To import files from newer versions of SketchUp, save the SKP files to a 2015 file format. Newer versions of SketchUp files (SKP) are currently incompatible with versions of 3ds Max prior to version 2019.3. Note: Occasionally a crash may occur after the import error. with similar tricks and tecniques i managed to manipulate rather large (actually also 20gb+) renders in max were modeling was actually done in sketchup 90% and "strategically" "composed" in max.When importing SketchUp files (SKP) into 3ds Max, the following error occurs: Google SketchUp Import That's not so smooth or easy but it works.
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create a selection set or maybe a group (never tried if it works with groups but it should) and from the array toolbar in max pick the command "clone and align" with that command you can quicly place the assembly as an "istances" were the placeholders useded to be.Īssuming you were smart enough to put the placeholder to a separate layer you should be easy to get rid of them leaving all your sketchup assembly back in place in max is to export the assembly to a standalone max model and re-create the hyerarchy or create the proxy, export the main model with a placeholder component cloned around to replace the assembly (maybe a cube a sphere or a simple primitive wich canbe weel suited for the general shape/volume/insert point of your particular assembly) then in max "main" imported model import->merge and import the "standalone" max assembly you have created before. One is to layer "smartly" enough in sketchup so the imported geometry will be easy to select/isolate/group/createselectionset/wathever you are confortable with in max.Īnother trick let'say in case you have a rather complicate assembly wich is an arrayed component in sketchup and you want to replicate this situation in max ormaybe create a vrayproxy or something like that. There are a bit of workarounds you can do to keep some sort of "organization" from sketchup. Unfortunately the whole group/subgroup hierarchy can't be transefered as it is in max or at least i don't know how and never found a tutorial about this. The good new is that single "standalone" sketchup components are read by max as "istances" so at least you can keep editing them all togheter if you need. Layer "walls" will be ignored as well by the max importer or maybe created as an empty useless layer (doesn't remember exactly but that doesn't change that much) in the case described above the skp importer should detect the single boxes wich compose the wall as 3dsmax "editable mesh" object assigned to layer "inner wall" or "outer wall" the containers keeping togeter all the inner walls, the outer walls and also the "external container" group will be lost. there is no way to keep this sort of hierarchy in max import.
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Now as far as my experience about this went.
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Or "outer walls" separately and control the visibility of ALL walls at once by hiding/showing layer "walls" This is a common practice in sketchup because that way you are able to toggle "inner walls" Now in sketchup you can do another group containing the 2 groups "inner walls" and "outher walls" and assign this "third level" group to a new layer, let's say "walls". a typical siuation in sketchup could be to have geometry on layer 0, some group in layer "inner walls" and maybe they are grouped in a "wrapper group" lets' suppose that the same group is assigned to layer "inner walls too" let's suppose we have the same situation for outer walls so each outer wall is a box belonging to layer "outher walls" and all of this are grouped in another container assigned also to "outer walls". Let's say in sketchup you have single components/groups for each wall of a building. Bytheway what do you mean by "ungrouped" it actually turns out to generate separated meshes where connected geometry was supposed to be? or simply you are pretending to transfer the group-nesting hierarky in sketchup?Īs far as i can tell 3dsmax skp importer only takes into account the lowest hierarchy level for grouping and layeryng the imported geometry.