[info] [croquet-user] Public Internet?

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Florent <fthiery at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:47:25 +0100
To: croquet-user at duke.edu, michel <Michel.Denis at sun.com>
Subject: Re: [croquet-user] Public Internet?
Reply-To: croquet-user at duke.edu, Florent <fthiery at gmail.com>

Hello,

> 2 questions/issues on this:
> 1. Sketchup writes art in a special (kml/kmz) format, that Blender and
> other tools do not recognize with a "standard" plugin/script ?

The kml/kmz format is google's stock one for 3D, used in Google Earth
for instance. There is a preliminary Blender python script that does
allow importing from kml/kmz
(http://jmsoler.free.fr/didacticiel/blender/tutor/py_import_kml-kmz.htm),
but everything is not supported.

If you want to use kml files in blender, you should consider buying
sketchup pro, which handles a lot of formats.

> 2. I read that art from the Google Warehouse cannot be used in
> commercial products ?

There is an Adobe Photoshop 3D warehouse import plugin:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Photoshop_CS3_Extended_Plug-In_for_Google_3D_Warehouse
. No idea what kind of deal went on...

Hope it helps a bit

Florent

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