How to import model from 3ds Max with textures?

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Hi,

I’m pretty new to Sketchup. I made a model in 3ds max, UV unwrapped and textured. Now I can import the model into Sketchup without textures and its UV coordinates are messed up. The smoothing groups are also lost. Can anyone help me with these problems?

Thanks.

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Hi, it’s pretty easy, convert your sketchup file to 3ds, import in 3dsmax, click to “customize” —> configure user paths ----> external file ----> add ----> choice the folder you put 3ds file, —> click use paths… Done

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i have this problem 2

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Please lmk the solution. I want to import textured models without paying 100$. It’s pretty simple in almost every softwares. but here the Transmutr developers requesting 100$ for those basic functions. Pretty funny.

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What type of files are those models you want to import?

So in SkechUp!

Have you tried importing them into any of the other software where it’s prety simple?

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Importing 3D Studio Max files is impossible in any other software without owning 3D Studio Max. The format is proprietary to Autodesk. You must export the files from 3DSMAX in a format that your application can import.

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Preferably UV Unwarpped FBX of course. You can suggest any other file type as long as it keeps its pixel where they supposed to be when I apply my materials. For example

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This from Megascans. I import a model (Any File type…doen’t matter)…make material with unwrapped texture they provided(or I made) and just hit apply and boom…it looks like how it supposed to be. Do you get the point?

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In sketchup, my current method would take me a lot of time with projection- rotating textures. Please give me some free methods.

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What do you mean? From blender to Unreal Engine, all you have to do is Import FBX, Make material…apply. That will reproduce same result in all programs.

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Maybe Blender is a better software to do this task, there you can export as Collada and import it from sketchup if you really need to have that model on sketchup.

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This is a model I just done in 3Ds Max. Then I exported the collada file
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Result in Sketchup. Wood Grain directions are wrong.

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Thanks for giving me hint

Now I research for it a bit. I’m supposed to export with Collada file and 3ds max exporter is a bit problematic.

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Nah still the same result.

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Have you tested that file by importing it into Unreal or Blender? Does the material appear correctly?

I tested with an .fbx file from sketchfab that I imported into Blender and exported as .dae. It appears ok in SketchUp.

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Thank you I’ll try that out.

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What is the procedure when exporting from blender to sketchup as dae file? When I try that,the Blender exported Map #1 and Map #2. Upon importing into sketchup, the prompt says cannot find file "(Path/Path/xxxx/…/Map). It should be Map#1 and Map#2 Right?

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File > Export > Collada (.dae)

I created a test model and the export/import works without problems, with the textures correctly oriented.

And these “Map #1 and 2” does not also have a file extension like .JPG, .PNG, etc…? Did you look in the folder where you save them?

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They do have extensions.
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The prompt when I import them. Keep in mind that the maps are exported from 3ds max via FBX file. The textures are perfectly fine in blender. In blender, they appear as “01-Default”, “02-Default” as materials. I tried what you did in exporting. Still same issue.

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Thanks problem,solved. I have to uncheck Copy texture. Somehow my machine doesn’t work when I copy texture.