This topic has to do with 3D Warehouse. It’s a technical problem.
I have noticed that models that were uploaded to Sketchup, mainly old ones that were made somewhere from 2009-2011 started to look seriously messed up! I don’t know if this is the sites fault, but before I’ve noticed this issue, the models I saw from this user for example: Paul B. | 3D Warehouse was fine, until I checked today and noticed some of his models looked messy! Models unsoften and wrong colors! Is this a bug? Is it possible for the people running this site to fix this?
Here’s an example of this user’s Rolls Royce model that I have saved up in my computer as when I dl’d it sometime ago.
This is the same model currently up on the 3D warehouse. Keep in mind that this user hasn’t touch his account since around 2014-2015. This model was updated sometime in 2014, and I’ve noticed it got messed up for some reason.
Yes. Bugs filed. We had a big re-render of all models going on, and on some older models (SketchUp 5, 6, 7) it would use a .kmz to render instead of the .skp file. This resulted in some ugly stuff. We’ve stopped the re-render, and we’re going to restore the models. So hang tight. I’ll let you know when we get things fixed.
This is easily fixed. Anyone can still download the model and click Edit > Select All. Then click Window > Soften Edges. Make sure to tick the “Soften coplanar” checkbox. This procedure should correct the problem.
After reading your initial post, I dl’d the file to satisfy my own curiosity and performed a quick edit including sampling the color from the hood and effected those modifications I suggested in my prior post. Completing my edit session took me about 60 seconds. Here is the result: RollsRoyceGhost.skp (2.4 MB)
Here’s the Friday afternoon update: we have the files, and will restore them, and the solution we’ve selected on a small scale worked. Now we’re just deciding when to pull the trigger to fire this off, because we want to be 100% sure it works exactly as expected. I’ll post here when we’ve walked through the affected models so you can check them.
I think ruined is somewhat excessive a term to be used in connection with this issue. These models only requiire a modicum of attention to be perfectly usable. Just soften them based on the information l provided in a previous post.
Here is one of the models shown earlier after having been softened: Pontiac GTO 1965-11soft.skp (2.8 MB)
Admittedly, some of them require more attention than others, such as the model of the Toyota truck.
You don’t have to do anything but sit tight: we are fixing all affected models, and ruined is not accurate, unless you claim it’s a miracle when they’re fixed and send your life savings to us out of gratitude.
