[Plugin] Import OBJ with Materials v2.1 20131118

d12dozr · 12 Sept 2009, 17:01

Works perfect now!! Thanks, TIG...I am a complete newbie with .obj's and .mtl's so please forgive my ignorance I'm guessing that I'll have to manually change the .mtl to use the other 2 textures...Once again, thanks for the great plugin

TIG · 13 Sept 2009, 11:32

Good. If you manually change the mtl file make sure that image's file name matches exactly...

rami_lpm · 14 Sept 2009, 13:38

haha! Xfrog trees in SU models, that'll be the day.

thomthom · 14 Sept 2009, 14:10

@rami_lpm said:

haha! Xfrog trees in SU models, that'll be the day.

If you look over at ASGvis' forum you'll see a number of models rendered with Xfrog trees...

notareal · 26 Oct 2009, 10:04

tomot · 13 Nov 2009, 21:10

Thank you Tig for this wonderful OBJ importer. It means I can now delete all my DXF files which I needed first so I could import into SU.

I'm baffled why this Import feature has not been made part of SU at this late stage of SU development. If it were not for a small group of talented Ruby Scripters, my Plugins folder would not be descending past the bottom of my monitor display. Perhaps Google could, when they find some time, add a scroll bar to the Plugins Folder, or better yet the ability to add more Plugin folders to the menu bar.

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 14:09

I tried to import .obj form Modo. It keeps telling me to change import units without creating any geometry. I tried with several ones but without success.

TIG · 23 Dec 2009, 14:27

@sepo said:

I tried to import .obj form Modo. It keeps telling me to change import units without creating any geometry. I tried with several ones but without success.

It guesses the units if there are none set in the obj file.
The dialog let's you select the units.
Have you tried all of the unit options ?
Sometimes large/small units in the obj file affect SUp's ability to make the meshes...
Post a problem obj file [PM me if desired] - not too large !

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 14:40

It is 40mb scene. I tried several units but without real success.

TIG · 23 Dec 2009, 15:28

@sepo said:

It is 40mb scene. I tried several units but without real success.

What does it zip down to ? OBJ files are very compressible...
I'd try the range of metric from mm to cm and m.
Some very complex meshes won't import but most do...

mitcorb · 23 Dec 2009, 17:08

Am I reading that this Plugin works with any version of Sketchup, free or Pro?

TIG · 23 Dec 2009, 17:53

@mitcorb said:

Am I reading that this Plugin works with any version of Sketchup, free or Pro?

Should be no difference with either version...

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 18:21

Tig , I tried it with every available units ...still nothing.

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 18:23

When zipped it is 4.3MB, still big for sending you via pm.

TIG · 23 Dec 2009, 20:51

Split it into 2 pieces and I'll join it together...

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 21:29

How about you send me your email ands I email it to you.

TIG · 23 Dec 2009, 23:11

@sepo said:

How about you send me your email ands I email it to you.

I have the file and am looking at it now - It does have almost 1.1 million edges !!!
No texture-images just materials in the mtl...

sepo · 23 Dec 2009, 23:15

Yes I know....I managed to import bigger file than that, It has just over 2mil edges.

sepo · 24 Dec 2009, 10:24

OK..thanks for trying.

TIG · 24 Dec 2009, 10:51

Well... after along time processing it the importer produced no geometry and no console warnings.
I also tried importing it into Blender... and that failed with an 'out of range error message', so there's something adrift in the obj file's geometry...
Seems your obj file has at least one problem that's giving at least two separate importers hiccups...