Todd Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Hi, I'm drawing a landscape model and section and would like to populate with people figures. Importing them (3D figures) from SketchUp doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions, using Skp or other, greatly appreciated. Thanks! Edited February 10, 2022 by Todd Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Are you getting an error message? Or what specifically isn't working? One thing to check is that the SketchUp file version is at least one or two versions older than the Vectorworks version you're using. Currently VW2022 can only import SKP 2020 or older (I'm not sure why it can't import 2021 - in years past I thought it was always one version older)... If you're downloading models from the 3D Warehouse, I recommend just downloading the oldest filetype available. Quote Link to comment
Todd Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Thanks. I'm attempting to upload 2019 SKP files in VW 2021. I've tried 2D as well, I may be missing a step. OK, it looks like I've brought in 2D figures, will see how they work in the model. Edited February 10, 2022 by Todd Quote Link to comment
Todd Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Trying different approaches. I can import the SKP figures. I go to edit my Viewport and place the figures in the model, but when I exit the Viewport Edit they disappear. Any suggestions? Thank you Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Check your class visibility for the Viewport. The SketchUp import would've brought in any classes (aka Layers/Tags in SketchUp) from the original file, and those Classes are probably off by default in your existing Viewports. In particular a class called "Layer0" is commonly found in SketchUp imports. Edited February 10, 2022 by Andy Broomell 2 Quote Link to comment
Todd Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Thanks very much. Starting to make sense! Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I often choose to select the Layer0 class in my Navigation Palette, right click, choose Delete, and then reassign everything to the None class (or one of your choosing). But some folks like to keep the Layer0 class as an indicator that the geo came from SketchUp. 3 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post E|FA Posted February 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2022 I never imort directly into my project file. I create a new VW document, import the SKP (or DWG, etc), remove unwanted Classes etc, and only then copy & paste it into my project file. I'm starting to do this with items from the VW Resource Library as well to minimize the proliferation of Classes/Textures/Hatches that I don't want. 8 Quote Link to comment
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