Import error with gltf importer

j_jones

I wanted to import a terrain from sketchfab and tried with two different models:

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/american-road-9558c1673bff4ec7b1c7154e4826699e
and
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sea-cliffs-4-add5edc7a72940bcbd898d74e8402665

Both fail with "Import Error"

Has anyone seen this error?

Here is the stack trace:

Import has failed. Details as follows:

#<TypeError; reference to deleted Group>
Backtrace;
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;365;in `entities'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;365;in `create_mesh'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;209;in `import_node'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;232;in `block in import_node'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;230;in `each'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;230;in `import_node'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;232;in `block in import_node'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;230;in `each'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;230;in `import_node'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;99;in `block in import'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;97;in `each'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe;97;in `import'
	/users/foo/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_import.rbe;30;in `load_file'

Thanks for any advice
-J_Jones

edit: Just happened upon this one: https://github.com/YulioTech/SketchUp-glTF-Importer-Ruby
not sure how to install it for OSX or if it will make any difference.
Thanks for thoughts or advice

Rich O Brien

Are you using the importer you linked to?

The path to the linked importer is

AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2021\SketchUp\Plugins\yulio_gltf_import

Your error output lists

/plugins/centaur_gltf_import/gltf_importer.rbe

which to me seems to be a different extension

j_jones

To Rich O Brien

I mentioned the github link as a P.S. afterthought. I didn't mean to confuse anyone.

The error came from the Centaur plugin.

Rich O Brien

To J Jones

I can't say why it outputs that many errors. Maybe incompatibility with SU2017? Did you try it in a trial 2021 version?

slbaumgartner

From the stack trace as well as your profile, you are on a Mac. But the capitalization of the items in the path is not standard. Are you perhaps running macOS on a case-sensitive filesystem (not the default)? There have been numerous strange issues reported in the past when SketchUp is installed on a case-sensitive filesystem.

j_jones

Thanks for the info, I'm not sure, but I haven't done anything special to this mac. I think it's just the default. As far as I can tell, it is case insensitive.

File System Personality: APFS
Type (Bundle): apfs
Name (User Visible): APFS

Anyway, maybe it just ran out of memory or maybe I'll try that other plugin I found.

Thanks
-J Jones