1. Blender Mesh To Sketchup
2. Blender Sketchup Script

I am new with Blender. I changed to it because now I am using Ubuntu. Previously on Windows I used to work with SketchUp, and I still have many projects, that I would like to import.skp into Blen. This could be helpful for 3d printing as sketchup can be an effective tool for designing your 3d prints and blender can help process them and export to other formats like.stl 1.

Blender Mesh To Sketchup

Blender Sketchup Script

1. You can export in SketchUp Free 3D model, by clicking on the folder icon and select 'Export'.
2. Select the stl Format.
3. Import the 3D model in Blender, by clicking in the menu 'File' and 'Import' and the stl-Format.
4. Now, the 3D should appear model – however, it is probably too big for the view. Therefore, press the 'S'key to scale and then type e.g. '0.01' (Reduce by factor 0.01).
5. The 3D model is summarized by the Export in a single object. The model is split back into separate objects, you can switch with the Tab button in the 'Edit'mode and select individual items with the [L] button. With [L] are selected coherent points, and combined with the [P] key again to a new object. Further selection tools are: [C] for circle selection, [B] for rectangle selection, and [CTRL]+[Left mouse button] for the Lasso selection. In the example of the 3D-model of a house may be divided as walls, roof, Windows, doors, back into individual objects.
6. The resulting objects you can texture in Blender, but a new UV-Mapping may be necessary.