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Using Sketchup/MCX with default FSX textures

Henry Street

Henry Street

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As the title suggests, I am using Sketchup and ModelConverterX to create buildings for my scenery project. Several of the default FSX textures (hangars mostly) would be fine to use on the objects.

Is there a way I can use the FSX textures without copying/modifying them?

Thanks for all the help given on fsdevelopers.com!

Henry
 
Hi Henry,

Yes, you can. You should just be able to load them in SketchUp (or maybe you first need to convert them to a format the SketchUp can read). Just make sure you don't change the name.

Then the name should be kept when you export to COLLADA. In ModelConverterX when converting you do it as normal, but just make sure that you remove the new texture that ModelConverterX will make. As long as the name is the same, FS should load the existing default texture instead from the main texture folder.
 
Arno,

thanks for confirming where I was headed. In converting to Sketchup compatible, do I need to rotate the texture 180 deg?
 
Henry Street said:
Arno,

thanks for confirming where I was headed. In converting to Sketchup compatible, do I need to rotate the texture 180 deg?
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Use the MCX Texture Converter to convert them to .jpgs, the Converter will flip them for you.

BTW, it's flip, not rotate, 2 different things.

cheers,
Lane
 
Sorry for the late response..real life interrupted scenery design.

This works GREAT!! Thanks for all the guidance. A huge step forward for me and my texturally challenged capabilities.
 
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