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    [Plugin] Universal Importer - v1.2.6 - 30 July 2024

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    • E Offline
      ehc2000
      last edited by

      Hi,
      Really excited about this plugin!

      Mac OS X 10.11.6 , SU 18.0.16976

      It’s not working for me. Trying some simple .obj files (ca. 9mb) and get this message (after I get the "Do you want to reduce polygon count?" and "Model Height" Dialogs:

      Screen Shot 2020-01-13 at 1.51.49 PM.png

      Tried some .ply files of the same object, same message.

      Tried a very simple, small .stl file (750kb) and got:

      *Universal Importer Error: No space left on device - write
      /Applications/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.2/lib/ruby/2.2.0/fileutils.rb:1393:in `copy_stream'

      Universal Importer Version: 1.0.9*

      Indeed, my HD is very full, but at the time of my import attempt, it had ca. 4GB free space, no other programs were running, aside from Chrome.

      Does it need to make use of more than 4GB of temp space to import a file with only 7,500 vertices and 15,000 faces?

      As a last attempt before I write here, I made a super simple 2m cube and 2m sphere in C4D and exported as OBJ (274 verts 540 faces) and I still got the error as the above screenshot. I also tried this with a simple 2x2m plane. No luck.

      Something I'm missing?

      a few other notes/questions:
      • If I press Cancel after “Model Height” (i like this feature, by the way), it still (attempts) to opens the file... is that because it is then opening the file at whatever size it’s been set to previously? or is it supposed to cancel the import?

      • I can’t double click a file name and have it import it (like if I were pressing "Open") (wheras I can when with the normal import dialog with other images and 3D models already supported by SU). it’s a minor thing, but double-clicking a file in any OSX UI opens it (or at least many do), so it's pretty ingrained in my workflow. 😉

      anyway, thoughts on the error messages?
      Thanks!!

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      • OxerO Offline
        Oxer
        last edited by

        Spanish Language for v1.0.9

        es.zip

        REQUEST: Can you investigate the missing texts in the importing popup windows on macos? I think for users it's very useful to see the text to understand what have to do.

        "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
        [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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        • samuel_tS Offline
          samuel_t
          last edited by

          @oxer said:

          Spanish Language for v1.0.9

          [attachment=0:8aivyaaf]<!-- ia0 -->es.zip<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:8aivyaaf]

          Thanks for translation, Oxer. 😉

          @oxer said:

          REQUEST: Can you investigate the missing texts in the importing popup windows on macos? I think for users it's very useful to see the text to understand what have to do.

          I can't fix this problem because:

          "[On a Mac] UI.openpanel ignores the title argument. There isn’t even a place in the dialog for a title to appear. It also doesn’t support wildcard patterns for the filename and there is no place for a selection list to appear anyway. In fact, the filename argument appears to have no effect at all; it isn’t pre-selected and the user can choose anything."

          Source: https://forums.sketchup.com/t/good-default-directory-for-ui-savepanel/40307/6

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          • samuel_tS Offline
            samuel_t
            last edited by

            @oxer said:

            Thanks for the aclaration.
            Thea4SU plugin has an options to Create or Edit Thea Model in it appears a tittle and options to selec model format, see the image.

            [attachment=0:1sjaildi]<!-- ia0 -->Texts in window.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1sjaildi]

            I'm Thea4SU beta tester and I can ask to Tomasz (TheaSU developer) if it's possible implement that in Universal Importer.

            Good idea!

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            • samuel_tS Offline
              samuel_t
              last edited by

              1.1.0 version:

              • Fixes "big copy" issue again.
              • Shows face count before reduction.
              • Updates translations.

              Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

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              • OxerO Offline
                Oxer
                last edited by

                Thanks for the aclaration.
                Thea4SU plugin has an options to Create or Edit Thea Model in it appears a tittle and options to select model format, see the image.

                Texts in window.jpg

                I'm Thea4SU beta tester and I can ask to Tomasz (TheaSU developer) if it's possible implement that in Universal Importer.

                "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                  Ahmed0007
                  last edited by

                  @ahmed0007 said:

                  Error 😕
                  .glb 7.9mb
                  Model is here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/bte329pn42gs5px/80005e0d-0006-f600-b63f-84710c7967bb.zip?dl=0

                  this issue has been fixed in this version 😮 🎉
                  just one little problem is the origin of the imported component placed very far away from geometry
                  (~ 13579.78') this make very difficult to place the component.
                  Thanks for this fix 😄

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                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    😉

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                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • samuel_tS Offline
                      samuel_t
                      last edited by

                      @ahmed0007 said:

                      [...]
                      just one little problem is the origin of the imported component placed very far away from geometry
                      (~ 13579.78') this make very difficult to place the component.
                      [...]

                      To locate "far from origin" component: Open Outliner in SketchUp. Select component. Zoom Selection.

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                        Ahmed0007
                        last edited by

                        @samuel_t said:

                        @ahmed0007 said:

                        [...]
                        just one little problem is the origin of the imported component placed very far away from geometry
                        (~ 13579.78') this make very difficult to place the component.
                        [...]

                        To locate "far from origin" component: Open Outliner in SketchUp. Select component. Zoom Selection.

                        Thanks 👍

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                          Einstein
                          last edited by

                          Hi, Samuel!

                          I have reinstalled MS Visual C++ as you advised and now I can import stuff 😄 Thank you!

                          Still a couple of things bother me a bit.

                          1. The plugin always asks how big the imported model should be. It doesn't preserve its original size.

                          2. I was thinking of remesher tool as one working on selection, which would be more comfortable than remeshing entire model, as it goes now.
                            However, the remesher icon is beautiful! 10/10 for it 😄

                          3. When I import a model with multiple textures, I can only select one texture file and that texture is applied.
                            Sometimes I can but another time I cannot have all textures included. Some models may be badly textured but I'm almost sure that I tried importing the same chair as TutorialsUp did with success, while I didn't get both textures (only one). I'm attaching both OBJ and FBX version of the model.


                          Rudolf Chair.rar

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                          • A Offline
                            andsgf
                            last edited by

                            Вот такая ошибка


                            2020-01-14_202932.jpg


                            smena8m-plus8.skp

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                            • samuel_tS Offline
                              samuel_t
                              last edited by

                              @andsgf said:

                              Вот такая ошибка

                              I suppose polygon reduction fails because face count is low at start (387). I can't fix this problem. 😕

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                                Ahmed0007
                                last edited by

                                @samuel_t said:

                                @andsgf said:

                                Вот такая ошибка

                                I suppose polygon reduction fails because face count is low at start (387). I can't fix this problem. 😕

                                it's working after running cleanup extension on it.

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                                • samuel_tS Offline
                                  samuel_t
                                  last edited by

                                  1.1.1 version:

                                  • Copies only necessary files to temp dir.
                                  • Shows model face count during import.

                                  Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

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                                  • jujuJ Offline
                                    juju
                                    last edited by

                                    @samuel_t said:

                                    1.1.1 version:

                                    • Copies only necessary files to temp dir.
                                    • Shows model face count during import.

                                    Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

                                    I'm getting this message when trying to download:

                                    "Sorry this plugin is not published at the moment. Probably under editing by the author. Please check later."

                                    Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                    • samuel_tS Offline
                                      samuel_t
                                      last edited by

                                      @juju said:

                                      @samuel_t said:

                                      1.1.1 version:

                                      • Copies only necessary files to temp dir.
                                      • Shows model face count during import.

                                      Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

                                      I'm getting this message when trying to download:

                                      "Sorry this plugin is not published at the moment. Probably under editing by the author. Please check later."

                                      Please check now. It should be fine.

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                                      • samuel_tS Offline
                                        samuel_t
                                        last edited by

                                        @tig said:

                                        It makes a folder 'Universal Importer/tmp' inside the main C:/ProgramData/ hidden-folder - not sure why ?
                                        What's wrong with the user's Temp folder ?

                                        User's temp folder can contain special chars which are not supported by program used by this plugin.

                                        @tig said:

                                        Permission muddles and other issues are almost inevitable !

                                        Famous plugins like Artisan and Skatter are using C:\ProgramData. This isn't a problem.

                                        @tig said:

                                        The importer then copies a seemingly random selection of files and subfolders into 'tmp' !
                                        It seems like these are from the same location as the file selected to import ?
                                        Currently about 17Gb !

                                        Textures can be associated to model. So I've no choice but to copy whole folder.
                                        Since 1.1.1 version of plugin, only necessary files are copied to temporary folder.

                                        @tig said:

                                        There's no auto-cleanup on completion, and so the 'tmp' folder will grow with each run of the importer !

                                        No. Plugin temporary folder is recycled on each new import. There's no risk to saturate disk.

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                                        • jujuJ Offline
                                          juju
                                          last edited by

                                          @samuel_t said:

                                          @juju said:

                                          @samuel_t said:

                                          1.1.1 version:

                                          • Copies only necessary files to temp dir.
                                          • Shows model face count during import.

                                          Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

                                          I'm getting this message when trying to download:

                                          "Sorry this plugin is not published at the moment. Probably under editing by the author. Please check later."

                                          Please check now. It should be fine.

                                          Still can't download, not published.

                                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                          • samuel_tS Offline
                                            samuel_t
                                            last edited by

                                            @juju said:

                                            @samuel_t said:

                                            @juju said:

                                            @samuel_t said:

                                            1.1.1 version:

                                            • Copies only necessary files to temp dir.
                                            • Shows model face count during import.

                                            Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

                                            I'm getting this message when trying to download:

                                            "Sorry this plugin is not published at the moment. Probably under editing by the author. Please check later."

                                            Please check now. It should be fine.

                                            Still can't download, not published.

                                            Yet it's published. Try following routines: Clear your browser cache. Reboot your Internet router.

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