General Question Making a ship model, how to attain .msh from .skp? (SOLVED)

[R8-Q88]

Ok, Right now I am working on a ISV Venture Star, and I had the problem of converting the file earlier. I found this http://www.babel3d.com/. Put your SketchUp .skp file in here, set to convert to .3ds, press translate, and voila! a prefectly converted .3ds file with textures. Then all you need to use is Vinka's 3ds2msh found here: http://users.swing.be/vinka/3ds2msh_050630.zip and Mustard's 3ds2msh GUI found here: http://www.orbiterfrancophone.com/index.php?disp=dl&id=47 to convert to msh. I haven't figured out a way to convert the .bmp, .jpg, etc. textures to .dds yet, but I am working on it.

 

[Izack]

I haven't figured out a way to convert the .bmp, .jpg, etc. textures to .dds yet, but I am working on it.

Paint.NET can do it.

 

[iamwearingpants]

Ok, Right now I am working on a ISV Venture Star, and I had the problem of converting the file earlier. I found this http://www.babel3d.com/. Put your SketchUp .skp file in here, set to convert to .3ds, press translate, and voila! a prefectly converted .3ds file with textures. Then all you need to use is Vinka's 3ds2msh found here: http://users.swing.be/vinka/3ds2msh_050630.zip and Mustard's 3ds2msh GUI found here: http://www.orbiterfrancophone.com/index.php?disp=dl&id=47 to convert to msh. I haven't figured out a way to convert the .bmp, .jpg, etc. textures to .dds yet, but I am working on it.

It worked perfect! :jiggy:
It now flies, and has a model and textures!

Thanks a lot!

 

[Eli13]

Put it out for everyone to love!

 

[iamwearingpants]

Put it out for everyone to love!

I still needs a LOT of tweaking, like the model is upside-down, and sideways
BUT
Now I know how to make things, so expect a nice big pack of mediocre spaceplanes for everyone in a few weeks!

 

[Eli13]

Yeah! :lol:

 

[jangofett287]

I never thought of doing it that way...
YAY, now I don't have to get my head round Blenders UV mapping side!!!
*adds reminder to self in todo list to sort out VF-25 in the morning*