VWX Datasmith to Unreal
I'd been looking at alot of the Unreal Engine Archviz tutorials, mostly centered around import from 3DS.
https://learn.unrealengine.com/home/LearningPath/90586?r=False&ts=637516509308327332
I had been exporting VWX scenes as .dwg and using the Unreal Engine Beta plugin "Datasmith CAD Importer" to bring the scene into Unreal.
The biggest issue was that all of the geometry was brought in as separate pieces, IE. a shelf created with VWX Shelving Unit tool would come
Dave, Hi, thanks for your help.
Having spent some time looking into the process for Visual Data Prep, I'd have to say that the way VWX is exporting to the .udatasmith file is very limited and does not make it easy to use the Dataprep automated options on account of it's naming / labeling of the component parts.
There is no metadata that comes through from VWX to UE, such as VWX classes, Layers or object type (Wall, Shelving unit etc.) that would help group the meshes together easily, i
