FluidImporter

FluidImporter for SketchUp

FluidImporter quickly and accurately imports, optimizes and subdivides obj, fbx, 3dm, stl, x, ply, dae, 3ds, ase and many others

Solves all your import problems

Thanks to a wide list of supported formats and advanced features, importing to SketchUp has never been so simple

Buy for $109 $87
  • Support for all the popular formats: FBX (*.fbx), Rhino (*.3dm), Wavefront OBJ (*.obj), Collada (*.dae), AutoCAD DXF (*.dxf), STereoLithography (*.stl), 3D Studio (*.3ds;*.ase), Standford (*.ply), DirectX (*.x), Blender files (*.blen), 3d Printing (*.3mf), Lightwave (*.lwo), WRML (*.wrl)
  • All material properties (texture, color) are imported
  • Super fast: quickly import even the most complex models
  • Real-time preview: inspect and adjust the model before importing into SketchUp
  • Hierarchy simplification: remove useless scene complexity
  • Mesh simplification: reduce polygon count to make complex meshes more manageable
  • Mesh subdivision: add detail to low-polygon models
  • Automatic meshing of Rhino files: if the Rhino files don’t contain render meshes, they will be generated on the fly

Simplify

Simplification: reduce polygon count to make complex meshes more manageable

Subdivide

Mesh subdivision: add complexity to low-polygon models

Rhino Meshing

Automatic meshing of Rhino (3dm) files: generate render meshes on the fly

Simplify Hierarchy

Hierarchy simplification: remove useless scene complexity

Importing to SketchUp has never been so easy

FluidImporter for SketchUp will smoothly guide you through the import process regardless of complexity and format

Buy for $109 $87

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Installing FluidImporter

  1. In SketchUp, select Extensions -> Extension Manager.
  2. Click the Install Extension button.
  3. In the Open dialog box that appears, navigate to the .rbz file saved to your computer, select the file, and click OK (Microsoft Windows) or Open (Mac OS X).
  4. Restart SketchUp