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    • A Offline
      anstvam
      last edited by

      Hi Adoni,
      Thanks to you too for taking time to have a look.

      I'm not sure I'm getting what you're suggesting about the scale of the component. When I imported the chair into SU as a 3ds file, it was like two metres high, so i resized it to the specified height (75 cm). Maybe that was a wrong thing to do, which created the problem?

      I know I have to learn how to model stuff inside SU. I can do basic stuff, like easy tables, I even did a Charles Ghost stool by Kartell (no mean feat for me πŸ˜„ )
      But I can't get round to doing organic forms suh as chairs and armchairs yet... It would be great to see a series of video tuts about modelling furniture on the forum. But then I know it takes a tremendous amount of time and energy to get up a series of tutorials like this...

      Thanks again, Anastassis

      We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the chintz...

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      • brodieB Offline
        brodie
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        I run into this issue a lot. Here are some tips.

        1. enlarge the model in another program. typically the reason this happens is because the small poly's are just too small for SU's importer and it just gets rid of them. If you scale the model up by say x100 in 3ds Max or another program and then bring it in, you'll solve most if not all of this.

        2. try different formats. If you can open it up in 3ds max try exporting as different formats. I've had good luck with .dae and .obj (you'll need a special plugin for 3ds Max to export the former and a special plugin for SU to import the later). Afterwards, you may want to run a cleanup ruby and soften the edges.

        You COULD remodel the chair, but I wouldn't go that route unless you have to. In the long run, you'll be better off finding a solution to the problem rather than having to model everything in SU when there are many great 3d models out there which can save time and look great.

        -Brodie

        steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          Febo.jpg

          This will stay in dropbox until 2moro

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          It's 11mb πŸ˜’ even though its mirrored

          Explode overnight 😲

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          • A Offline
            anstvam
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            You COULD remodel the chair, but I wouldn't go that route unless you have to. In the long run, you'll be better off finding a solution to the problem rather than having to model everything in SU when there are many great 3d models out there which can save time and look great.

            I couldn't agree more Brodie. I can't imagine having to model each sofa or armchair I specify in a rendering... I'd be interested to know how fellow interior designers using sketchup cope with the issue. For me it's an unnending, and often hectic, race to find models of existing, for-sale furniture. That said, I'm well aware there are sites that sell models, and I'm also well aware that a good model has a price, but it's not always cost effective to resort to buying a sofa model for, say, 30 euros...

            @unknownuser said:

            you'll need a special plugin for 3ds Max to export the former and a special plugin for SU to import the later

            Any idea where I could find those plugins?

            @Rich Am I right in guessing you modelled the chair from scratch instead of mending the problematic areas?
            In that case, I must say a big thank you, but I feel very reluctant to use the model. Because I need it for work, I can't conceive using for (potential) profit what you made out of good intention, putting time and energy (and a lot of patience with exploding it πŸ˜† ) The only way I could use it would be to buy it from you, but I'm afraid this isn't an option at he moment.

            Well, I decided to render the dining room using the bad chairs (if I don't manage to resolve it in the meantime) and then try to camouflage the black patches that come out in the rendering in Photoshop. Clients must show some understanding after all!...

            We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the chintz...

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              I didn't model it. Just used rhino to tweak and exported to 3ds then imported to SU.

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • A Offline
                anstvam
                last edited by

                Thanks again for the fuss Rich...

                We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the chintz...

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                • brodieB Offline
                  brodie
                  last edited by

                  @anstvam said:

                  Any idea where I could find those plugins?

                  The .DAE plugin for 3ds Max comes from this thread where John Bacus is promoting the use of collada. May be an interesting read for you http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=32481&start=15

                  Collada export plugin for 3ds Max
                  http://www.opencollada.org/download.html

                  There are several OBJ importers. I don't know what all the names and differences are (I don't find the search feature here very good sadly which makes things a bit more difficult) but here's at least one of them
                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=20584

                  -Brodie

                  steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    Rich, did you remove the file? I wanted to try a new plugin on that chair (reducer).

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      No, is the link not working?

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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        http://db.tt/d6JPJll

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          It was my internet settings, thanks.

                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          • soloS Offline
                            solo
                            last edited by

                            Reduced. πŸ’š

                            chair rich2.png

                            cannot talk too much about the process or plugin right now, but can say it works great.
                            311kb.


                            chair richard.skp

                            http://www.solos-art.com

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                              anstvam
                              last edited by

                              Impressive Pete. Will we be hearing about this soon?

                              We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the chintz...

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by

                                If you are familiar with Subdivide and Smooth plugin then this is v2. It was demo'd at Basecamp by Whaat. I was blown away. No confirmed release yet but I've asked Santa to work his magic.

                                The poly reduce feature is incredible and perfect for your needs.

                                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  anstvam
                                  last edited by

                                  Are there any Basecamp videos of this being featured? I'd be interested in watching...
                                  And of course I can't wait for the poly reduce feature...

                                  We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the chintz...

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    Unfortunately this time only the keynote presentation (announcing SU 😎 was recorded.

                                    Gai...

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      There was also a Google Earth presentation nearby when Dale showed SDS2. So that drew some attention also. Not sure if that was recorded? Would loved to have seen it!

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                                      • soloS Offline
                                        solo
                                        last edited by

                                        Is that the Google earth presentation with the History layer?, I heard it gathered a huge crowd. πŸ˜‰

                                        http://www.solos-art.com

                                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          That's the one. They needed to move venues to handle the crowd control. Oh well maybe next time 😞

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            🀣

                                            Gai...

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