KristjanM Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I am using the trial version and am having no luck with one of my requirements. Since the trial version has no export capabaility, Chief has sent me some sample files in dae and dwg format. When I open the dae fie in SU, the import fails. When I open the dwg file, SU locks up before the file loading is finished. I need SketchUp in my workflow for a number of reasons which Chief doesn't satisfy. Is anyone sucessfully using SkecthUp in conjunction with Chief? KristjanM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I use SketchUp for creating custom 3D content for use in CA. I export from SU as .obj, and import into CA. I've never tried exporting a 3D format from CA into SU, so I can't speak to how well that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Brown Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I too use SketchUp (Version 8) for creating custom 3D content for use in CA. Unlike Robert, I just import the .skp Sketchup file into CA. When I need to export a model from CA to Sketchup, I have used both .dwg and .3ds formats, both seem to work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I started with Chief 9.5 and until about ver X4 SU made a great companion for Chief in creating symbols etc since X4 the need to go to SU then back to Chief has been reduced with the enhancements in Chief's capabilities many chiefers doing raytraces will export to SU first then after cleanup/enhancing send on the 3rd party raytracers bottom line SU can be part of your toolbox along with Chief Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristjanM Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Thanks to all for your comments. I tried obj and skp imports. Obj is not too good with some missing faces. Skp was actually good with everything there. Exporting is another issue to be confirmed. Just tried the 3ds file from Chief and it fails at the end becuase of missing textures. I played around with the texture locations but haven't been sucessful yet. Kris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 some Chiefers also use Accutrans for passing files from format to format there is a free version but the paid version is $20 - or use to be .... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCole Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Also try some of the older versions of SU for importing CA DAE files. It seems that Chief may have been working with SU 8 when developing the DAE export file format. I get a clean import into Blender, not so much into SU. As others have mentioned, if you need SU in your work flow, it may be a good idea to look into some other means of converting the files into a more useable form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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