Importing chief architect into lumion

[amddrafting]

Export CA model to .3ds, import .3ds to Sketchup, Export from Sketchup to .dae file.

That is the best way I have found. CA's exporting to .3ds has some undesired results with the textures. You don't have to touch the model in Sketchup except to place it. However, while in sketchup you can clean up the textures and smooth normals to make sure all of the surfaces are clean and round and not boxy. Then export to .dae and the model will import clean as a whistle.

I'm in the process of trying to streamline this process.

Ideally my goal is to have enough 3D objects imported in to Lumion so that I never have to furnish a house in CA. Once you have house full of furniture in CA it lags a lot which slows down productivity. Lumion does not so if you can manage to import everthing in to Lumion and adjust colors and textures in there then you'd be better off.

Here's some pics of a house I finished this morning. Video will be rendering tonight.