Hello:
If you wish to save some work, simply schedule a default Piper PA-28 Cherokee for an AI Traffic flight at least 1x a week.
And if you only need another repaint, you can edit a copy of the textures, keeping image pixel counts / sizes and UVW mapping the same
FYI: The texture Materials are already mapped onto the 3D model and may not need to be manually re-mapped.
Thus, you can use MCX to convert
*.DDS to
*.BMP textures when the 3D model is exported to
*.OBJ or
*.DAE, and when imported into Sketchup your textures should all be intact.
NOTE: MCX may incur a read error when attempting to import / export / re-import as
*.3DS for this FSX default aircraft MDL
Alternatively you can use Don Grovestine's SAMM to do this conversion:
Use this forum to discuss the Static Aircraft Model Maker (SAMM) tool
www.fsdeveloper.com
BTW: Do you instead need to change 3D model Geometry of a Piper PA-28 Cherokee to a EMB-712 Tupi (PA-28-181) ?
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The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of light aircraft designed for flight training, air taxi, and personal use. It is built by Piper Aircraft. All members of the PA-28 family are all-metal, unpressurized, single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear...
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