Import 3DS File
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Hello,
I got problems when I try to import a 3ds textured model. Some faces are not textured and are transparent and some faces are lost (the tail of the manta for example)
The model I try to import is Manta0.3ds and the texture is MantaT.bmp.
Both can be loaded at the URL below.
[url]https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=c45cb45d164244a7&id=C45CB45D164244A7!189&authkey=!
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I have tried to convert this 3ds file to a dae file. The result is OK under Sketchup 2013 but I have lost the texture.Any idea or workaround?
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Bad link
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Solo, drop the s from https:/
The problem with your file is size.
When you import there is an option button on the import window, adjust that to a larger size and it will work.
I used meters and it came in this big.
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Thanks a lot for this tip.
It's not a big problem but dispite tkis trick the tail of the manta is lost.
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It seems like the 3ds file is very small, or more to the point the importer is seeing it very small. I know absolutely nothing about how 3ds files are put together. But I see now that even with the import units set to Kilometers it isn't very big. I suspect it is simply that the tail is too small for the faces to form correctly in SU. Sketchup has problems forming very small faces, they can exist once formed but many times you need to scale things up to create them then down again.
Perhaps if you scale the 3ds file up before you try to import it.
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