ETID: SOLVED!!!! Lumion/Vectorworks materials best workflow?

[NoemiM]

Hi there, 

 

I am loving Vectorworks site Modelling + Lumion rendering, but I am really struggling with the sync. 

 

Has anyone found a way to re-sync the Lumion + Vectorworks file without losing all the materials on Lumion? Every time I have to re-sync a project (e.g. after a tweak to the vws masterplan), I loose all the materials I previously applied on Lumion, but I keep the objects (e.g. peoples and plants). 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Noemi

 

Edited August 4, 2021 by NoemiM

[bcd]

VW-Lumion is sweet! If you're running Wndows and have a spare hour for a testdrive you'll be blown away.

 

I have seen this mapping error happen before but not for a while. If you change the texture/color of an object in VW it breaks the material mapping in Lumion but the wholescale loss of mapping is a different animal.

Do you lose the VW Texture->Lumion Material mapping every time or just sometimes?

Will it happen in a test file after a restart of your machine?

Are both files saved and using static file names?

Do you keep both files open at the same time - you should be able to tweak the master VW and see the changes reflected in the Lumion almost immediately.

You have the option to bypass LiveSync and instead export a Collada (dae) file from the latest version of your VW file and import this to Lumion.

 

[Carol Reznor]

@NoemiM Hi - I am curious in how you solved the problem you were having. You care to share?

Thanks! Carol

[bcd]

Interesting you ask, this just happened to me this morning with VW2020 and Lumion 12.

I'm not sure if it was because I didn't commit the save from Lumion properly or I started with a VW file from 2021, or I need to restart after installing Lumion 12.

Are you LiveSyncing from VW->Lumion or exporting a file?

I do notice that after making changes in the Lumion file I get the Save as... button but not the Save button which is really odd ... I'll test it again to see

 

[LDraminski]

Hello all,

 

If anyone in this 'string' is using Lumion + Vectorworks, please let me know. 

Thank you in advance,

 

Lee

[bcd]

I am - happy to help

 

[Tom Klaber]

We have this problem all the time.

Very frustrating - we have learned to work it into our time estimates that we will have to retexture the Lumion model 3 or 4 times while preparing a presentation.  We have learned to save the lumion textures we create to speed up the process of re-applying - but still nothing worse than having to redo the same work over and over.

Best,
Tom