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How to export model from Google SketchUp to CryEngine 3 Tutorial HD (PlayUp Tools)

8th June 2012
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The clip below details how to go from SketchUp to CryEngine 3 using PlayUp tools – a quick and easy route direct into the game engine: http://www.playuptools.com/ - playup toolshttp://sketchup.google.com/ - google sketchup Thanks go to @TimothyMDevlin for sending us a tweet with the link…

5th January 2011
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We have just fallen in love with Google SketchUp all over again, we are slightly late to the table on this one but Google Building Maker is now fully integrated into SketchUp 8. It has the genius of Canoma with the addition of all the editing functions that come with SketchUp and…

3rd September 2010
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Game Engines such as Unity make the perfect platform to create a virtual exhibition space. Spaces where architecture, urban models and urban furniture can be displayed and viewed alongside movies and sound-scapes to provide a sense of place. Google SketchUp is our current tool of choice for modelling internal spaces,…

1st September 2010
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iClone combines 4 video production with 3D real-time animation, the software integrates with various 3D packages, including SketchUp and provides a quick and easy way to add animation to scenes. The clip below provides an overview: Of particular note are the city expansion packs, allowing complex cityscapes to be built…

11th December 2009
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Keith Stuart has a good article in today’s Guardian Newspaper entitled ‘How the 3D Engine is Changing the World’. Keith notes that John D Carmack, the programming legend behind the Doom and Quake games runs an aerospace company as a relaxing diversion from his role as technical director at games…

8th September 2009
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Google has teamed up with the people behind Monopoly to launch a global online version running on top of Google Maps and perhaps Google Earth (?). Details are scarce at the moment but an announcement is imminent via both the game’s official site and the blog. Of note is the…

3rd August 2009
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Reader will know that a couple of main themes here on digital urban are timelapse imagery and 3d modelling, as such the movie below appeals as it features both: Created by db3d2 the movie is actually an interesting insight into the photograph to SketchUp to Google Earth modelling process. See…

30th July 2009
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We have never quite understood why Second Life is such a closed shop when it comes down to importing models – compared to systems such as Sketch Worlds, which we covered earlier this week, it has been a positively painful process to get any model in the environment. However, Sketchlife…

24th July 2009
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Pachube is a web service available at http://www.pachube.com that enables you to connect, tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices, buildings and environments around the world. The key aim is to facilitate interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual. If you have not heard of Pachube…

8th July 2009
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PhotoSketch by Brainstorm Technology LLC is now available with a fully functional 30 day trial version available for download. PhotoSketch is a Google SketchUp plugin that enables the user to model 3D urban structures directly from photographs. It is aimed at architects, designers, and entertainment content creators allowing a new…