Ask: how to import sketchup to sweethome

botmp · Post by **botmp** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:32 pm

currently I use sketchup for modeling, can my sketchup model be used on sweethome?

thanks, btw I wrote a little of my knowledge on sketchuppoint.com

Vinci68 · Post by **Vinci68** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:41 pm

Please note that your link is to skettchuppoint.com and not sketchuppoint.com.

To answer your question, it is possible to retrieve an object created in Sketchup.
To do this, go to the Sketchup menu and do :
File / Export / 3D Model
Then select the file type Collada (*.dae)
Save it.

Then under SweetHome3D you import the Collada object as for any other object (Furniture / Import furniture)

botmp · Post by **botmp** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:48 pm

I'm sorry, I mistakenly wrote the address to sketchuppoint.com and I fixed it.

thank you for your answers,
one more question, is there currently a rendering program for sweethome?

Vinci68 · Post by **Vinci68** » Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:35 am

I'm not an expert but I don't think that a SH3D project can be interpreted by an external program like VRay, but the SunFlow or Yafaray rendering engines integrated in the software already give excellent results. (And you can add some plugins for better lighting rendering effects)

botmp · Post by **botmp** » Thu May 11, 2023 5:44 pm

Hi vinci, thanks for the answer, btw I'm using an old laptop with 8GB RAM, is that enough?

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