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    Public Beta for Obj, SolidWorks, STEP, and FBX importers

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      paulower
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      Fantastic.

      You have not thought about making a plugin to import of *.max to SketchUp?

      I think there not is still an importe *.max to SU.

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        notareal
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        @paulower said:

        Fantastic.

        You have not thought about making a plugin to import of *.max to SketchUp?

        I think there not is still an importe *.max to SU.

        For that you would need installed Max... just like Deep Explorer needs. For my understanding a stand alone converter (without Max installed) is impossible to create.

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          ashraf
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          @notareal said:

          For that you would need installed Max

          Yes this is correct and I believe that this reduces the value of the solution, if you have MAX already installed, then you can convert the files to OBJ or FBX.

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            ashraf
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            SimLab team is really thankful for the great feedback and suggestions, for downloading and testing the importers.

            We are working on finalizing the plugins based on this feedback. The beta period for the plugins will end by the end of the month, and we plan for a release early in September.

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              Frederik
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              I'm somehow surprised...
              Does this mean that you're going to release the plugin with new features even before you've tested it in a second beta-test campaign...??

              Can you please shed some lights about what new options you will have made with the final version...??

              Thanks in advance...

              Cheers
              Kim Frederik

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                thomthom
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                Yes - I'd like to know as well. I'm interested in the FBX plugins - been thinking of buying it, but thought I would have the chance to test another release with the feedback from this thread before I decided.

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                  paulower
                  last edited by

                  @ashraf said:

                  @notareal said:

                  For that you would need installed Max

                  Yes this is correct and I believe that this reduces the value of the solution, if you have MAX already installed, then you can convert the files to OBJ or FBX.

                  @ashraf said:

                  Yes this is correct and I believe that this reduces the value of the solution, if you have MAX already installed, then you can convert the files to OBJ or FBX.

                  So this is the problem. I do not have MAX installed on my PC. Is there any way to import files *.max to *.skp without having installed the MAX?

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                    notareal
                    last edited by

                    @paulower said:

                    @ashraf said:

                    @notareal said:

                    For that you would need installed Max

                    Yes this is correct and I believe that this reduces the value of the solution, if you have MAX already installed, then you can convert the files to OBJ or FBX.

                    @ashraf said:

                    Yes this is correct and I believe that this reduces the value of the solution, if you have MAX already installed, then you can convert the files to OBJ or FBX.

                    So this is the problem. I do not have MAX installed on my PC. Is there any way to import files *.max to *.skp without having installed the MAX?

                    As far as I know, there is no way.

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                      ashraf
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                      With the public beta we were looking for two main things:

                      1- Problematic models that the importer fails to import
                      2- Enactment suggestions

                      In the release coming after the public beta we will only address the import problems which were reported, the percentage of the problematic models compared to the number of installations was really low, and we are working on fixing those importing problems before the release.

                      Regarding enchantments, most of the requested enhancements will be available in the next minor releases which will be available free for all users (usually we provide 2 minor releases)

                      It is understandable that some users will not want to use the plugins until it meets their own requirements, the plugins will always support a trial license.

                      Encasements coming in the next minor release will include:

                      Upgrading FBX to 2011 (current FBX version in the plugin is 2010.2).
                      A new unit system that automatically scales imported models to SketchUp units automatically.
                      Progress Bar, giving the user an indication about the progress of the import process

                      Best Regards,

                      Ashraf

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                      • FrederikF Offline
                        Frederik
                        last edited by

                        Thanks, for the heads up, Ashraf...

                        @ashraf said:

                        A new unit system that automatically scales imported models to SketchUp units automatically.

                        I assume you mean the units the user is currently using...

                        @ashraf said:

                        Progress Bar, giving the user an indication about the progress of the import process

                        This is great news... 😄

                        I'm looking forward to see the new plugins...

                        Cheers
                        Kim Frederik

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                          ashraf
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                          Thanks for the great testing and feedback from all the beta testers, the plugins were released today, and the work on the first update release to incorporate the feedback and suggestions we received had already started.

                          In this release SimLab added progress bar to inform the user that importers are working, added support for OBJ files with negative index values, and updated the plugins to work with SketchUp 8.

                          The plugins are now supported to work with SketchUp 8, 7.1 and 7

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                            3dsketchupper
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                            FBX import to sketchup failed? fbx was exported from Revit.
                            Revit to sketchup file size approx.20mg
                            One thing that we are interested with this plugin is to import revit textures into sketchup.
                            Just wondering if this will solve our problem. Any help will be appreciated.
                            Thanks

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                              ashraf
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                              The current plugin is capable of importing FBX files from Revit 2010.
                              Soon it will be update to included support for FBX files from Revit 2011.

                              Autodesk starting from Revit 2011 switched the material types used in FBX files exported from Revit, so instead of usual FBX materials it is using Autodesk internal description.
                              This is special for Revit 2011. We are investigating a solution for this.

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                                Mra
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                                Hi,

                                Is there a possibility that there can be an FBX plugin that exports out of SketchUp and replace the current default exporter?

                                The default FBX exporter by Google is actually a couple of years out of date and very old. I think current version is FBX 2011.3, wheraes SketchUP uses FBX 6.1! Thanks

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                                  ashraf
                                  last edited by

                                  Sure we can do that,

                                  We can add a new FBX exporter for SketchUp, this should be available soon.

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                                    Mra
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                                    Sounds good ashraf, thank you.

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                                      ashraf
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                                      Your request was fulfilled.

                                      We have FBX 2011 and OBJ exporters ready for SketchUp 7, 7.1 and 8.
                                      The plugins should work on Windows with the free and pro versions.

                                      FBX exporter can be found at
                                      http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-plugins/FBX_Exporter_From_Sketchup-main.aspx

                                      OBJ exporter can be found at
                                      http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-plugins/OBJ_Exporter_From_Sketchup-main.aspx

                                      Cheers.

                                      Ashraf

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Updates - sweet.

                                        I submitted some reports of some models that took an extremely long time to import - some never seemed to complete. Any changes in this release that would address that?

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          ashraf
                                          last edited by

                                          The update you are looking for, should be available in January. We invested time in handling instances in the SketchUp files, which can be found extensively in Revit models, this update should be ready in January.

                                          The last note was about two new Exporters for (FBX and OBJ)

                                          Those exporters can serve a user who wants to use SketchUp models in other applications that do not have native SketchUp import capabilities

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                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            Oh - exporters - didn't notice that! 😳

                                            I'll wait for the January release of the importer. 😄

                                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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