Sketchup Imports

[BHunter]

I am running 12.5.3 on a PC. What versions of SKP are supported? I have been trying to import some items from skp.6 and nothing shows up. Do I need to rerun the 12.5.3 updater?

Thanks,

Bob Hunter

VW 12.5.3

Intel Pentium Dual 1.46

2.00GHz Ram

Edited April 25, 2009 by BHunter

[Ray Libby]

I think Sketchup v5 is the latest version supported.

[Pat Stanford]

I believe the VW12.5 only recognized up to SKP 5. VW2008 or later is required for SKP 6.

[BHunter]

Thanks Ray and Pat. I was searching the board for answers, and found out exactly that. So, I DLed skp and resaved the symbols as skp 5.

While we're here, on a different tack: It seems that circumstances are moving me away from entertainment design into architectural- (i.e. roadways and parking lots) I found VW spotlight to be a little lacking in this area, so in my searches, I found a program called DIALux. It's for exactly this, but it's a little dated; I'm finding IES files to plug into it, so I should be able to make it work. Is Arch. or Designer able to do this? Is there a "modern" CAD that deals with this area?

Thanks,

Bob Hunter

[Ray Libby]

You should start a new thread in the Landmark forum and ask your question.

[BHunter]

Will do, Thanks

Bob Hunter

[JeffPPI]

Hi

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but how do I import a sketchup file? I go to File>Import>, but I don't see .skp files available. I use Sketchup Pro to convert to DWG and import that way.

Thanks

[Ray Libby]

Add "Import SketchUp" to your workspace with the workspace editor.

[go2greece]

download the plugin at

http://www.nemetschek.net

i think you have to go to architect.

peter

[go2greece]

upps ray was faster;-)

[JeffPPI]

Thanks!

[Joe Golden ENT]

I have "Import SketchUp" in my workspace and nothing is imported. Will this only work on V5 or V6? I know there was a limitation on VW12.5.

Thanks

[JuanP]

Export the file to SU 6; currently VW 2009 does not support SU7.