renditioner works directly within SketchUp and lets you control the materials, advanced lighting components, environments, background images. Renditioner is “one button” easy with 3 render options of Preview, Standard and Presentation. It is simple enough for novices and yet powerful enough for professionals. Powerful features are optimized in a jargon free interface. Simplicity paired with speed and working directly in SketchUp, means you can achieve design visualization objectives more quickly. Renditioner offers 16 megapixel renderings for large-scale printing and powerful presentation of your designs.
It is available for Windows XP or Vista on the PC, and OS/X 10.4 or 10.5 on the Mac and runs on either PowerPC or Intel-based Mac computers. As an extra it obviously requires you to already have SketchUp, but will be fine on the free version as well as the Pro version 6.4x or later. Like all photorealistic rendering, IDX Renditioner uses a system’s RAM and CPU power extensively, and is not recommended on systems with less than 1 GB RAM, with 2 GB recommended. Being fully multithreading, dual core, quad core, or dual quad core machines will each improve system performance dramatically.
SketchUp is a nice piece of kit, but with the edition of Renditioner it jumps from good to professional, and then you import the SketchUp drawings into TurboCAD to add another dimension.
My brother in law would be amazed this blog post. We were just speaking about this. lol
this is for expert, i am just newbie