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

Headmade · 28 Jan 2020, 09:21

Hi, iI installed the latest version of the plugin and it does not work on mac os ((

samuel_t · 28 Jan 2020, 14:33

Maybe this has been asked, I tried to search it just in case, so apologies if it has been answered already... Is there any plan to support PDF in the future? Lack of PDF import to Windows Sketchup boggles my mind.

There's no plan to support PDF in future.

samuel_t · 28 Jan 2020, 14:44

@kostiaarh said:

Hello. Importer Error. What does that mean

Problem comes from model encoding. I've manually fixed "222.obj" and "222.obj.mtl" with a text editor .

I've attached fixed model:

222-fixed-model.zip

samuel_t · 28 Jan 2020, 14:51

@headmade said:

Hi, iI installed the latest version of the plugin and it does not work on mac os ((

Hi. What version of macOS are you running?

Einstein · 29 Jan 2020, 11:22

Would it be possible to implement support for TGA format of textures? You can often download models textured with TGA files.

samuel_t · 29 Jan 2020, 13:49

@einstein said:

Would it be possible to implement support for TGA format of textures? You can often download models textured with TGA files.

Yes. It's possible.

db11 · 29 Jan 2020, 16:30

Thanks for the great work on this extension Samuel. It's so useful, and I appreciate the rapid iteration / evolution to address user feedback.

Fantastic job!

samuel_t · 29 Jan 2020, 17:53

1.1.5 version adds TGA and TIFF support for textures.

Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore .

Pixero · 29 Jan 2020, 18:07

Thanks you.
I agree with the previous poster that PDF import would be awesome.

olaydigitaldesign · 30 Jan 2020, 02:06

**This is a huge game changer for game developers like me. It is almost up to par with the Skimp plugin's importer which comes with a pretty heavy price tag. The reason why this plugin is so valuable is that I can import models into Sketchup while preserving the UV map, and then export them back into the game engine (Unity in my case).

The only thing it's missing is the ability to preserve the scale and position of imported models, which is the only thing Skimp has on you at this point.

Thanks a ton!**

Einstein · 30 Jan 2020, 13:17

@samuel_t said:

@einstein said:

[...]
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).
[...]

Einstein, your issue has been fixed with 1.1.3 version of plugin.

[attachment=1:2pw66q0f]Rudolf Chair.jpg[/attachment:2pw66q0f]

Hi!
Can you tell me how you imported this chair with both textures? I downloaded the latest version of your plugin and tried to import OBJ model. It asked me a few times for textures, I indicated one map (green leather), then the other (wood) but still it'll only be mapped with one of them.

What's more, I cannot remesh any model. Every time it splashes this error:

samuel_t · 30 Jan 2020, 14:24

@einstein said:

@samuel_t said:

@einstein said:

[...]
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).
[...]

Einstein, your issue has been fixed with 1.1.3 version of plugin.

[attachment=1:1a6tfze3]Rudolf Chair.jpg[/attachment:1a6tfze3]

Hi!
Can you tell me how you imported this chair with both textures? I downloaded the latest version of your plugin and tried to import OBJ model. It asked me a few times for textures, I indicated one map (green leather), then the other (wood) but still it'll only be mapped with one of them.

Hi!

I specify a leather texture, nothing for plastic (because it's a color) and a wood texture then it's OK.

@einstein said:

What's more, I cannot remesh any model. Every time it splashes this error:

Try to follow these steps:

Download opengl32.dll (Win64) from this direct link .
Move downloaded opengl32.dll to this folder: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2018\SketchUp\Plugins\universal_importer\MeshLab\Win
Reduce polygons with Universal Importer plugin.

Einstein · 30 Jan 2020, 16:31

@samuel_t said:

@einstein said:

@samuel_t said:

@einstein said:

[...]
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).
[...]

Einstein, your issue has been fixed with 1.1.3 version of plugin.

[attachment=1:213cpcm1]Rudolf Chair.jpg[/attachment:213cpcm1]

Hi!
Can you tell me how you imported this chair with both textures? I downloaded the latest version of your plugin and tried to import OBJ model. It asked me a few times for textures, I indicated one map (green leather), then the other (wood) but still it'll only be mapped with one of them.

Hi!

I specify a leather texture, nothing for plastic (because it's a color) and a wood texture then it's OK.

@einstein said:

What's more, I cannot remesh any model. Every time it splashes this error:

Try to follow these steps:

Download opengl32.dll (Win64) from this direct link .

Move downloaded opengl32.dll to this folder: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2018\SketchUp\Plugins\universal_importer\MeshLab\Win

Reduce polygons with Universal Importer plugin.

I pasted the library as you advised, relaunched SketchUp (maybe I should restart my PC) but still the same error pops up as I press the violet swan

How do you specify textures? If I pick them one by one during import, only one texture is put onto whole chair. Surely, I can manually repaint a part of it but it looks like no UV map is assigned. If I pick the other texture from "In Model" material palette, say leather, and paint the chair top, the texture has wrong scale and orientation.

samuel_t · 30 Jan 2020, 16:36

@einstein said:

I pasted the library as you advised, relaunched SketchUp (maybe I should restart my PC) but still the same error pops up as I press the violet swan

Do you use SketchUp through a remote desktop?

@einstein said:

How do you specify textures? If I pick them one by one during import, only one texture is put onto whole chair. Surely, I can manually repaint a part of it but it looks like no UV map is assigned. If I pick the other texture from "In Model" material palette, say leather, and paint the chair top, the texture has wrong scale and orientation.

I specify textures during import process (dialog box).

Oxer · 30 Jan 2020, 18:04

macos 10.13.6 & SU2017

The v1.1.5 gives an error when I try to import an obj format model, with previous version v1.1.4 the model was imported right.

samuel_t · 30 Jan 2020, 18:14

@oxer said:

macos 10.13.6 & SU2017

The v1.1.5 gives an error when I try to import an obj format model, with previous version v1.1.4 the model was imported right.

Could you please upload your model here or to a file hoster?

samuel_t · 30 Jan 2020, 18:36

@samuel_t said:

@einstein said:

I pasted the library as you advised, relaunched SketchUp (maybe I should restart my PC) but still the same error pops up as I press the violet swan

Do you use SketchUp through a remote desktop?

@einstein said:

How do you specify textures? If I pick them one by one during import, only one texture is put onto whole chair. Surely, I can manually repaint a part of it but it looks like no UV map is assigned. If I pick the other texture from "In Model" material palette, say leather, and paint the chair top, the texture has wrong scale and orientation.

I specify textures during import process (dialog box).

About remesher, you can try to reinstall your graphics card driver. Let me know if problem persists.
Also, be sure to import FBX version of "Rudolf Chair" model since OBJ version is badly textured.

Oxer · 30 Jan 2020, 20:10

@samuel_t said:

Could you please upload your model here or to a file hoster?

Excuse me, the problem was that the obj.mtl file was missing, I deleted it accidentally, the Plugin works fine.

Einstein · 31 Jan 2020, 14:44

@samuel_t said:

About remesher, you can try to reinstall your graphics card driver. Let me know if problem persists.
Also, be sure to import FBX version of "Rudolf Chair" model since OBJ version is badly textured.

OK, I managed to import FBX model properly textured Thank you for your help!

You mean I should totally reinstall NVIDIA drivers? (I'm actually afraid to do it because NVIDIA does problems with driver installation. Plus I'm an amateur and don't want to mess up with my computer.) Or should I just reinstall one of MS Visual C++ Redistributables or some other package?

samuel_t · 31 Jan 2020, 17:13

@einstein said:

OK, I managed to import FBX model properly textured Thank you for your help!

@einstein said:

You mean I should totally reinstall NVIDIA drivers? (I'm actually afraid to do it because NVIDIA does problems with driver installation. Plus I'm an amateur and don't want to mess up with my computer.) Or should I just reinstall one of MS Visual C++ Redistributables or some other package?

Yes, you should totally reinstall NVIDIA drivers.