SketchUp | Replace Susan with Yourself

When I open a new file in SketchUp I am now the default Face Me Component!

Here was the default Susan.

So this is how I did it.

 

 First

Take a photo of yourself and remove background with software like Photoshop.

Next

Make a vector path of your selection and export as a Illustrator file

 and also save a .png file with a transparent background.

 I chose to edit my image to B&W with some Photoshop filters but you don't have to.

 

Then

Use software like Illustrator to simplify the bezier curves and straighten to line segments which SketchUp  understands better.

Export your modified paths to a .dwg file.

Now use SketchUp

Import the .dwg file into SketchUp and use the MakeFaces plugin to make the outline into surfaces.

Attach onto the surface your .png file.

Lastly

Turn this drawing into a FaceMe component and save in your library.

You can even make a new template so that every time you open a new file in SketchUp you start with a scaled figure of yourself instead of Susan.

 Easy right?

Heh Heh. 

It's really not hard at all once you get use to it and understand what's going on.

For more detailed info and a easy to follow video

visit the 

The SketchUp Show #19

on

YouTube.