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kamikmz service

A NodeJS application running as a Trimble SketchUp to Google KMZ conversion service.

A client uses the kamikmz-service by creating two TCP connections:
-o one for sending and receiving commands
-o the second for sending and receiving files (kinda like FTP).

The only prerequisite is that you need to have Trimble SketchUp installed on the machine that will host the service, as the application invokes it with a Ruby script to make the conversion.

To run the service, just create a config.json file next to main.js with the following:

{
  "sketchup-bin" :
    "f:\\path\\to\\sketchup\\bin",
  "import-path" :
    "f:\\path\\to\\import\\files\\",
  "export-path" :
    "f:\\path\\to\\export\\files\\",
  "host" :
    "127.0.0.1",
  "command" :
    "1337",
  "escort" :
    "1338"
}

command port is for sending commands
escort port is for transferring files

For example

{
  "sketchup-bin" :
    "c:\\Program Files\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2015\\SketchUp.exe",
  "import-path" :
    "f:\\projects\\kamikmz\\import\\",
  "export-path" :
    "f:\\projects\\kamikmz\\export\\",
  "host" :
    "127.0.0.1",
  "command" :
    "1337",
  "escort" :
    "1338"
}

Run node main.js and the service should kick in!

(don't forget to run npm install first as currently the only dependency is the bluebird package)

Testing

Just to make sure everything is peachy, run node test.js on the same machine which will do a test transfer and conversion with console.logs.

To test the setup from a remote machine, just copy package.json, the test folder and test.js to the remote machine, npm install and then run node test.js hostname command escort replacing hostname, command and escort with their respective values.

Teapot model used for testing from Trimble Sketchup 3D Warehouse