Cadalog Inc., the developer of popular SketchUp plug-ins like SU Podium V2 and Podium Browser, has released Viso3D to export SketchUp models for the iPad.
Viso3D will export SketchUp faces and textures, add a lightmap and then provide the ability to view and navigate the 3D model on an iOs device.
Viso3D is comprised of two separate programs. One is a SketchUp plug-in which will export a SketchUp model along with textures, scenes, sun light and shadows to an iOs supported file format called .xcs. This SketchUp plug-in has a lightmap option which will bake sun light and shadows to SketchUp textures and add indirect lighting to the model. The SketchUp plug-in has an introduction price of $49.00.
A free 30 day trial of the Viso3D SketchUp exporter plug-in is available at www.viso3d.com
The other program is a free iPad/iOs app that will allow you to view and navigate the 3D .xcs file. The app can be downloaded from the iTunes app store. It includes 3D navigation tools such as orbiting, rotating, panning and walk thru motions.
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