Topic: The Cookie Box MkII - On stranger tides (Read 3486295 times)

McGherkin · « **Reply #3825 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:15:32 »

Has anyone else eaten an apple and thought, 'this tastes like a banana' ?

Because the one I'm eating now definitely tastes like a banana.

But I didn't come here to talk about banana-flavoured apples, as interesting as they are.

In the screenshot below, you can see all of the file formats I can open. Does anyone know how to turn .skp Sketchup files into one of these formats? (ignore the bottom one)

My problem is that Fred attempted to make Xplorer (http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,15920.0.html), but doesn't think it looks right (i can't fault it, I don't know what he's on about), so I said I'd have a crack at it. I have Sketchup, and it looks fine:

However, me and SU don't really like each other, so I use a professional program called Solidworks. I downloaded an addon for Solidworks (the only such addon I could find) and tried to open the model. It crashed a few times, but it finally worked and promptly beheaded the good ship Xplorer:

So, I need a way of SU saving the files in a format that Solidworks can use.

HELP ME!!!!

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #3826 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:23:47 »

Maybe someone with SU Pro, could save it in a format that your program can open.

McGherkin · « **Reply #3827 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:25:42 »

hmm... I'm not sure Fred would agree to that, it is his work after all.

--tractorman-- · « **Reply #3828 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:25:57 »

I have SU Pro (trail one) for converting things, but don't ask me to convert stuff... *looks at Nathan..*

McGherkin · « **Reply #3829 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:29:27 »

well at any rate, I'm not doing it tonight.

--tractorman-- · « **Reply #3830 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:30:54 »

Quote from: McGherkin on January 02, 2010, 22:29:27

well at any rate, I'm not doing it tonight.

Oh comon, its only 21:30

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #3831 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:36:52 »

Quote from: --tractorman-- on January 02, 2010, 22:30:54

Oh comon, its only 21:30

I agree...

I am working on a design as we speak!

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #3832 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:43:19 »

Hi McGherkin,

Check your email!

P.S. you may do with this whatever you like, I'm not using it, so you might aswell consider it yours to do with as you see fit.. it was an old hull I tried to make off lineplans using delftship.. so it's not like I spend months connecting up all the lines like with some of my stuff. If you can make it work somehow, by all means go for it!

Fred.

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #3833 on:** January 02, 2010, 22:54:53 »

Quote from: Mad_Fred on January 02, 2010, 22:43:19

Hi McGherkin,

Check your email!

P.S. you may do with this whatever you like, I'm not using it, so you might aswell consider it yours to do with as you see fit.. it was an old hull I tried to make off lineplans using delftship.. so it's not like I spend months connecting up all the lines like with some of my stuff. If you can make it work somehow, by all means go for it!

Fred.

How is "Alaskan Gold" coming along.

McGherkin · « **Reply #3834 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:18:46 »

Right, last night Fred sent me Xplorer in two formats, and I am now opening her. However, it's taking a long time to open and I suspect that it will have thousands of workplanes

Fingers Crossed!!!

EDIT: It's now saying that the model has umpteen million faces, and the program may break down in despair. Do you want to skip those faces? I clicked No.

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #3835 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:27:31 »

Good luck with that, lol.

My only problem right now, is that it is 3am, and I really have to pee. But the toilet is loud, lol.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #3836 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:36:18 »

Good morning all

McGherkin · « **Reply #3837 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:36:57 »

Quote from: McGherkin on January 03, 2010, 11:18:46

Right, last night Fred sent me Xplorer in two formats, and I am now opening her. However, it's taking a long time to open and I suspect that it will have thousands of workplanes

Fingers Crossed!!!

EDIT: It's now saying that the model has umpteen million faces, and the program may break down in despair. Do you want to skip those faces? I clicked No.

It crashed

try again...

Quote from: Agent|Austin on January 03, 2010, 11:27:31

Good luck with that, lol.

My only problem right now, is that it is 3am, and I really have to pee. But the toilet is loud, lol.

You should probably turn your computer off now....

EDIT: Morning Jack

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #3838 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:40:06 »

Austin, try going outside (Might be a bit chilly though! ROFL)

Morning McGherkin

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #3839 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:41:11 »

Quote from: IRI5HJ4CK on January 03, 2010, 11:40:06

Austin, try going outside (Might be a bit chilly though! ROFL)

Morning McGherkin

LOL.

I am working on my site for photography now:

www.saliencegrp.com/agp

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #3840 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:50:45 »

Good stuff!

Jack

McGherkin · « **Reply #3841 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:56:10 »

Quote from: IRI5HJ4CK on January 03, 2010, 11:50:45

Good stuff!

Jack

Agreed!

You should try photographing the local motorsport, It's very point-and-shoot stuff...

Well that's how I got started anyway...

McGherkin · « **Reply #3842 on:** January 03, 2010, 12:06:56 »

Quote

225663 faces out of range

That'll be the hull then. God this is torture....

EDIT: I think I should probably start practicing in Sketchup

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #3843 on:** January 03, 2010, 13:43:19 »

Solid works...Can't say i've heard of that before!

- What do you think of it?

Jack

McGherkin · « **Reply #3844 on:** January 03, 2010, 13:58:12 »

It' a professional CAD program developed for industrial use. Needless to say, it's probably very expensive, but my school has it on an unlimited user license, and, since they were giving copies away, I got a copy and installed it on my laptop.

It's easier to use than Sketchup, and has loads of features, for example a program for testing flow resistance through a tube, which means you can do all that techy aerodynamics like in F1.

It's also got an awesome render maker, so good it makes renders like this:

Unfortunately it uses stupid file formats...

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #3845 on:** January 03, 2010, 15:26:43 »

Quote from: McGherkin on January 03, 2010, 13:58:12

Unfortunately it uses stupid file formats...

Sounds like my camcorder, lol.

Season · « **Reply #3846 on:** January 04, 2010, 00:19:56 »

My new avatar is my attempt to get pandas conquering this forum again.

Firestar · « **Reply #3847 on:** January 04, 2010, 00:37:52 »

No thanks, that was a disaster. (By the way, don't think I'm new here, I got a new account)

Season · « **Reply #3848 on:** January 04, 2010, 00:42:38 »

With the new account you also became a Dutch citizen? Great

Firestar · « **Reply #3849 on:** January 04, 2010, 00:56:15 »

If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.

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