Can i use sketchup to make road signs?

The problem is not how to make the textures. That i do know. However, the only program i know how to model things with is in sketchup and i don't want to learn blender because of inconvenience issues, but it doesn't mean i can't learn.

So, can i use sketchup to make road signs and implement them into BeamNG? (as non-solid, static objects?)

 

The short answer is yes. The long answer is that Sketchup is not the best program to use for creating 3D objects to export to BeamNG. A collision is possible but it requires you to have half a brain to create it. I made a tutorial to do this, I can link it for you, and I tried to make it as easy as possible. Texturing wise, you can simply pick a texture from Sketchup and then use the paint bucket tool to paint the texture on. You can also create your own texture to use.

 

Alright, i did some learning and i could make simple objects with semi-decent collisions. I'm planning on using textures from this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_road_signs_in_Russia, of which some of the textures are under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

So if i use the textures in my map, i know i need to credit the author and provide the link to the original file in a text document or something. Does this mean i need to release my road sign models under the same license as well?

And also, can i use the Sketchup textures in my maps? Sorry if they sound like stupid questions, but i'm the type of person that really wants to know what i'm doing first.

I also can't contact the author of the textures, because i don't have a wikimedia account or something on the likes of that. Do i need to contact him before using his textures in my models?