Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 28, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 28, 2014 Ladies and Gentlemen! We are currently testing a LOT of aspects of Sketchup and 3DS file import functionality to find the weak spots. If you have ANY 3DS or SKP files that you have imported into Vectorworks an encountered difficulty with, please either post the file, or a link to the file here so that I may use it for testing. If the file is confidential in nature but you would still like us to give it a thorough going over, feel free to email the file or a link to it, directly to the address in my signature. (Rest assured the file will only be used for testing purposes and will not be re-purposed for any other reason.) Specific issues we are working on at the moment: Missing geometry Incorrect location of geometry Missing colors, textures or materials Crashing outright during import Please send them my way, the more the merrier. Quote Link to comment
barkest Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Hi Jim, all of the students here use .3DS > VW and we have never once encountered an issue and we do a lot (huge amount) of transfers. Not sure if that helps at all. The only time there are missing materials is when the faces are reversed in SU. The conversion process only looks at the front faces for materials so it might look fine in SU with the material on the back face but it will be missing in VW. This is a user error. Edited June 10, 2014 by barkest Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 10, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 10, 2014 Thank you! Any feedback is useful. Quote Link to comment
Cadplan Architecture Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 The only time we tried importing an SU file into VW2011 we ended up having to literally copy and paste each SU layer into the VW file. I would rather just stick to VW files! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 27, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 27, 2014 That's what we are trying to avoid in the future. If you happen to still have a copy of that SKP file, please send it our way for testing. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I had to import a SKP file. Although there were a lot of materials and layers in Sketchup, none of these were recognized in the VW import option window. Tried latest Sketchup Make format and older formats. Therefor the model comes in on one Layer only and Class none. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted July 24, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 24, 2014 Please post it, we need any examples we can get. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I sent a PM with the link to a file to you. Quote Link to comment
Diamond Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Hi Jim, Importing I have stopped importing our in house Sketchup files as the results were so bad. A guide to achieving good results would be great. Exporting We have reverted to exporting out FBX files, which only seem to need tweaking to textures. Whenever we export out 3DS files, our 3rd party visualisation artists end up redrawing the whole model. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted July 31, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 31, 2014 Please post or send my any example files where you specifically saw the results were bad and I can submit them for testing. Quote Link to comment
Diamond Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Hi Jim, I believe the 3D artist have an issue editing the 3D model that is produced. Creating too much triangulation, even on the least settings in Vw. Also possibly the issue is that the textures are a challenge to apply the geometry created in VW? Thirdly, the issue could also be the issue I commonly have with issuing DWG files, where the third party is inexperienced, or lazy, to properly work through the files issued to them. In fact, in my experience, this is the more likely scenario. Unfortunately I know little of 3DS Max to be able to work through any challenges. I have sent you an email with the 3DS file we sent to them (For this project we ended up sending them the DWG files as well so they could recreate the model). PS Could it be that the FBX file seems to keep all of the texture data contained within the file, where as 3DS keeps the textures externally? Thanks. Edited July 31, 2014 by Diamond Quote Link to comment
Cadplan Architecture Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'll PM you with an SU file Jim, i can't do much with in VW2014 Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hi Jim, Just sent you a PM with my file. It's a 3ds file exported from c4d. Practically useless to work with in VW. Hang times are typ to 2014, crashing, etc. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Taking a look now. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Same results here. This is way larger and more complex than any file I had tested before from 3DS, submitting it now. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Could you please send in the supporting files as well? its missing a few jpg image texture sources. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Could you please send in the supporting files as well? its missing a few jpg and psd image texture sources. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hi Jim, Just sent you a PM with my file. It's a 3ds file exported from c4d. Practically useless to work with in VW. Hang times are typ to 2014, crashing, etc. Thank you for the other files. If you are able, could you please send in the C4D file as well? I am getting odd results even when I open the 3DS in 3DS Max and MeshLab. There is still a slowness problem in Vectorworks with this model, but I think there may be more than one issue occurring. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 1, 2014 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 1, 2014 Perfect, thank you. Submitting it all now. Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 deleted the imacs in the corner. There were 4 of them, and thousands of polygons each. Now the model works. But there IS a limit to geometry, even with the new version. Quote Link to comment
anshu Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I've actually had a hard time in 15. I bring in warehouse stuff all the time. But now I frequently have to enter into a mesh object for it to regenerate. Quote Link to comment
barkest Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) There are a couple of minor issues that we regularly see. If you import .skp and you are in a top plan view then you have to go to a 3D view and back to top plan before the object becomes selectable. Another is that if you bring in the .skp as a mesh then you will not see it in top plan. The best way to work this is to create a component in su which equals a symbol in vw. You can see it fine then. Edited October 25, 2014 by barkest Quote Link to comment
Ilay Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Hi Does possible to import mesh 2-sided materials from sketch-up? I mean plane with 2 materials on it upd. Sorry i missed in manual The SketchUp format supports materials on the front and back of each face of an object. When importing as 3D polygons, only the front material is assigned to the imported objects, as Vectorworks only supports one material for 3D polygons. When importing as architectural objects, both materials are imported and assigned to the imported objects, as Vectorworks supports several materials in this case. Edited December 22, 2014 by Ilay Quote Link to comment
barkest Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not really. Both materials will import, but each side of your plane will have the same material (the one that was on the front face in sketchup). What are you trying to do? Quote Link to comment
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