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From SketchUp to Second Life

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the easy-shapes-made-easier dept.

writes "Roo Reynolds of Eightbar (an external blog written by some IBMers) has put together a tool to export Google SketchUp models and import them into Second Life. It only seems to work for fairly basic objects, and cylinders and non-rectangular surfaces 'are particularly badly hit.' Along with the Prim.Blender project, this sort of tool looks like it could make building in Second Life considerably easier, allowing people to choose their preferred tool rather than be constrained to the in-world editor."

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  1. (Friend Spam) In Game Editor Augmentation by LordStrange · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you like building in SL but hate the tedium, you should check out Skidz Primz. It builds a intuitive UI around regular prims. Especially useful when trying to put many prims together.

    (Skidz is a friend and I couldn't resist pimping his tools. Dont hold this spam against him please)

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  2. I DESPISE linking to a blog that links to a blog by gmezero · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just friggin' link to the ACTUAL SOURCE!!!