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Trying to export some modestly complex objects to .obj but tS/Luuv is consistently crashing on my Vista-32 machine. I can get an export of a textured cube but the more complex objects (which have holes and need triangulation) are not working. I was able to get an export of the same object on an XP machine in another location yesterday.

Is there some configuration that I should be aware of to make this work or perhaps is there some operation I should do on the object prior to executing Luuv to make this work?

My model lives in the workspace side and I switch to the model side to do the export operation.

This might sound stupid but what version LUUV are you using?
I would also tell Frootee to test your new model with his new OBJ Exporter.
This way you both will benefit.

Yes jrboddie; I would be happy to test your model.
Currently I can export UV, normals, and geometry; currently working on materials.

send me a PM or email if you like.

Thanks!

Froo

Thanks for the quick replies.

I was using 1.1.4 but I installed 1.1.5 and get the same result.

Immediately after clicking 'yes' to the triangulate dialog, the program crashes with a dialog that says 'out of memory'. Since this worked on my other computer which has less memory, it must be some configuration issue.

I'll send the file to froo for a test.

I'm pretty sure you don't want to upgrade to 1.1.5 because you will crash all the time.
I use 1.1.4 with no problems. Frootee should be able to tell us if there is a problem with
the model itself.

I deleted and reinstalled tS 7.61 Beta which included the 1.1.4 LUUV. I continued to get crashes--even with an attempt to export the Bentley object in the library.

I then added the LUUV for workspace object and now it works! I had to turn the bridge from 'Auto' to 'On' to get this plug-in to work, but I am pretty sure that when I was trying to export by switching to model that I tried that option too.

Anyway, I am back in business. I sent my object to Jason to test his exporter. The object should be a good test as it was made when I had much less knowledge about modeling. I used a lot of booleans so the geometry may be pretty messed up.

Thanks for the help.

mmm im not expert on that but do you have the bridge in on ?? if that is the case? turn it off and try again..

As a note, trueSpace 7.6/7.61 does not work with LUUV 1.1.5. It crashes then. It needs to run the older 1.1.4 that comes with tS 7.6/7.61. When it crashes with LUUV 1.1.4 then i could bet it`s the geometry. Is there SDS applied?

I'm back to 1.1.4 now.

It certainly could be a geometry problem but I am able to get a successful export by using the LUUV interface tool that works from the Workspace side with the bridge on. So it is more likely some cockpit error on my part.

I had the same problem on Model side, with XP. LUUV and TS froze.

I need to add support for encapsulated objects. Then I can export this thing.
LUUV did export the file, but it crashed at the end.