FBX import hangs on Showcase 2015

[Melissa.Stewart]

Think we will ever get some actual updates for the documentation for showcase. I have to keep my own evernote of what works to share with people because the helps is from (in some cases) 2012. 

FBX import  seems to hang for ever and never import in showcase 2015. Not sure if its the file or the settings i'm using.

Don't have a problem with the fbx it opens fine in Max Design. It's a revit fbx imported into Max Design so that i can combine materials, then exported as a 3D Max Fbx with Binary and using the 2013 exporters. I have tried the 2014 exporters with the same results

FBX is only 50 MB. I went to check the help just to "cross my i's and dot my t's" and i was dissapointed in the documentation. 

Any ideas?

[cikho]

me too had some fbx exported from max that took ages to load in showcase.. di you try to leave the pc on and do a 24 hours conversion run? 😛

[Melissa.Stewart]

That seems unacceptable for a 50MB file -- for a 500MB maybe. But it sets a dangerous precedent. so if 50MB=24 hours what does a 200MB file equal?

There has to be something else going on. 

[Christian_Garimberti]

I've loaded a 700mb animated fbx (2013) file from 3dsmax into showcase 2015, so i don't think it is a showcase problem.
Maybe some Color, texture or geometry that showcase doesn't import...
Could you post the fbx file so we can test it?

[Melissa.Stewart]

no problem i can post both the native export out of Revit and the one combined by material version in Max. They are posted on google drive: 

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0Z_ykfZRkCOflpZVjZGN0dFbkFDM1BNcm9TalJlb2FFZ1l4V0s3UjUtVUNY...

Thank you!

[DarrenP]

i loaded the 50mb fbx file fine in showcase 2015 it took like 5 minutes if that

importing the 350mb fbx into showcase now

after 20min it is still importing

does this eventually import or do you stop it after a certain amount of time?

[Melissa.Stewart]

Ugh. Then it has to be something on my end. It has never imported on my machine. A new computer is supposed to work better! Time for a good ole fashioned reinstall.


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[DarrenP]

which file isn't importing the 50mb file or the 350mb file or both?

[DarrenP]

here is the 50mb fbx file saved as a .a3s file

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9777150/challengemodel2015.zip

[Melissa.Stewart]

Thank you! It was definitely the reinstall that finally did the trick!



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