Author:Richard Morrison
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:49 am (GMT+1)
They could have an impact if higher resolution than you need, but a high polycount from certain Sketchup models is a likely candidate. As Erwin says, this may not be a problem for working, but if you are looking to make a model leaner for use in BIMx, you might want to reduce the polycount. You can check with the polycount tool (a goodie) to see where you're at. If you have a lot of turned balusters or newels, that is often a place to look. There are tools such as Accutrans 3D (www.micromouse.ca) or MooTools (http://www.mootools.com/plugins/us/) that can significantly cut the size of the polygon count without losing too much of the model.
Here's a good article: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/bimx/bimx-optimization/#Optimizing_Model_Size
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
"The Kitchen Architect"
www.richardmorrison.com
AC21 (since AC6.0), Win10
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:49 am (GMT+1)
| SJPHouse wrote: |
| I do have a lot of objects I imported from Sketchup for furniture that are in my embedded library that I think are maybe making the file bigger. I don't have any PDF's or images in there though other than images I brought in to use as textures for the 3D model...do you think those kinds of texture image files would have an impact? Thank you! |
They could have an impact if higher resolution than you need, but a high polycount from certain Sketchup models is a likely candidate. As Erwin says, this may not be a problem for working, but if you are looking to make a model leaner for use in BIMx, you might want to reduce the polycount. You can check with the polycount tool (a goodie) to see where you're at. If you have a lot of turned balusters or newels, that is often a place to look. There are tools such as Accutrans 3D (www.micromouse.ca) or MooTools (http://www.mootools.com/plugins/us/) that can significantly cut the size of the polygon count without losing too much of the model.
Here's a good article: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/bimx/bimx-optimization/#Optimizing_Model_Size
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Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
"The Kitchen Architect"
www.richardmorrison.com
AC21 (since AC6.0), Win10
