Rhino Twinmotion new datasmith tech is really not working for me!

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Hi,

Since downloading the latest rhino plugin - data smith to twin motion - I can no longer fix uv textures or sync (direct link after importing the model.

This is intensely frustrating. I export the 3d view, open it in twinmotion (which only gives me "enable subistitution" option. I then can not sync new geometry in rhino 7 via the link and the connections tab tells me "no connection found, waiting for datasmith direct link connection to be established. please start an application supporting datasmith direct link such as twinmotion or unreal engine." Both of these are open.

The old direct link seemed so much better. Is there something i am doing wrong?

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Hello there and thank you for posting.

Have you set the Datasmith/Rhino file you wish to use with the Direct link in the import inside Twinmotion?

Please see this article on "getting started with Datasmith" the new plugin works a little differently from the first one.

Hope this help :)

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I have been through all of it. I am getting the hang of it now, but I can’t figure out the fix uv texture; that was such a good command. It seems to have totally disappeared. Any ideas how to get it back?

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Unfortunately, this functionality was removed because Datasmith is supposed to fix this by default.

Can you please use the contact us button to report a bug and if possible share your file?

This way we will be able to build a case and report to the development team.

Thank you

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I feel like I am having this same issue - I have export 3D view from rhino, imported the datasmith in twinmotion however if I update anything in the rhino file whether that’s texture mapping or geometry or scale nothing seems to update in the twinmotion file. I have gone through datasmith workflow but not sure why nothing is synchronising? Let me know if you have any ideas for a fix?

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I still am not able to set up a datasmith link between rhino 7 and Twinmotion it says “no connection found, waiting for datasmith direct link connection to be established. please start an application supporting datasmith direct link such as twinmotion or unreal engine.” Even though I have exported the 3D view as a datasmith file and then imported this file into twinmotion. No sync seems to occur when I change anything in the rhino file? am I doing something wrong. is it possible that I have an enscape plugin also connected to my rhino? it feels like this shouldn’t effect it?