[Bf-committers] 2.42 release logs : about collada and kmz import

[Erwin Coumans]

Both Blender COLLADA im/export and the .dae embedded in Sketchup/Google 
Earth .kmz are COLLADA 1.4.
Unfortunately Google Earth COLLADA files are not compliant yet (created by 
Google Sketchup).

See for example this:
http://earth.whoola.com:8080/javadoc/xith-tk/src-html/org/xith3d/loaders/kmz/whoola/KmzLoader.html#line.69
https://collada.org/public_forum/viewtopic.php?t=492&highlight=kmz

We either need to 'fix' the non-compliance of Google Earth files during 
import, or wait until Google fixes this.
In other words, importing and exporting from Google Earth / 3D Warehouse 
would be a big feature, but it's 'work in progress'.

Please mention in the release notes of this non-compliance of Google 
Earth's, and
that people should check either Illusoft 
http://colladablender.illusoft.com/downloads.html for a future workaround,
or Google Earth for an update on the compliance.

I will try to get an update on this situation asap.
Erwin






----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jmsoler at free.fr>
To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers at projects.blender.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] 2.42 release logs : about collada and kmz 
import


> Selon jean-michel soler <jmsoler at free.fr>:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> does anybody try to load a kmz file with the collada 1.4  importer ?
>> I mean : did anybody try to rename a 'xxx.kmz' file in 'xxx.km.zip', 
>> unzip
>> the content  to enter in the models  folder to find the .dea file and 
>> then
>> try to load it ?
>>
>
> Nobody ?
>
>> jms
>
>
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