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    Importing .3ds help

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    • leedeeteeL Offline
      leedeetee
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      Evening chaps,

      Been playing around with importing models in .3ds from 3darchive. I've not had much experience of importing them and they are all coming into SU with various problems - missing geometry, missing faces etc.

      Is there a 'best practice' for importing such models to eliminiate/minimise the issues above?

      Cheers,

      Lee

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
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        Scale. Try importing at ridiculous sizes and then resizing after cleaning them up.

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

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        • leedeeteeL Offline
          leedeetee
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          Ahhhhhh, thanks mate. Changed the scale units to metres and works a treat. Much obliged.

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