Printable View
Hi,
I need to write a simple c++ application the reads sketchup (skp) or google earth file (kmz) and get out of them the mesh information. Can somebody provide me with suitable links?
Is there any C library available for doing this?
Thanks a lot in advance.
There is a C++ SDK you can get from Google for SketchUp (Pro only) by signing a non-disclosure agreement.
Also, there is a Ruby language API from which you can extract the mesh information. (Pro or Free)
Not sure about KMZ, but I think it's just an XML file. Google documents it on their API website.
Todd
I'm fairly sure it's a compressed (zipped/gzipped) XML file.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Burch
--
Mats
>> Also, there is a Ruby language API from which you can extract the mesh information. (Pro or Free)
Can you please provide me with a link to this API?
After you download and install SketchUp, go to Help -> Ruby Help. It lists the class and the methods you need to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Todd
Thanks a whole lot for your response.
Is there any way to read Sketchup files, while in Linux...I want to develop my own C++ API to do this? (I don't have Sketchup Pro so no access to Google's C++ SDK).
Any ideas as to where I should start?
Thanks.
Sketchup doesn't officially run on Linux, but a group a avid Linux'ers have got it working under Whine. To read the file directly, you need the SDK. You can export from Sketchup to 3DS or FBX and probably work with those file formats under Linux, but, again, you need the Pro version to export to these formats, so again, you are hosed.
If you NEED it, then you NEED it, then spring for the $495 and get it.
Todd
Thanks Todd for your reply.
But how about Ruby...Do you think the Sketchup Ruby API can be used outside of Sketchup? I guess Ruby can be run under Linux, right???
So, if I can access this API without sketchup...I should be able to extract the 3D mesh info. from Linux ...right?
Yes.Quote:
I guess Ruby can be run under Linux, right???