Sketchup to Max 2009 (solved)

[aaron-cds]

Come on now, using Rhino to convert your Sketchup models is hardly unethical. Buying it at a student price if not a student would be, but providing a link to a web site that sells it legit and requires proof of studentness isn't. Google chose to provide a free version, which helps them in their plans for world domination by giving a free platform for making Google Earth content. They don't require that the free version not be used for commercial work, or that files made in it not be used in other software.

 

How the hell did you get all this from post #13?

[upshot]

can you send me the link via personal message, and i will repost it for all?

 

I found it... here it is

 

Thanks for the heads up!! this is great....

[Jason Matthews]

I have always exported as a dwg file and import or file link into Max/Viz. But then again I do all texturing in Max/Viz so I do not need to export textures. I simply model by layer and export.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

I found it... here it is

 

Thanks for the heads up!! this is great....

 

whoops. i miss read what it was. i thought he did something on bringing SketchUp models in.

[Antisthenes]

like i said i just open them and the textures are there.

[Superfinicky]

I found that exporting as a DXF from SU works just fine. The import of a complex scene can be a bit of a pain within Max as it is rather long, but once you save your MAX scene, you're fine.

 

Another way to avert the SU export bumb for larger and more complex scenes is to creat each individual object as its' own layer, and when you export to MAX, you should export the layers from SU independently.