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

Rich O Brien

Still getting errors even on simple cube mesh. No materials, no modifiers and no external files linked or appended to .blend

samuel_t

@rich o brien said:

Still getting errors even on simple cube mesh. No materials, no modifiers and no external files linked or appended to .blend

Hi Rich,

Thanks for your quick bug reports.

Does Universal Importer v1.21 allow you to import other formats than .blend?

Can you please attach this very simple .blend file that refuses to be imported?

Rich O Brien

Here's a simple cube saved in Blender 3.5 that fails to import...

cube.zip

rv1974

U r Da Beast

Rich O Brien

@rv1974 said:

U r Da Beast

Beware.....because I do bite

samuel_t

@rich o brien said:

Here's a simple cube saved in Blender 3.5 that fails to import...

[attachment=0:hhrjer15]cube.zip[/attachment:hhrjer15]

Indeed Rich, Universal Importer passes Blender 3.4.1 cube test but not Blender 3.5.0 one.
Thanks for your report

samuel_t

1.2.2 version deletes temporary hard links and temporary files possibly left after an import fail or a polygon reduction fail.

Download latest Universal Importer plugin from SketchUcation PluginStore.

ankitdarda

Could you also include Revit .RVT import with textures as well????? Thanks in advance

samuel_t

@ankitdarda said:

Could you also include Revit .RVT import with textures as well?????

There is little chance that the RVT (Revit) format will ever be supported by the Universal Importer plugin.

However, there is a paid add-in for Revit that allows you to export a Revit model and its textures to SketchUp.

M_Schulze

Universal Importer V1.2.2 does not import any stl file. Universal Import Error: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/3D/bottle-opener/uir-inter.mtl
C:Users/ABC/. . ./SketchUp/Plugins/universal_importer/import.rb:170:in'read'
Please help (Sketchup Make 2017, Windows 10)
M_S

samuel_t

@m_schulze said:

Universal Importer V1.2.2 does not import any stl file. Universal Import Error: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/3D/bottle-opener/uir-inter.mtl
C:Users/ABC/. . ./SketchUp/Plugins/universal_importer/import.rb:170:in'read'
Please help (Sketchup Make 2017, Windows 10)
M_S

Could you please send me this STL file via Dropbox, for example?

Poltava

Can't download plugin on Sketchucation page...

Poltava

Can't download plugin on Sketchucation page...

Rich O Brien

Yes, we are working on restoring the amazon server bucket that hold the downloads.

Shouldn't take long.

Poltava

Does not want to export FBX and other files. Reinstalling doesn't help

Screenshot

samuel_t

@poltava said:

Does not want to export FBX and other files. Reinstalling doesn't help

Try importing a 3D model stored in a folder to which you have write access.

rizkymfadh19

this amazed me, really thank you for the plugin

samuel_t

@rizkymfadh19 said:

this amazed me, really thank you for the plugin

I'm glad to hear that!

Sondre_S

Hi, I've used Universal Importer for about a month now and I'm suddenly getting an error saying it doesn't have write access to my documents folder (or any other folder for that matter). The only place it would import from was the root of my C drive! I checked and all folders are marked as "Read Only", but all other programs work correctly.
I opened import.rb and commented out this:

# Source dir must be writable to host hard links we'll create later.
      #raise "Source dir of model to import is not writable; #{@source_dir}"\
       # unless File.writable?(@source_dir)

and I can now import from my documents folder again.

I found this in an article from Microsoft:

"The Read-only and System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to determine whether the folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that has its view customized by Windows (for example, My Documents, Favorites, Fonts, Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you customized by using the Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box. As a result, Windows Explorer does not allow you to view or change the Read-only or System attributes of folders."

You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 - Microsoft Support

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the "Attrib" command to work around the inability to view or to remove the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

(support.microsoft.com)

samuel_t

@Sondre_S

Thanks for the technical details. I will solve this problem as soon as possible.