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Max → SKP Converter

Converts 3ds Max scenes into SketchUp files, with PBR materials (and V-Ray, if you want) and clean geometry, in batches.

Where it is in the app
Fluio Base › Max → SKP Converter
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The numbers on the screen are the steps in Step by step.

What it does

Takes .max files and produces SKPs ready for SketchUp, with native PBR or PBR + V-Ray materials, the textures next to the file and the geometry as it is or optimized. You can convert up to 200 scenes per batch; the originals don’t change.

The conversion runs in a separate, hidden 3ds Max session: you can keep using Max and SketchUp in the meantime.

Before you start

  • 3ds Max 2021 to 2027 installed.
  • SketchUp 2025 or newer installed.
  • Space on the output drive. Below 10 GB free, the app warns you.
  • For the V-Ray layer: the V-Ray for SketchUp extension.

Step by step

  1. Choose the scenes

    Under Scenes to convert, click Select .max files and select one or more files. Add scenes adds more; Clear list starts over.

  2. Set the output

    Under Output, check the Destination folder. The default is the CONVERTIDOS folder inside the library (Use the library folder). The date and time in the name keep earlier conversions intact.

  3. Choose materials and geometry

    Materials: Native PBR (default) or PBR + V-Ray. Geometry: 1:1 keeps the Max mesh; Optimized reduces triangles smaller than 8 mm and smooths by angle. Under 3ds Max version, Automatic uses the newest one installed.

  4. Review the check

    The Check panel checks 3ds Max, SketchUp 2025+, the converter’s resources and the output folder. Fixed something? Click Check again.

  5. Convert

    Click Convert scene. The scenes go one at a time, in five stages, from extraction in 3ds Max to compiling the SKP. The time shown is the elapsed time.

    • Cancel conversion stops the batch; whatever has already finished stays.

  6. Open the result

    At the end, Open the folder opens the SKPs. Each scene has View details, notes and Reports and logs. New conversion starts over.

Tips

  • History keeps your conversions, with search and filters (converted, failed, cancelled). They also appear in Inventory.
  • For a single block from 3D Library, use Insert into SketchUp on its page: it’s the same converter, with the SKP saved inside the asset.
  • Only one conversion runs at a time in the app, here or on a block’s page.

Common problems

When“No supported version of 3ds Max…” or 3ds Max wasn’t found.
What to doThe converter requires 3ds Max 2021 or newer, installed in Program Files\Autodesk.
WhenThe installed SketchUp is older than 2025.
What to doInstall SketchUp 2025 or newer.
WhenThe Visual C++ Redistributable is missing.
What to doInstall “Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64)” and check again.
When“The FLUIO. installation is incomplete.”
What to doReinstall the app from the Microsoft Store.
WhenV-Ray not detected.
What to doThe V-Ray layer needs the V-Ray for SketchUp extension. Native PBR is still available.

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Didn’t find the answer?Open a ticket right in the app, in Your account › Support. It already includes your computer’s versions and the error history, and the reply arrives in the app.
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