For Max users
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 a matter of interest for anyone who uses Max 2010 
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 Thanks Sean; I've been waiting for this announcement for a while to post about it in "The Daily SketchUp". I guess it will enhance the workflow of many-many users. Hope the features listed all work well. 
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 "The Connection Extension for 3ds Max Design 2010 features a powerful new SKP file translator that enables you to bring SketchUp scenes into 3ds Max Design with a high degree of data preservation. And 3ds Max Design can now read thousands of free SketchUp models from the 3D Warehouse section of the Google website. The SKP translator includes: * Support for the double-faced materials workflow available in SketchUp, so arbitrary surface orientations don’t cause models to appear to be missing faces when displayed in 3ds Max Design. * Preservation of original pivot and scaling values of objects and instances, so designers don’t have to redo work. * Consolidation of material references. Multiple uses of the same SketchUp material are collected and referenced back to a single material, saving designers time if a change is required."Makes me wish I would've paid the subscription fees. Sketchup getting some respect from Autodesk....this is a big credibility boost for the software. 
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 Is that only available to subscribers? 
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 @thomthom said: Is that only available to subscribers? Alas, it seems so: @unknownuser said: ...enhanced connectivity features exclusively to Autodesk  Subscription program customers. Subscription program customers.IMO this is a way they (think they) can gain customers back. 
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 meh! 
 We got subscriptions for AutoCAD and Revit, ...but I guess that doesn't count..?
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 Horray! Finally. 
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 Ooh, I'm interested. Maybe I can get work to buy me a subscription......yeah right! (buts its worth a try), Chris 
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 thanks for the info freeagent...this should certainly help things 
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 whoow. thanbks FA for this info. now the more i will pursue rerendering my output with vraymax. 
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 Just tried the the Connection Extension and...it works great so far.  
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