From Google SketchUp to Sketch

[Falko Schindler]

Hi everyone!

I am using "Sketch" for a while now and really like the ability of
creating 3D vector drawings using TeX-like syntax. However, the
creativity and productivity is a bit limited due to the text-based
creation process. So I wondered if there wasn't a way to convert
Google SketchUp models to the Sketch language. It turned out that it
is not difficult at all. Using ruby to access the 3D object structure
lets you read all necessary geometrical information and write it to an
sk-file.

I wrote such a script and uploaded it to my website:
http://www.falkoschindler.de/sketch2sketch. Up to now I didn't spent
more than one week for the whole project. So there are still a lot of
features and improvements to come in a possible later version. I'd
like to hear what you think about it.

Regards,
Falko

[Kjell Magne Fauske]

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Thank you for sharing Falko! Looking forward to trying it next time I
need 3D-illustrations. I have written a similar tool for Blender, but
SketchUp is probably a more user friendly tool. One "annoying" feature
of Blender is that it does not support real n-gons yet (polygons with
more than 3 edges). This sometimes created artifacts in the generated
Sketch output.Looks like your script handles this better.

Regards,
Kjell Magne Fauske

[Azoun]

Many thanks Falko!!

It is a great plug-in!!

Only a question: can i use the free versione of SketchUp?

Let me know

Michele