Hi @scottd & @AndyPayne ,
I could have sworn it was possible to import a Block Definition in Grasshopper, read it’s materials, and retain it’s UV material mapping and then apply that forward to actually rendering said block instance?
I can explode the block def here and extract the Model Materials but the UV coordinates get messed up:
Expectation (Sketchup Preview with UV Mapping intact)
Grasshopper Custom Preview Result:
If this isn’t possible with Grasshopper, can I use Rhinocommon and File IO to achieve this?
I have to convert 1000s of blocks from Sketchup → Rhino and I’m really trying to avoid having to re UV map all of these… aka I don’t have the time for that. The geometry itself is fine at least and imports pretty well.
Another example:
and one more (materials rotated 90 degrees?)
I’m attaching a couple .skp files for testing to this post:
NATURAL+OAK+SHAKER+MICRO+CAB.skp (1.5 MB)
made_goods_cermaic_stool_01b.skp (9.9 MB)
monologue_london_cassette_armchair_01a.skp (9.1 MB)
four_hands_bea_stool_01a.skp (3.6 MB)
Grasshopper testing script:
FUNCTION_Dynamic_Block_Import_With_Materials.gh (11.3 KB)
Thank you for your help!