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

Khai · 6 Feb 2020, 18:28

eh?
I'm importing mesh made in trueSpace... in Quads. also OBJs... again in Quads..

not sure why your not getting Quads preserved...

the only thing I'm losing is Grouping... it all comes in as one mesh... which is a pain but I can work round it... getting the old tS models back is enough..

pibuz · 7 Feb 2020, 17:04

Hi! First of all thanks for your wonderful plugin and great work!

I have issues trying to import objs....

samuel_t · 7 Feb 2020, 17:29

@pibuz said:

Hi! First of all thanks for your wonderful plugin and great work!

I have issues trying to import objs....

Hi! Try to run SketchUp as Administrator then import a model again. Let me know if problem persists.

pibuz · 7 Feb 2020, 17:52

THAT WORKED..

Is there the hell of a way to tell sketchup to ALWAYS run as admin?
I thought I already did this but seems like I couldn't do it.....

samuel_t · 7 Feb 2020, 18:06

@pibuz said:

:roll: THAT WORKED..

Is there the hell of a way to tell sketchup to ALWAYS run as admin?
I thought I already did this but seems like I couldn't do it.....

There is a way... Check this guide .

zuzca · 7 Feb 2020, 18:10

Helo,
unfortunatelly for me does not work, I dont know why, bug screenshot attached..
Thank you for any help.
Zuzana

samuel_t · 8 Feb 2020, 07:12

@zuzca said:

Helo,
unfortunatelly for me does not work, I dont know why, bug screenshot attached..
Thank you for any help.
Zuzana

Hello,
I don't see screenshot.

juju · 8 Feb 2020, 12:21

@zuzca said:

Helo,
unfortunatelly for me does not work, I dont know why, bug screenshot attached..
Thank you for any help.
Zuzana

Below a certain number of posts you cannot attach anything.

samuel_t · 9 Feb 2020, 08:38

@juju Thanks for the info.

@zuzca Could you please upload screenshot to an image hoster or copy (CTRL + C) error msg as text?

pibuz · 10 Feb 2020, 08:40

...sorry Samuel another question: when I try and import a model, the plugin asks me the "height" of the model, and scales it to that dimension. Problem is that most of the time I don't know the original height of the model and I just want to keep the original size. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance!!!

samuel_t · 10 Feb 2020, 14:31

@pibuz said:

...sorry Samuel another question: when I try and import a model, the plugin asks me the "height" of the model, and scales it to that dimension. Problem is that most of the time I don't know the original height of the model and I just want to keep the original size. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance!!!

I don't know... Maybe with an external viewer.

TIG · 10 Feb 2020, 15:36

To allow the user to NOT scale the imported geometry could there be a possibility to enter 0 when prompted, and if so you skip that step ??

pibuz · 10 Feb 2020, 16:04

i was asking kind of the same thing

Pixero · 10 Feb 2020, 17:58

About adding support for quads.
Couldn't you ask Thomthom if he would be willing to share the code he uses in his Quadface tools?

samuel_t · 10 Feb 2020, 18:05

@pixero said:

About adding support for quads.
Couldn't you ask Thomthom if he would be willing to share the code he uses in his Quadface tools?

I think it's not possible because import feature is based on external programs not written in Ruby.

jiminy-billy-bob · 12 Feb 2020, 07:42

@panixia said:

@einstein said:

Then we wouldn't probably need Transmutr, which is an expensive tool.

I don't know how expensive this tool is, but as far as I saw, this doesn't supports quads from other modeling pakages.
If it does, I would pay for it no problem at all. Now. The "shut up and take my moneys!" style.

It is planned for a future Transmutr version
It's a bit tricky to do, but I believe it's possible.

I don't have an ETA, though. For now we are focused on Skatter v2.

pinoy · 13 Feb 2020, 02:59

Thank you so much!

panixia · 14 Feb 2020, 20:48

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@panixia said:

@einstein said:

Then we wouldn't probably need Transmutr, which is an expensive tool.

I don't know how expensive this tool is, but as far as I saw, this doesn't supports quads from other modeling pakages.
If it does, I would pay for it no problem at all. Now. The "shut up and take my moneys!" style.

It is planned for a future Transmutr version
It's a bit tricky to do, but I believe it's possible.

I don't have an ETA, though. For now we are focused on Skatter v2.

That would be really valuable for me, I'm more on the VR/game engine side of the fence right now, so no need for scatters/proxyes, but good topology is on top of the needs.

8 perf1 · 19 Feb 2020, 00:43

This seems like a fantastic plugin!
I too am having issues with 1.1.5 on Mac OS 10.12.6. with Sketchup 2017 Make.
A poster back on page 6 had the same issue I am having. I dont know if I can post images here or not as I dont frequent the site enough. His earlier post had this...

https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=71951&start=120#p656540

Im getting the same and was wondering if its an OS issue. I downloaded the most recent version of ASSIMP thinking I might need that. Do I? Couldn't figure out how to install it anyway.

Would love to get this sorted to be able to play around with this and put it through its paces. Thanks for any insight.

samuel_t · 19 Feb 2020, 15:06

@unknownuser said:

[...]
I too am having issues with 1.1.5 on Mac OS 10.12.6.
[...]

Unfortunately, I think plugin is not compatible with macOS 10.12.x, you need macOS 10.13 or greater.