Scetchup Export to XPlane10

[Tom Knudsen]

I was wondering if there is a way to make an model in scetchup and then export it to be used in X-plane 10 with textures.

I have managed to make a model, import it to x-plane but without textures.

What kind of texture should one use? jpg, png, dds, bmp

Should you use the plugin or just export it through Sctechup pro v8

It seems what ever I do the textures applied in Scetchup will not follow into XP10?

Regards

Tom

[Sethesus]

Yes, you will need SK2XP here: http://marginal.org.uk/x-planescenery/tools.html

X-Plane only reads PNG and DDS file formats. DDS is a compressed file format.

XP also only reads a square texture file that's a power of two; 2048 is the max. And make sure you have one texture file; XP cannot read more than one texture per object.

Watch this tutoriol for help:

[Simmo W]

As the tute says, make sure you only apply one single png file for each object. A common frustrating issue is...make sure the PNG file name has no spaces in it! That can drive u mad. Your texture will appear in overlay editor or wed, but not in xplane.

[Tom Knudsen]

Thank you, will try this, any ideas or tips for a good konverter from png to dds?

[HenryT]

Aorta is great for converting PNG to DDS and vice versa:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/aorta/

[Simmo W]

And u can get a good converter plugin for Photoshop elements, which isn't as expensive as the full ps, from nvidia.

[Tom Knudsen]

Thanks Henry

[ilias.tselios]

Go here: http://scenery.x-plane.com/tools.php and download the Scenery tools. There is one called XGrinder. Perfect and simple converter for X-Plane!

[Tom Knudsen]

Follow up on this thread with a new question.

Does any one know how to export so that windows remain transparent. Now the windows just gets grey model like

[Sethesus]

You need to make the texture transparent in an image editor. I don't think it works if you add transparency in SU.

[Tom Knudsen]

Ok, thanks, any guide on how to do that. Or is that just a plain texture with transparent shading

[Tom Knudsen]

Never mind, found a solution.