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Title: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 17, 2011, 07:35:34 AM

Hello,

I want add three models in Universe Sandbox, but this isn't a success...

I downloaded three models in .skp files (Google Sketchup) (file 1 (http://www.archive-host.com/link/b3c4a051e892b90384e9f05405f11b2ecd9d42a6.skp) and file 2 (http://www.archive-host.com/link/98931ab57999f46c7293ddee3b1cb21634b60a74.skp)), and I converted this models in .x files. I put this files with the .jpg files associated in my /Media folder. However, the result is this :
(http://www.archive-host.com/linkm/5/67742d3409aecfe17dde9725567d516cf2aceffc.jpg) (http://www.archive-host.com/link/67742d3409aecfe17dde9725567d516cf2aceffc.jpg)
At 11347 km...
(http://www.archive-host.com/linkm/5/171840824557db09ba14db1874e56d0163c4af83.jpg) (http://www.archive-host.com/link/171840824557db09ba14db1874e56d0163c4af83.jpg)
and at 113 022 light years!
The model is like a background.

(http://www.archive-host.com/linkm/5/056ca741d09f64553537fcbbbf43d7554c715352.jpg) (http://www.archive-host.com/link/056ca741d09f64553537fcbbbf43d7554c715352.jpg)
This file is best, but too big, and the ship is off the base object and missing faces.

How can I center the objects? Have a smaller size? And have all polygons?

Thank you for your answers.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Bla on August 17, 2011, 08:33:37 AM

Here you can change the size. I don't know about the rest.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 17, 2011, 11:25:54 AM

Quote from: Bla on August 17, 2011, 08:33:37 AM

Here you can change the size. I don't know about the rest.

The size change nothing. The ship's size doesn't change with the zoom, it remains the same.

The diameter of object is at 1mm :
(http://www.archive-host.com/link/eacdbd37b30ca54e5f6ffa0fd5502cd307bc03f2.jpg)
On the scale of Jupiter.

(http://www.archive-host.com/link/fd91cc53d8d4710946a8a5897bc2b520c363fb05.jpg)
At the scale of Eta Carinae.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: vh on August 17, 2011, 11:29:05 AM

solution, scale everything up! :D
no jk

could you shrink the model in whatever 3d modeling program that came from?

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Bla on August 17, 2011, 11:31:38 AM

Okay. Have you tried clicking "Show Bodies at Actual Size" on the menu you can open by hovering and then clicking near the left edge?

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 17, 2011, 12:32:59 PM

Quote from: mudkipz on August 17, 2011, 11:29:05 AM

could you shrink the model in whatever 3d modeling program that came from?

I'm too bad to use this tools :s. But, I tried and I can just rescale parts of the model, not all (or I don't know) and it's too complicated.

Quote from: Bla on August 17, 2011, 11:31:38 AM

Okay. Have you tried clicking "Show Bodies at Actual Size" on the menu you can open by hovering and then clicking near the left edge?

It's good :D! Is it possible to save the configuration?

Thank you very much :).

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Bla on August 17, 2011, 12:35:55 PM

No problem. :)
I don't think it's possible to save the configuration. Currently some of the configurations are saved, and others aren't.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Dan Dixon on August 17, 2011, 01:03:02 PM

Models should be positioned at 0,0,0 in your 3D editing program and scaled so that the largest side stretches from -1 to 1 units. Export the model and open in Universe Sandbox. This will fix the huge model issue.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 17, 2011, 02:42:18 PM

Quote from: Dan Dixon on August 17, 2011, 01:03:02 PM

Models should be positioned at 0,0,0 in your 3D editing program and scaled so that the largest side stretches from -1 to 1 units. Export the model and open in Universe Sandbox. This will fix the huge model issue.

I've found how reposition the object. And how change the size, but I don't understand the signification of : "the largest side stretches from -1 to 1 units"?

Thank you.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: deoxy99 on August 17, 2011, 11:08:11 PM

That means the longest side has to go from -1 [insert unit] on the grid to 1 [insert unit] on the grid.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: DenisineD on August 21, 2011, 09:02:05 PM

Those 2 are skp file...Sketch Up files....so it work??? how much time did it take to upload?

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: deoxy99 on August 21, 2011, 09:53:44 PM

Quote from: DenisineD on August 21, 2011, 09:02:05 PM

Those 2 are skp file...Sketch Up files....so it work??? how much time did it take to upload?

He converted them to a format Universe Sandbox uses, and puts the model in the program folders and uses it that way.

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: DenisineD on August 21, 2011, 09:56:45 PM

ok because when i download them...they are in skp format

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 22, 2011, 12:50:42 AM

I found a plugin to convert in .x (in 3ds the game crashs).

Thank you for all :).

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: DenisineD on August 22, 2011, 01:05:50 PM

What is the pluging ? :)

Title: Re: My models are too big and in background
Post by: Tisoon on August 23, 2011, 02:20:21 AM

The site of creator :
https://sites.google.com/site/edecadoudal/sketchupwithdirectx (https://sites.google.com/site/edecadoudal/sketchupwithdirectx)
To download :
http://edecadoudal.googlepages.com/xExporter.rb (http://edecadoudal.googlepages.com/xExporter.rb)

There is also an other plugin, but I've problems with :
http://forums.daqri.com/kb/google-sketchup/i-have-the-free-version-of-google-sketchup-how-can-i-export-my-model-as-something-other-than-dae (http://forums.daqri.com/kb/google-sketchup/i-have-the-free-version-of-google-sketchup-how-can-i-export-my-model-as-something-other-than-dae) (informations)
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/download.php?file=3DRadExporter.zip (http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/download.php?file=3DRadExporter.zip) (download)