Forum - Tips & Tricks - SKETCHUP TO MUVIZU - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Forum - Tips & Tricks - SKETCHUP TO MUVIZU - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Wed, 03 May 2017 16:51:37 GMT Wed, 03 May 2017 16:51:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 PatMarrNC wrote:
Desbois wrote:
To answer Drewi, this application is part of the last update of windows 10, just open paint net and click on the icon (paint net 3D).


Interesting. I just looked at both of my windows 10 computers, and neither of them has this program. Is it necessary to download and install PAINT.NET in order for the windows update to include this?


Hi pat, it's not related to paint.net. Microsoft have halted the rollout of the newest version of Windows 10 because there are a few bugs (mostly related to old hardware). You can force the update by going to the update section of the windows 10 settings menu.]]> Wed, 03 May 2017 16:51:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Desbois wrote:
To answer Drewi, this application is part of the last update of windows 10, just open paint net and click on the icon (paint net 3D).


Interesting. I just looked at both of my windows 10 computers, and neither of them has this program. Is it necessary to download and install PAINT.NET in order for the windows update to include this?]]> Wed, 03 May 2017 16:40:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Desbois Wed, 03 May 2017 09:37:29 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from drewi AH!! ithink you mean it's paint 3d from microsoft you need latest win 10 and a drawing tablet maybe?
also to join the windows insider programme.
edited by drewi on 26/04/2017]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:29:50 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Desbois Hello, I am new to this forum and excuse me for my approximate english because I am French. Concerning the import of objects in FBX format in Muvizu, if you have the latest version of windows 10, just use paint net 3D.
You create your object in paint net 3D and export it in FBX format, it works I did a test.]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:58:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Tangledbliss Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:20:53 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
Regarding Sketchup warehouse: One thing that drives me nuts about the models DL from there is that there's no quality control. Models are created by thousands of people at varying skill levels, and there's no way to guarantee that any given model "follows the rules". When I was still trying to use models from the warehouse, it wasn't uncommon to spend hours fixing things on models that would have taken much less lime to create from scratch.

But, lots of people (I'm not one of them) seem to have great luck downloading and converting models from that archive. For those who do, please remember to credit the original modeler.
edited by PatMarrNC on 21/02/2017]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:16:31 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Tangledbliss Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:35:29 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Tangledbliss ikes wrote:
Witchy wrote:
Tried this several times this morning with different files dl'd from the warehouse. Same result each time Muvizu crashed with a long list of DLL errors


Maybe your meshes have too many polygons. Max polygon count is about 65.000 if i'm correct.
]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:27:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from ikes Witchy wrote:
Tried this several times this morning with different files dl'd from the warehouse. Same result each time Muvizu crashed with a long list of DLL errors


Maybe your meshes have too many polygons. Max polygon count is about 65.000 if i'm correct.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:19:28 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Witchy Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:52:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6223-sketchup-to-muvizu.aspx Message from Tangledbliss .ase models using Ziggymesh exporter. Also of course you can find hundreds of ready made models for free in Sketch Up Warehouse and do the same thing.

It seemed even better when I found that the trial version of the latest sketchup pro had a facility to export directly to the quicker and more muvizu friendly .fbx format.
But then………the Pro trial only lasts 30 days, and the real thing is like several hundred quid. And…to make it worse…. In January they stopped making the models downloading in SU 8 format.
After a months wailing and spending hours in the mind-numbing vortex that is Blender… I have found a straightforward easy way to export models from sketchup to muvizu.
Make your model in free Sketchup Make (old or newer versions), or download from the warehouse, colour and texture it as you want, go to File/Export/3Dmodel and choose COLLADA (*.dae) format. In options tick two sided faces and texture maps.
Get yourself free Autodesk FBX converter. You just drag the file into the left hand box, tick embed media and convert. You then have an .fbx model which imports straight into muvizu with all its textures and colours, either as an attachment or stand-alone prop. And no messing with Blender !!!!!!]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:20:14 GMT