Michael_Gia Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I've exported a model successfully into Sketchup by way of exporting from CA as .3ds and then imported in Sketchup. Works great and I can zoom around, and all my textures are there, however all the wall surfaces etc are composed of multiple triangles as if they were facets of a cut diamond. Anyone know how to get rid of this? I know that I can go through every surface and explode, heal and so on but it seems this would take an eternity. Is there a magical one button solution? The reason for the export was so that a customer who uses sketchup could work/play with the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternDesign Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Go to the extensions website and look for a tool called "Clean Up". Try it out on a piece or an area first before trying the whole model (could take a long time on a big model). Works well (not perfect but well) and you don't need to explode everything. Hope this works for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hey thanks! I'll give that a try. Or maybe I can cheat and simply tell my customer to do that himself. If he's as proficient in Sketchup and 3DS as he says he is, it's probably a no brainer for him. Is this triangulation phenomena a common thing when exporting from most 3D modeling programs or is it a CA issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternDesign Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 From what I have seen, Chief is the cleanest export and the 3ds is also the best version (from what I have tested). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_NY61 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Here is what you have to do before you import >click options>check mark merge coplanar faces 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Greg_NY61 said: Here is what you have to do before you import >click options>check mark merge coplanar faces That was easy. Takes quite a bit longer to import, but it cleaned up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amddrafting Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Exporting to .dae file fixes this in sketchup too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 I really wish Chief had the ability to measure in the 3D Viewer File Model like we can in the Sketchup model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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