[Rune Lyngby]

How do I export my SketchUp model to Maxwell? Under "Plugins>MaxwellExport I only find settingsparameters. Where/how do I start the render? Does anybody have a tutorial showing what to do?

[Sheik]

The export & rendering is done from file/export/3D model… select MXS as file type. (You can not currently access options (beta05)).
There should be a short tutorial in the setup file you downloaded (comprehensive.htm).
Sheik

[Rune Lyngby]

Thank you Sheik, but there is no MXS option in the export list, -must be something wrong with installation..?

[Sheik]

Check if you have MaxwellExport.rb in your SketchUp 5\Plugins folder, and you also need MaxwellExport.dll in your SketchUp 5\Exporters folder.
If you can not find them there run a search on the files to see if they are in the wrong place, like in a SU 4 folder. Then try if moving them to the right SU5 folders helps…
Sheik

[Rune Lyngby]

Got it working. My problem now is addig silver material to a metal tube. I selected all tubes and hit the O.K button but the box wont disappear,so i keep pushing the O.K button. Is there a way adding material to all the geometry(tubes) at once? My model is a tube chair.

[Sheik]

Strange. I don’t have that problem. I can select multiple faces/objects and assign a Maxwell material to all of them at once. Are you using PC or Mac?
Sheik

[Rune Lyngby]

I´m using a PC. I also have problem with several files, -they crash.
Simple drawings of tables.

[cnevians]

hello

with the beta 6
sometimes .. sketchup crash ..
reopen file and export in 3d again.. that running...
"bizarre" ??

simply don't forget to save file and after export in 3d mxs ...