how to convert sketchup file into cityengine

The CityEngine import loaded up relevant trees that, when exported back to SU through COLLADA were separate 2D components that I could then exchange for 3D components from my own libraries which could then be rendered beautifully.

COLLADA actually was the best plugin I’ve used in SU to import 3D objects.Īll the relevant data for trees is included in the shapefile Attributes Table (Name, co-ordinates, species, height, etc). This was such an expensive solution that we never continued with it. I have in the past used Esri’s City Engine to load the urban shapefiles and then through their COLLADA pluging to move the model into Sketchup where we rendered it. These trees don’t need to be sent back into the Open Street Maps database but could just be used locally for local export. There seems to be such a big missing plugin somewhere to get this data to SketchUp. I’m trying to figure out how the trees are imported to OSM and I’m wondering if there is a way to import council supplied tree shapefiles into JOSM as objects and then export them through OSM2WORLD (or whatever) back to SketchUp. PlaceMaker (which I use too) and CADMAPPER will give me the trees that are in the maps they draw from but usually they don’t provide anywhere near the number of trees that are in the urban GIS records. Buildlings import fine into SU through the Spirix shapefile loader but the tree files are just reference points (no polylines) and so nothing loads. I am looking for a way to import trees from ESRI shapefiles into SketchUp.Īt present I am using QGIS to load urban shapefiles, KMZ, etc and to export them again as shapefiles using the correct CRS settings.

How to convert sketchup file into cityengine