v1.2.6

This version:

• Allows you to specify the source model units (millimeters, centimeters, etc). Most probable units, for the model you are importing, are preselected to accelerate the workflow. However, be still attentive with unitless formats such as OBJ, real scale depends on specifications.

• Automatically fixes, on SketchUp 2018 and newer versions, bad texture coordinates of some glTF models and "unexpected face count after polygon reduction" issue. If you are a SketchUp 2017 user, you will find a manual solution in the Troubleshooting FAQ of the plugin.

• Handles polygon reduction of STEP/IGES/BREP models during the import.

• Automatically fixes orientation of STEP/IGES/BREP models for last time? 😅

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v1.2.5

This version:

• Provides finally a good support of STEP (AP203, AP214, AP242) files, thanks to the included Mayo command-line converter.
• Supports two new file formats: IGES (v5.3) and BREP, thanks again to the Mayo software and the Open CASCADE Technology.

Note 1: For the moment, reducing polygons when importing a STEP/IGES/BREP file is not possible. While waiting for a future version which will fill this gap, you can always reduce the polygons by clicking on the swan icon in the plugin toolbar.

Note 2: Although I can't confirm it, the import of STEP/IGES/BREP files should work on macOS as well.

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v1.2.4

This version:

• Tries to preserve the original materials names. You should see less materials named <auto>1, <auto>2, etc.
• Enhances compatibility for (non textured) 3MF files and IRR files, thanks to Assimp's contributors! 😊
• Supports an unlimited number of embedded textures (previously the maximum number was 1000).
• Includes an Assimp CLI tool compiled for the Intel Mac and Apple Silicon processors: M1, M2, etc. 🚀

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v1.2.3

This version doesn't display anymore the "Source dir of model to import is not writable" error message.

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v1.2.2

This version deletes temporary hard links and temporary files possibly left after an import fail or a polygon reduction fail.

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v1.2.1

This version handles the case when you import a model from a non-system disk partition such as "D:\".

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v1.2.0

Improvements

Imports are faster due to the fact that the plugin now uses (as much as possible) temporary hard links instead of classic temporary files. This also allows to monopolize less disk space during the import process. 669ff28

I refactored some of the plugin code to make it cleaner, I hope so😅

Bugfixes

Polygon reduction from the toolbar was not working anymore (or not for all models). The number of faces before and after reduction was about equal, very far from the target... It's fixed! a1a7f78

Thanks to the great work of the Assimp contributors, you should no longer get the error:

• "End of file or read limit was reached", when importing a .ter file (Terragen).

• "Constructing BlenderDNA Structure encountered an error", when importing a .blend file. By the way, the files created with Blender 3 are now importable provided you:

  1. Extract the textures embedded in the .blend file to the disk with Blender.
  2. Check the option "Claim Missing Textures" in Universal Importer.

The bug of imported materials with zero opacity is fixed. 72da435 Thanks to JDD for reporting this bug.

It is now possible to load an .obj file that references an empty mtllib. Thanks to Jérôme Tas for reporting this case.

A heavy model (e.g. more than 400 000 triangles) can lose triangles once imported into SketchUp with Universal Importer. This problem has not disappeared yet but seems less present... Thanks to Didier Bur for reporting this problem.

Translations

I took the liberty of including a Japanese translation of Universal Importer, found on the PC-Trace blog. If you are the administrator of this blog, I invite you to contact me to become the official Japanese translator of the plugin.

If Universal Importer is not available in your native language, feel free to contact me to become its official translator 😉

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v1.1.9

This version fixes import of textures stored in non-system disk partitions, e.g. D:\path\to\texture.jpg 8d82634

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v1.1.8

This version automatically imports missing textures, even if they are in neighboring folders. #7

Old versions asked too many questions! Sometimes, dozens of dialog boxes were displayed 😅 To speed up workflow, I added options that one can enable or disable from "Extensions > Universal Importer" menu. #5

Model is no longer resized. I may turn this model height question into an option but I would prefer to find an automatic solution to this issue. #6

Under macOS, model now seems to be imported right side up. b84d115

Universal Importer plugin is now compatible with Lord Of The Toolbars plugin from Fredo6.

There are less copies of temporary files. I will develop the next versions in this direction. Hard drive will be less stressed... 🙂 #8

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v1.1.7

This version allows you to import in SketchUp models exported from Blender 2.80 or newer at .blend format.
Expect better compatibility for many formats. Thanks again to Assimp's contributors who made this happen!

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