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| Parameter | SA | RS | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack & Go |  |  | When this option is enabled, the plugin will copy all files referenced by the output MXS into a textures directory, located in the output folder. Additionally, all file paths contained in the MXS file will be transformed into relative paths, in order that an MXS file may more easily be moved from machine to machine. |
| Use Instances | | | When this option is enabled, the plugin will attempt to replace any possible Components and Groups with Maxwell Instances in the output. This can result in drastically reduced memory requirements, as well as greatly improved export performance. This option is always enabled in the Standalone plugin, since there exists no reason to disable it. |
| Face Materials | | |
Where SketchUp supports different front and back materials for faces, Maxwell does not. Therefore, as the model is being exported, the plugin first attempts to find a face's front material and to then build a Maxwell material for the face using this SketchUp material. If the face has no front material, the plugin will check to see if it has a back material, and if it does, then that material will be used. Setting this option to Use Front Only will cause the plugin to disregard back materials entirely. |
| Hidden Layers | | | By default, the plugin will not render geometry located on layers which are hidden in SketchUp. Setting Hidden Layers to Render disables this check, such that all geometry contained in the scene will be exported, regardless of the visibility state of its layer. This can be useful in cases where high-resolution geometry has been placed on a hidden layer for the express purpose of keeping SketchUp more responsive. |
| Auto MXM | | | When this option is enabled, the plugin will attempt to match SketchUp material names with the names of MXM files found in any of the Search Paths specified in the Options panel (standard Maxwell installation directories will also be searched). When a match is found, the MXM file will be used in the MXS. |
| Proxies | | | When this option is enabled, the plugin will attempt to replace Component Definitions with the suffix _proxy in their name with definitions whose names match, but without the _proxy suffix. This allows for export-time replacement of low-poly geometry with hidden high-poly geometry For example, assume that a Component is shown in the viewport, and the Definition for this Component is named 'airplane_proxy'. During export, the plugin will search for a different Definition in the document named 'airplane'. If such a definition is found, then any occurrence of 'airplane_proxy' will be replaced with the geometry contained in the 'airplane' Definition during export. |
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