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Just letting developers know of the availability of the GeoSketch application in the Prepar3D MarketPlace. Product details can be found at this page: http://www.prepar3d.com/geosketch/ .
Basically it is a tool that allows you to create 3D, textured buildings from aerial imagery and export these into Prepar3D.
GeoSketch is a plugin to Google Sketchup that adds functions to import oblique and NADIR images, and quickly construct textured 3D polygonal models from them. The models can then be exported from Sketchup for use in Prepar3D simulations. In addition to tools for lines, rectangles and arcs, GeoSketch adds complex “knowledge-based” primitives such as pitched roof buildings. The tools encapsulate knowledge of pitched roof configurations to minimize the interactions required to construct the geometric model, and apply either GeoSpecific or GeoTypical textures. The primitives are created as manifold groups in the Sketchup model, so the modeler can take advantage of the Solid Tools introduced in Sketchup 8.0.
GeoSketch adds a custom inference engine to Sketchup, specifically designed to speed the modeling process. For example, when observing the edges of a building in an oblique image, the edges of the building will not appear to be perpendicular in the 2D space of the image. The GeoSketch inference engine calculates how the edges project into the 3D modeling space, allowing the modeler to “snap” the edges perpendicular. The custom inferencing is also extended the pitched roof primitives. For example, the inference engine will detect when a roof section is perpendicular to a previously constructed roof, and when the eaves of the roof section match the eaves of an existing roof. GeoSketch also adds a new feature to the inference engine: by holding down the Ctrl key, the modeler can temporarily turn off inferencing during construction, giving them more control on the placement of the geometry.
For more information and tutorial videos, please visit TacForge GeoSketch’s YouTube Channel! http://www.youtube.com/TacForgeGeoSketch
Regards,
John Nicol
Prepar3D
Basically it is a tool that allows you to create 3D, textured buildings from aerial imagery and export these into Prepar3D.
GeoSketch is a plugin to Google Sketchup that adds functions to import oblique and NADIR images, and quickly construct textured 3D polygonal models from them. The models can then be exported from Sketchup for use in Prepar3D simulations. In addition to tools for lines, rectangles and arcs, GeoSketch adds complex “knowledge-based” primitives such as pitched roof buildings. The tools encapsulate knowledge of pitched roof configurations to minimize the interactions required to construct the geometric model, and apply either GeoSpecific or GeoTypical textures. The primitives are created as manifold groups in the Sketchup model, so the modeler can take advantage of the Solid Tools introduced in Sketchup 8.0.
GeoSketch adds a custom inference engine to Sketchup, specifically designed to speed the modeling process. For example, when observing the edges of a building in an oblique image, the edges of the building will not appear to be perpendicular in the 2D space of the image. The GeoSketch inference engine calculates how the edges project into the 3D modeling space, allowing the modeler to “snap” the edges perpendicular. The custom inferencing is also extended the pitched roof primitives. For example, the inference engine will detect when a roof section is perpendicular to a previously constructed roof, and when the eaves of the roof section match the eaves of an existing roof. GeoSketch also adds a new feature to the inference engine: by holding down the Ctrl key, the modeler can temporarily turn off inferencing during construction, giving them more control on the placement of the geometry.
For more information and tutorial videos, please visit TacForge GeoSketch’s YouTube Channel! http://www.youtube.com/TacForgeGeoSketch
Regards,
John Nicol
Prepar3D
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