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SU Animate 1.1 is a animation plug-in for SketchUp Pro 6 Windows and Mac.
This simple application works inside SketchUp and automatically creates scenes that you can play as an animation in
SketchUp or export to an AVI or MOV video file. SU Animate will create "key frame"
like animations where SketchUp objects move along a path or walk thru
type animations where the camera moves along a path.
We have prepared several Flash based tutorial videos so that you can evaluate the program's functions. Furthermore, there are several
SketchUp models that have Scenes created by SU Animate that you can download. In addition, there is a 10 day evaluation version that you can try out.
Please read and view the video tutorials prior to evaluating it.
Download Evaluation version here
| What's New in Version 1.1?
Mac version
New Fillet command to round paths
Batch command - Turn each scene into a SketchUp file
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How it works
Create a path. Select the Group to animate. Make Scenes. Play. It's that simple.
Create a path.
The first step with SU Animate is to create a path that will be used by the program to animate
a group or the camera. For example, if you want to show a forklift moving out of the back of a truck, first create a path for the forklift to follow.
If you want to create a walk thru animation with
the SketchUp camera "walking" through a building, create a path for the camera to follow.
Click on the image to see the Make Path Flash tutorial
Select the Group to animate
After creating a path, select a group to animate. The group can either be a SketchUp group or the camera. You can also name a
SketchUp group "target" which will force the SketchUp camera to follow the group move a long a path. More than one path and one group
can be animated.
Click on image to view the Assing Group Flash tutorial.
Make Scenes
The final step is to Make Scenes. SU Animate's power is to automatically create SketchUp scenes and layers for each scene. The program will hide all layers except the layer that is being "played". The number of scenes will
equal the number of line segments in the path you created.
Play the Animation
After Make Scenes is completed, it's time to play the animation using SketchUp's View-->Animation-->Play command.
You can then export the Animation to an AVI file using SketchUp's Animation Export command.
Walk thru example
This flash tutorial will explain how to create a walk thru type animation in SketchUp using SU Animate
Click on the image to launch the walk thru flash tutorial
Group Target example
This flash tutorial will explain how you can animate groups and keep the camera focuses on the moving
object.
Click on the image to launch the group target Flash tutorial
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