Blender to Vectorworks

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Hi, Does anyone know if its possible to export a model made in Blender to Vectorworks?
I can get a model into vectorworks using .3ds format but it does not seem to keep its textures and materials.

I work for a design and decor company and we would like to make custom models of our stage sets and props. I can make these easily in Blender but we would also like to use the models in VectorWorks.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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See this threadin the VectorWorks forums with some helpful(?) hints from a guy named Monadnoc (4th post from the top).

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Thanks Ikari! I’ll try this as soon as I can.

Do you know what is the best file type to import into vectorworks?

There may be an add on for blender that can export something more compatible with VectorWorks.

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Sorry, I’m no VectorWorks guy. I just stumbled across that forum post and thought I’d share.
Not sure what polygon mesh formats VectorWorks can import at all: .OBJ? .FBX? Both would be more reliable than .3DS, which is a horribly outdated file format with more limitations than features.

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I was able to export FBX from blender and import it into VectorWorks but the mesh had no materials or textures…