3ds from xsi6

[Jettatore]

Possibly .obj, may require you get a plug-in for sketchup but supported by default in XSI 6.

[Hirazi]

Or the "scenic" route (as it is less direct)
Export from XSI as ".obj"
Get the FBX 2010.2 Converter for Windows (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=10775855) (freeware) to convert the ".obj" into ".fbx" and use the same converter to convert this ".fbx" to ".3ds"...

[Gibbo]

Thanks for the reply guys. Jettatore, so far as I'm aware, Sketchup doesn't natively support obj's which is a pain. I haven't tried looking for a plugin that might change that, i'll look into it.
Hirazi, I've downloaded the converter and had a go at that already but from what i can see, and unless i'm missing something, which is entirely possible, i can't see that you can convert from fbx to 3ds??

[Gibbo]

Hirazi, ignore me. I think i've got it.

[Gibbo]

OK, I think that would work well... if i could only convert my obj to a fbx file. The converter seems to have a bit of a brain fart when i try and convert from any obj i export from xsi. It's fine with any other obj, just the ones from xsi, which is strange.

Any thoughts welcome.

[Hirazi]

I'm not sure, but wasn't there a direct ".fbx" exporter built into XSI 6.01 or 6.02?
If so, you could obviously export to ".fbx" directly and then use the converter to convert the file into ".3ds"...

[bravmm]

.3ds and .obj export should be there, unless you're running a 64bit version of XSI 6.
Install the Crosswalk tools, and fbx export is will be available as well too.

rob

[dwigfor]

If above fails, try Collada. I know sketchup exports to collada; dunno about import.

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