Ernest Burden III Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 I just bought FormZ. The first thing I need it for is to import a Lightscape model of mine so I can save it out with blocks intact. So far this has not worked. I get an error of 'unexpected keyword' and FZ stops without importing anything. Any ideas of what to do to get FZ to read this file? Otherwise I get to completly re-build it in CAD. I already emailed the one forum member that I know uses LS and FZ, but if he isn't around I must start re-building from scratch today, so maybe someone else has an idea for me. Thanks in advance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Rush Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Ernest, formZ has a very active forum at formz.com. And their technical support is excellent, via telephone, forum, or email (no support nights/weekends). Telephone works great - a live person answers and 99% of the time is able to connect to a tech support person right away. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted November 2, 2003 Author Share Posted November 2, 2003 Ernest, formZ has a very active forum at formz.com...Thank you, I will give that a try, but as I said, I need to either solve this immediately or get busy re-building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 YGM Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted November 2, 2003 Author Share Posted November 2, 2003 YGM Ernest Replied privately... I'm really hoping to get some good use out of FZ. I bought Rhino but haven't used it for very much, despite how good a program it is. This buying software that I don't use get's expensive... My Cinema4D should arrive Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O+ Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 hey ernest, i'm usually always going the opposite way {z-to lightscape} , but when you import the .lp file in form-z, under the lightscape options, click the block options button (which i'm sure you already had) it's worked best for me if i have 'explode insertions' checked as well as the 'import referenced block definitions' box checked also. the 'add blocks to new library' option is a bit suspect. sometimes works on simple models, hardly works with complex ones... heres a pic of settings http://www.cgarchitect.com/forum/filepush.asp?file=fmz-lscape.jpg it might take some reworking in lightscape to put your blocks on seperate layers for ex/import, but will save countless hours of rebuilding. what version of z are you using (please don't say 4...) ? tried 4, but was way too buggy to mess with... 3.9 is most stable/least buggy since 2.9.5 .. anyways, just saw your post, hope it's not too late to be some kind of help.. (as a last resort, could email me file, i could try to convert.) good luck! ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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