Vector data output from Sketchup?

[richard]

Are there any tools for drawing 3d vector objects?

I found a way of getting all the 3d point coordinates out of a Sketchup drawings.

Are there any other methods or tools to make vector graphics easier to design?

[mikiex]

Edit -
Now I note you're talking 3d specifically.. well even my 3dsmax exporter was 2d only.

Do you mean real 3d points or pre-projected as a 2d image....

If proper 3d the question is how would you draw the vertex, all relative to the origin (like normal 3d objects)_- or each point relative to the previous point (as the vectrex usually draws)?




2d:

There is
V-Model (dos?? no 64bit version)
Vexporter (my 3dsmax exporter unreleased)
PhotoshopVectorExport github.com/mikiex/PhotoshopVectorExport (My photoshop exporter) - WIP

various unreleased things like inkscape exporter by frank..etc.

I think actually inkscape would make most sense as you can write python code to export.
Also its free.

The only reason I started writing a photoshop one was that I had to write other exporters for something else recently so I knew I could make one quickly. Inkscape I'd need to do a lot more research, or find some examples.

[richard]

I found that I can extract the x,y,z positions of all the vertices and the drawing (point to point) routes from Google Sketchup files exported as Collada DAE file format.

I'm doing it manually at the moment, but it won't be hard to parse the .DAE file to extract all the data automatically.

[richard]

And here's my drawing, displayed on a crt oscilloscope!



I will try it on the vectrex screen tomorrow.

[cNp]

That's really cool!

cNp