Importing Sketch Up Models

[akinlolu olugboji]

Has anyone successed in importing sketch up models with the NXT widget?

[akinlolu olugboji]

I have not.

[George Ioannidis]

Why not to do it using AutoCAD importer?

[akinlolu olugboji]

This success recorded via the autocad importer route is no better than that of NXT?

[George Ioannidis]

My old horse AR5 ver. 1.0.318 did this:

[akinlolu olugboji]

With 3ds files it's the bomb.

[John Ferris]

I usually open the SketchUp file and export it to a 3DS file....then add the 3DS file into ACAD via nXt.

Although....some issues as of late...see http://accurender.ning.com/forum/topics/tex-mesh-crashes?xg_source=...

John

[Rich Hart]

It looks like it still works somewhat with SketchUp 8 and older models.

I'll see if I can fix it to support models through SketchUp 2018, and take a look at the material mapping problems that I'm seeing.

[John Ferris]

Thanks...

[Rich Hart]

I posted a new version where Importing SketchUp models is working for all SketchUp files through version 2018, for 64 bit machines.

Note: the 32 bit version can only import SketchUp models saved from SketchUp 2016 and earlier versions, since SketchUp's 2017 and 2018 SDKs now only support 64 bit.

This was tested for AutoCAD versions 2015 through 2018, both 32 and 64 bit.

You can download this latest version from the downloads page:

http://renderplus.com/wp2/download/?product=nXtRender%20for%20AutoCAD

[John Ferris]

Thanks Rich! Up and running...