When you export a SketchUp file to the 3DS file format (go to File > Export > 3D Model… and choose 3DS from the drop-down menu) you’ll find a 3DS-file, an MTL file and a bunch of image files in the export location. Here are two methods that will help you solve this problem. You could re-texturize the entire model (export images, resize and re-import). So what do you do if you or someone else already placed way too large images into a building’s model.

You can then get a good feeling of how large the file will be if you highlight all image texture files and check their combined size: Check that quality is still acceptable afterwards.Īfter placing these images, the SketchUp file size typically becomes just a little larger than the sum of all included images.

JPG file compression: reduce to 50% quality or even less.

Before you import images as textures, resize them and save them with these specs: The best way to create lightweight models is to start with small texture images in the first place. Pardon the pun, but we are after anorexic models here. As a result, we have to put our models on a diet. A 1 MB file may be justified for a very complex building, but anything beyond that will a) load slowly (remember that these models are streamed over your internet connection) and will b) reduce the chances that Google will ever include it in the 3D Building layer in GE. You do not want to have a building model that weighs in at more than 500kB. One problem when exporting a SketchUp model that contains images as textures to Google Earth is file size.

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