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Is Sketchup good enough for?

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Hi,

I'm struggling to use gmax to create my airport, all the polys get messed up when I go to make anything except a runway. I use Sketchup to create models for Railworks and I find it very easy, but is it possible to do this for FSX? Can I build an airport model then export it to gmax for texturing? Is this easy enough and does it produce just as good a result as gmax would?

Thanks.
 
Hi,

For making buildings I think SketchUp is a good alternative indeed. You need to be a bit careful with how you apply the textures, to keep the amount of drawcalls good. But that is the case in any modelling program.

If you also want to make ground polygons for the airport, I am not sure if SketchUp is a good alternative. I actually never tried it. I guess it could work, although you would still need the FS2002 MakeMDL to process them.
 
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