Designeer Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I am doing a rendering for a commercial building My ability to go to Sketchup warehouse and save download to version 4 then use FormZ Free to export a STL to get it into 6.7.3 has failed. FormZFree will not save down to earlier versions......I am frustrated...........no time for learning newer versions, have to get the work out........help !! Need normal everyday cars to fill the street with...................about 4 or 5............anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Hi Designeer, The formZ Jr or Pro versions will save back to v6.5 and later, but the free version does not. Perhaps you should upgrade your copy of formZ, and backsave for now -- and learn the new version when you have time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designeer Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Yes, I will look into how much it will cost me to upgrade, thank you for the insights on how to make it work through upgrading and for now: I need a few cars from someone :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_b Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, I will look into how much it will cost me to upgrade, thank you for the insights on how to make it work through upgrading and for now: I need a few cars from someone :-) Don't have much on my own (just a couple Army vehicles and the Polaris slingshot), but check out archive3d.net. They have free models with several types of cars. good luck! -db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew West Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Here is a dropbox link to a few cars that I back saved to 6.7 . Not sure what you are looking for but these render pretty quickly. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3okzyvs612khe5n/AACA_NFa3dUjehLKYsooNm9Ea?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich f Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 My ability to go to Sketchup warehouse and save download to version 4 then use FormZ Free to export a STL to get it into 6.7.3 has failed. Not sure about that workflow.... what is "version 4" - do you mean 2014? Can you download the current version of Sketchup Pro? (I believe the demo has an 8 hour usage time limit, but I haven't tried it lately... make sure you quit when you aren't using it so the timer doesn't keep running.) Use that to down save to Sektchup V6, which FormZ 6.7 can open directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew West Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Why bother with Sketchup Pro when the free version of Sketchup can back save to V6 just fine. Then again, why bother with Sketchup in general. Their models are horrible and cause nothing but problems in Form.z. Lately if I need a model I go to 3DSky.com. They are the most reasonably priced models I have found and with Form.z's latest FBX importer the files come in pretty well. Some of their models are free and some cost a whopping $12! A total steal considering the time it takes to make these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibui Design Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Completely agree with not bothering with SketchUp. FormZ will give you much better tools and also agree with using 3DSky.com. Their models are a great value. Time to spring for at least FormZ Jr. which is an incredible value as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanjl Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Designer, Here are a couple of cars you can use. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zac5du2l57o0c9b/cars.fmz?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich f Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Why bother with Sketchup Pro when the free version of Sketchup can back save to V6 just fine.... Lately if I need a model I go to 3DSky.com. I don't know exactly which versions of Sketchup do what... if free can do it that's great... Pro is needed for certain import/export formats. I'm guessing you mean 3dsky.org ... 3dsky.com is just a "domain for sale" link. Yes, those do look like some decent cheap models, thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designeer Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Don't have much on my own (just a couple Army vehicles and the Polaris slingshot), but check out archive3d.net. They have free models with several types of cars. good luck! Got a couple normal cars from here, THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designeer Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Here is a dropbox link to a few cars that I back saved to 6.7 . Not sure what you are looking for but these render pretty quickly. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3okzyvs612khe5n/AACA_NFa3dUjehLKYsooNm9Ea?dl=0 Dear Andrew, Thank you for the great cars, that will do it !!! Thank you !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designeer Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Not sure about that workflow.... what is "version 4" - do you mean 2014? Can you download the current version of Sketchup Pro? (I believe the demo has an 8 hour usage time limit, but I haven't tried it lately... make sure you quit when you aren't using it so the timer doesn't keep running.) Use that to down save to Sektchup V6, which FormZ 6.7 can open directly. Thank you Rich, I have enough cars from generous folks now to get the work out. Thank you all :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Designeer Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Designer, Here are a couple of cars you can use. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zac5du2l57o0c9b/cars.fmz?dl=0 Allan, Thank you !!! Everyone's response has surpassed my expectations , thank you all :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_b Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Why bother with Sketchup Pro when the free version of Sketchup can back save to V6 just fine. Then again, why bother with Sketchup in general. Their models are horrible and cause nothing but problems in Form.z. Lately if I need a model I go to 3DSky.com. They are the most reasonably priced models I have found and with Form.z's latest FBX importer the files come in pretty well. Some of their models are free and some cost a whopping $12! A total steal considering the time it takes to make these. I'd never heard of 3dsky. Glad I popped in and checked out the thread! thanks! db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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