Thorsten Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hi there, I'm just trying sketchfab. When exporting directly from formz,ther are no textures and smooth objects in the sketchfab model. is this a known bug ? So which format do you recommend for exporting and uploading manually ? Until now i can't find a good one. All my attempts get triangulated and / or have missing geometry or textures. Best regards, Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) Hi mojo, I made some Sketchfab models earlier in the year. Sketchfab is not expecting smooth geometry. All of my geometry here is smooth it is a manufacturing co. The trick is to mesh your model. Luckily formZ is a vast set of tools that allow us to navigate this thorny ass problem in one click. Use the mesh tool set to triangulate on all of the objects in the file. See attached shot for the settings. This operation takes a while, as it uses one core, but there is a lot to do. This operation preserves all of your mapping. This is critical because you have to do all of that in Sketchfab. Something else helpful to know is that your Sketchfab model is organized by material. You could turn the visibility of an object on and off this way. All objects with a material in common will be controlled together. It sucks to do all of the texture final settings in Sketchfab, but its display system is just not the same as Z so it has to be tweaked anyway. The trick is in getting your model "right" before you upload and do all the texture set up. ps. save a non-facetted copy of your model first for the inevitable revision! Edited October 16, 2019 by johnalexander1571 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 This Sketchfab model from my example is about halfway down this page: https://kineticsnoise.com/liftwrx/drawings-bim.html Jaakko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hi John, thanks for your answer, you helped me a lot to understand what is going on with this fancy little sketchfab tool. Yout model is great by the way. Best Regards, Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hi mojo, I am making some more Sketchfab models today, and I just uploaded a model forgetting to triangulate first, and I thought I would have to delete it, but it came out ok, even as smooth. Textures are all there. I just have to set up the final appearances. I don't know if some change was made, but it is working now without any headaches for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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