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Vintage64
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« on: January 20, 2008, 02:06:27 AM »
I use Google Sketchup (free) to draft the room and bench. I then manually transfer the vertices into DRail via Sketchup's Tape Measure Tool and DRails Set Position. It takes a while but at least there will be no surprises when you start building.

OK, heading over to Suggestions to request an import function.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2008, 02:44:23 PM »
Hi Vintage,

Can you post an image showing the results of such an importing procedure??
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Kim
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Vintage64
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2008, 05:58:49 PM »
Here is an image of my room layout:


I use Sketchup's tape measure tool to reference every point I want to transfer in x and y.
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2008, 07:04:18 PM »
Very impressive stuff! Had no idea Google had such a product.
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Kim
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Vintage64
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2008, 02:11:41 AM »
Now imagine having a DRail plugin for Sketchup. I guess that's one for the wish list Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2008, 12:50:22 AM »
Indeed, the combination of DRail and Sketchup is very powerful.
However, currently we are first going to focus on the 2D capabilities of DRail. Of course, even 'flat' designs could easily be viewed and manipulated in Sketchup. You can obtain a gif or jpg file from DRail by using the 'Export as...' item in the File menu of DRail.

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