HT202382: iBooks Author: Best practices for using 3D models

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Andreas Madsen

Q: How do I manually set the start position.

The 3d program do not support it (Google Sketchup Free).

 

Can I open the dae file in another program and set the start position there?

MacBook Pro 15, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jun 6, 2012 7:35 AM

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  • by K T,

    K T K T Jun 6, 2012 8:08 AM in response to Andreas Madsen
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:08 AM in response to Andreas Madsen

    See iBooks Author: Best practices for using 3D models for any hints that might help. etc.

  • by Andreas Madsen,

    Andreas Madsen Andreas Madsen Jun 6, 2012 8:14 AM in response to K T
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:14 AM in response to K T

    I read that article and it says that I should set a camera position in my 3d program. However there are no such feature, I then looked at the bottom "Ask other users about this article" and that is the story about how I ended up here.

     

    I also belive that is why the top of the forum page says:

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  • by K T,

    K T K T Jun 6, 2012 8:25 AM in response to Andreas Madsen
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:25 AM in response to Andreas Madsen

    If your tools lack that feature, I'd suggest to find something that will work.

     

    If you're looking for suggestions, Google is your friend - I see Kinemac & Cheeta3D, but I know nothing about them, sorry. Try the Mac App Store. Keynote from Apple has certain 3d capabilities, but what you use may depend on budget, skills and specific modeling involved...molecular, mesh needs, etc. using Maya, Cinema4D, and (the free and open source) Blender.

  • by Andreas Madsen,

    Andreas Madsen Andreas Madsen Jun 6, 2012 8:31 AM in response to K T
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:31 AM in response to K T

    I'm aware of that, that is why I wrote "Can I open the dae file in another program and set the start position there?".

     

    I have googled and came across this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COLLADA, it list the tools you sugest and I have tried both Blender, Carrara, Chnema4D, Maya. However I couldn't figure how to open/imort the .dae file.

     

    I seek much more specific help than you seams capable of providing in this specific case.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Jun 6, 2012 8:36 AM in response to Andreas Madsen
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:36 AM in response to Andreas Madsen

    This forum is for iBooks Author help - that's all I'm trying to accomplish...not how to work with 3D models in another program. If you want help with other tools, this isn't the place.  You seem to be confused about that, sorry.

     

    Did you have a question about iBooks Author?

  • by Andreas Madsen,

    Andreas Madsen Andreas Madsen Jun 6, 2012 8:45 AM in response to K T
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    Jun 6, 2012 8:45 AM in response to K T

    1) How do I in iBooks Author set the camera position manually.

     

    The documentation says: "be sure to add a camera to your object. This will be used for the default view in your iBooks Author book."

     

    default indicate that there are other options in the iBooks Author program.

     

    If this is not the case:

    2) What is the prefered program for createing 3d model with a start camera position.

    2a) More specific how do I do that in the program.

     

    Note that is is unlikely that any other forum can answer question 2, since this is compatibility specific issue between a 3d program and iBooks Author.

  • by stowler,

    stowler stowler Oct 17, 2012 4:51 PM in response to Andreas Madsen
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    Oct 17, 2012 4:51 PM in response to Andreas Madsen

    Obviously I'm late to this thread, but I ran into the same problem this morning and created this work-around since I don't have the time to explore much outside of SketchUp8. Hope this helps: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=de262856580e80834b892bc5603ca b56

     

    best,

    Stephen