Hello,

Thanks for the help. It seems to work better than before. I attached a jpg so you can see that the file I imported (OBJ) did not completely import successfully. Not sure what the problem is but as you can tell from the image it is not complete. Same thing happened with a Light Wave import although the import image was about 1/100 the expected size. I will try some other imports from other formats and see what happens. If you have any ideas would love to hear them.

I have been able to convert some files from these formats using MODO to make a Collada file and then using the normal import to SKU. Cleaning them up and ignoring UV distortion which gives okay results. However, if I can get the universal importer to work well then I can save a lot of time.

Thanks again. Really appreciate the help.

Hi Guys,

Thanks again for looking at this. I review both your responses. I think I had previously made a mistake entering the cut and paste into terminal and received the wrong information which I sent to you. I went back a step and copy/pasted into terminal the correct line of code and the terminal spit this out.

-rw-rw-rw- 1 edfolk staff 3791 Sep 24 2019 LICENSE.txt
-rwxrw-rw- 1 edfolk staff 149772 Jan 6 17:05 assimp
-rw-rw-rw- 1 edfolk staff 12810620 Jan 6 17:05 libassimp.dylib
-rw-rw-rw- 1 edfolk staff 58316 Sep 24 2019 x.dyl

I did try to paste into the line McGordon sent but the plugin did not complete the import. I attached a series of 3 screenshots to show you. As you can imagine I am not the computer guy. Decent enough designer but shit when it comes to this sort of thing.

Thanks again you guys are really great.

Edwin

Hello McGordon,
I attached a screen shot of the command sent through terminal. Not sure what that means - sorry I am not a coder or Ruby specialist. Anyway if you can make sense of this and help Samuel thereby helping us MacOS users, awesome. Thanks for the help and stay safe.

Edwin

Hi JD,

Thanks for the explanation. Really helps to understand this stuff.

Hello JD,

Thanks for the fast response. Work like a charm. Is this is a common fix for exporting to mxs? Simple explanation would be great since am not the most adept at coding etc. Again thanks. It is so helpful.

Stay safe

Hello JD,

I send a direct message but not sure if you got it. Anyway, thanks for looking at this and responding. I am using SKU 2018 Pro and Maxwell Render Suite. The problem is that when I take a Collada file and import and then try to send it to anything Maxwell it takes a long time to set the textures etc. I mean like 10+ hours before I lose my patience and nix the export. Thanks again and any ideas are always welcome. Stay safe.

Hello Samuel,

Thanks for doing this. This looks like a really great plugin that can help with rendering and setting up reference models for a lot of Maxwell users. Attached is a screen shot of the terminal window. Hope you can make sense of it.

Hello Sketchers,

I have a question about exporting. I usually use Maxwell Render for my CGs but sometimes have trouble getting good MXS references worth using. I was told that I might be able to use MODO to take a file and turn it into Collada file and from there export it as an MXS. When I import the .dae file there is no problem - I can use it and move around the scene.

The problem is when I try to export the SKP data to a MXS format. If anyone knows how to work around this, it would be greatly appreciated. There are some good mxs file on the net but not enough in my opinion.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from someone.

Edwin

Hello Samuel,

This looks like an awesome plugin and incredibly useful for rendering. Unfortunately, like Sue I cannot get it to work. I am using 2018 SKU and MacOS 10.15.2. Is there a work around? Or, is our OS not compatible at this time? Look forward to your answer and thanks.