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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Hard to tell based on so little info. What is it that makes up that 5.6MB? Edge and face entities? Textures? Do you have textures turned on or off? Maybe you've got some plugin that is causing a conflict. Maybe you've somehow corrupted this specific file. Try copying the geometry and pasting it into a new SKP file and see if you get different results.

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      • K Offline
        Kanastrous
        last edited by

        It is geometry exported from Maya (nightmare time under the best of circumstances).

        91,734 Entities

        63,265 Edges

        28,469 Faces

        One single texture (color only) applied throughout

        Copying and pasting into a new sketchup window is taking so long that I will have to get back to you on how that works out.

        thanks!

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          What is the size [e.g. in mm or "] of this object ?

          TIG

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          • K Offline
            Kanastrous
            last edited by

            About 25'6" x 2'0" x 5" - I need to scale it up by a factor of approximately 30.5

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              What file format are you Importing ?
              Can't you set its proper size when you do the initial Import ?
              Sounds like cm v. " ??

              TIG

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              • K Offline
                Kanastrous
                last edited by

                The original geometry is created in Maya and exported to skp format.

                I am not a Maya operator but the person doing the export indicated that she can't scale it in the Maya export.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  SKP is not a file format directly exportable from Maya πŸ˜•
                  So what is happening here ?
                  If it's an obscure 3rd-party Maya plugin-in, then your Maya-user needs to find if the Maya units [cm?] can be converted to SUp's inches during its export...

                  If the file contains very tiny geometry that might cause issues.
                  How are you attempting this scale ?
                  If you use the Tapemeasure tool and pick two points that you know should be a specific distance apart and immediately type the correct distance then you are prompted to rescale the model and after Yes if rescales.
                  Trying to do it using Scale is more awkward...

                  B_U_T after saying all of that...

                  Whay not export it out of Maya as a DAE format file.
                  That file can be easily imported into your SKP, and should need no scaling...

                  OR alternatively DWG and 3ds are other formats readily exported from Maya then imported into a SKP...
                  πŸ€“

                  TIG

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                  • K Offline
                    Kanastrous
                    last edited by

                    In fact it turns out that the files are originating in Maya, and being exported to sketchup via the intermediary of Rhino.

                    The Rhino operator is adding a 100'x100' cube, and I'm scaling the geometry from that (ie making the cube 100' per side; it comes in at 100cm per side).

                    I'll try the DAE -> SU route and see if that works better than the Maya->Rhino->Sketchup one.

                    Thanks!

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      What file type are you getting to import into SketchUp?

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                      • K Offline
                        Kanastrous
                        last edited by

                        At this point it is Maya files imported to Rhino and then exported as skps

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          Somewhere along the line you ought to be able to get someone to export so the dimensions are correct when imported into SketchUp. If not, can you get one of the other file types that SketchUp will import? Then you should be able to click on Options and set the correct units.

                          It wouldn't hurt to see if you can get cleaner models to import, too.

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