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Skimp 2.0!  What's new?

Skimp was long overdue for an update and we are very proud of the changes we have delivered in version 2.0:

• New import types!  GLB / glTF, USD (.usda, .usdc, .usdz),  and SKP! (See below for why we added SKP import)
• Preview now shows textures and shading
• Isolated edges not attached to faces are now maintained when importing or simplifying SKP files
• Missing faces due to SketchUp tiny-face issue is now much less likely to occur (especially if using meters as import units)
• Ability to import as flat-shaded (eliminates smoothing artifacts)
• Simplification error tolerance now works better when simplifying scaled objects
• Transparent materials are now imported correctly
• Progress bar
• Greatly improved user experience in general
• Many bug fixes

Why use Skimp to import SKP files?
I'm glad you asked!  By using Skimp to import SKP components into your model:

• You can optimize your SKP components before actually importing them into the model.  This is a much faster workflow than importing them using native tools and then simplifying them after they are in the model.
• Only faces and edges will be imported.  This is great if you only care about the geometry and aren't interested in importing section planes, dimensions, text, images, and guides.
• Tags will not be imported.  All imported entities will be untagged.  This avoids a common problem of generating lots of unwanted tags when importing a component.
• Unused materials will not be imported.
• Unused components will not be imported.

The main disadvantage of using Skimp to import SKP components is that Skimp does not support materials assigned to back-faces.  You'll get the best result if the SKP file has proper face orientation before you import it.