stephanielsikora@gmail.com Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hi, all! I'm in a woodworking hiatus due to a long move, but I've got the itch to craft something, so... I'm trying to build some plans for some things that have been kicking around in the back of my head for a few months. So, I'm new to sketch up, and I want to know if it can do what I have in my head before I go down the rabbit hole if hair-tearing frustration. I want to make a few art pieces based on some art in a video game. If I import the art into sketch up, will it be able to give me some dimensions to work with, assuming I set some dimension to an arbitrary value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I don't think Sketchup has any sort of 'trace' feature to convert a bitmap image into 3D components, but you can probably lay your image onto a given axis, scale it until it looks appropriate against one of the built-in human models, then make your components to fit, using the image as a backdrop. No real expert myself, so maybe someone elsenhas a better idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I thought I read that Sketchup had an architectural feature where you could scan in a photo of a building, establish the size of a couple of known features and the axis / perspective, and it would create a 3D model. I googled "sketchup architecture from photo" and found a lot of hits. Here's one that looked promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 When google owned it, sketchup was used to make 3D buildings for google earth. The images are applied as textures to the drawing objects. Larger cities in the US have awesome 3D views because so many of the buildings have actual photo textures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Search the SketchUp Technique series on SketchUp's YouTube channel. They have a 2 part video on modeling to a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanielsikora@gmail.com Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ok, now I've got the model in Sketchup, and scaled relative to one of the default humans. Now to try and figure out the measurements so I can make this into an actual plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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