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    [Plugin] OBJexporter v3.0 20130131

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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      @Tig
      Not really a problem but curious
      When I want export something on the desktop, or anywhere folders / Subfolders, nothing is done! 😲
      No problem when I export in the SU Plugins folder or in a subfolder inside the SU Plugins folder! 😎
      Sounds like an issue with your System rather than the tool itself.
      It exports fine into any folder, although it should default to the SKP's folder first off...
      What are your security permissions/rights set to be ? 'Full' is best...
      Also the other folders should allow files to be written to them 'by others' as it might be considering SUp/Ruby as 'not you' ???
      πŸ˜•

      TIG

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      • StilTegS Offline
        StilTeg
        last edited by

        Hello Tig ... Great tool thanks, I only have one problem, some files do not work, especially one quite complicated design file. Problem is sketchup crashes during the export and I get an incomplete file ...

        @alain said:

        Older versions with Sketchup 7 worked perfect.
        But since I use the latest version of the OBJ exporter with Sketchup 8, then Sketchup always freezes while the exportprocess.
        Tested it on Window XP 32 Bit and Win 7 64 Bit.

        Then when I kill the Sketchupprocess in the Windows Taskmanager then a (sometimes) usable but incomplete new created OBJ-File is created anyway.

        Does anybody know what could be wrong ?

        Kind regards
        Alain

        doing technical engineering on SketchUp ... without plugins

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          When you say 'crash' do you mean a 'bugsplat'?
          If so this is unexpected!
          If you mean that the screen goes white and Sketchup becomes 'unresponsive' then it is probably still processing [use the Task Manager to see that Sketchup is still chugging away].
          Under intensive processing it's a known issue that Sketchup becomes 'unresponsive' - left for long enough it should finish the task.
          OBJ format is usually limited to specific objects or rooms, or buildings.
          What are you trying to export? PM me the [zipped] SKP file if you can ?
          To help the exporter please remember that only visible 'faces' [or images] are exported, so you can switch off layers containing unneeded objects like text/dims, also hide any other objects you are not interested in...
          Many thousands of facets can be exported, the more nested objects the longer the export, the files get very very large...

          TIG

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          • M Offline
            mattgame96
            last edited by

            I am new to Google Sketchup 8.

            What do I do after I download so that it could work on Google Sketchup 8?

            If you can help me, thanks : )

            -MG

            P.S.- Thanks for setting the download πŸ‘

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @mattgame96 said:

              I am new to Google Sketchup 8.

              What do I do after I download so that it could work on Google Sketchup 8?

              If you can help me, thanks : )

              -MG

              P.S.- Thanks for setting the download πŸ‘
              You really need to read the Help files, there are also several useful threads on this forum about downloading and installing scripts...
              In this case it's very simple - as it says under the download link - place the .rb file that you've downloaded into the Sketchup v8 'Plugins' folder, restart Sketchup... and as explained on the download page the tool now appears in the Sketchup > File menu...

              TIG

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              • pugz1983P Offline
                pugz1983
                last edited by

                Hi TIG,

                I've been reading this thread after beeingdirected here. I asked a question about export formats in the sketchup discussion part of the forum.

                My question is if there is any way to export from SU with Ngons. When rendering in C4D my mesh gives strange results in the geometry around the area where I used Round corners plugin. I think it's because of the triangulation. Any suggestions?

                greetz Twan

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Your profile says you have 'Pro', so its built in OBJexporter has several Options [button on export save_as dialog] which are not available with mine... like you can switch off triangulation and keep ngons ???

                  TIG

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                  • michaliszissiouM Offline
                    michaliszissiou
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    When rendering in C4D my mesh gives strange results in the geometry around the area where I used Round corners plugin. I think it's because of the triangulation. Any suggestions?

                    I'm a poor blender user. However, in C4d, try to weld vertices. SU does insist to export non welded vertices. If C4d has some option like tris to quads or similar, give it a try. In C4d, select all the mesh and ask for something like recalculate normals, or normals outside or similar.
                    I know nothing about C4d but I'm sure, these functions exist, maybe under a different name.

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                    • J Offline
                      Jakerlund
                      last edited by

                      Tig, thanks for a great tool to enable us to use the free SketchUp to export models to obj's to be used in Blender.

                      Is there a way to get the models to have all faces connected?
                      As of now i can't apply a subsurf modifier since all faces are disconnected.
                      I can load the obj in Mesh Lab and connect the faces, but is this the only way

                      Thanks again for your addon!

                      Cheers

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Faces that form part of a smoothed Surface are exported somewhat differently from un-smoothed ones - with different #vertex normal# definitions for applied textures etc to appear smoothed etc ?
                        As far as I know the Pro tool does nothing more that that either.
                        What do you mean exactly by 'connected' faces ?
                        Can't this be done effectively in the receiving apps ?

                        TIG

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                        • J Offline
                          Jakerlund
                          last edited by

                          Yes, seemed like removing all doubles solved the problem in Blender.
                          Now i can apply subsurf and smooth objects. πŸ‘

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                          • L Offline
                            Lol Limewire
                            last edited by

                            Hey Tig,
                            When I put this in the 'Plugins' folder, it doesn't appear.
                            I have tried everything you said in other posts that have the same problem, but it didn't work.
                            I have Sketchup 8 and Windows 7.
                            Please help!

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

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Usage: menu File > 'OBJexporter...'

                              Are you saying it does not appear in the file menu?

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

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                              • L Offline
                                Lol Limewire
                                last edited by

                                @rich o brien said:

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Usage: menu File > 'OBJexporter...'

                                Are you saying it does not appear in the file menu?

                                Mine doesn't appear in the file menu.

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

                                  Have you administration rights on your plugins folder?

                                  Can you post a screenshot of your plugins folder?

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

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                                  • L Offline
                                    Lol Limewire
                                    last edited by

                                    @rich o brien said:

                                    Have you administration rights on your plugins folder?

                                    Can you post a screenshot of your plugins folder?

                                    Pic1.png
                                    And yes, I do have admin rights.

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      What Plugins folder is that? It isn't the one that belongs to SketchUp. You have to put the .rb file into the Plugins folder under SketchUp and not just the first folder you come across labeled Plugins.

                                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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

                                        C;\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins
                                        

                                        Your plugins path should be as above

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

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                                        • L Offline
                                          Lol Limewire
                                          last edited by

                                          @rich o brien said:

                                          C;\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins
                                          

                                          Your plugins path should be as above

                                          Thank you guys! My friend was at my house and he told me the folder in my pic was the right one πŸ˜• (I had 2 plugin folders in that location and one was hidden)

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            You shouldn't have two Plugins folders under Google SketchUp 8.

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