Alert message while trying to import Sketchup file

[Anca Mamania]

Hello. I was trying to import furniture from Sketchup but was unable to. I received the following message: This application has failed to start because MFC71u.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

Has anyone else had this problem? I have no idea which application they're talking about. What software am I supposed to reinstall?

Oh, I tried to import via the 3d symbol option. I also tried opening the Sketchup file directly but that did not work either.

Thanks for your help.

-- Anca

[Katalyst777]

I checked out ChiefTalk for more info and came up with these from some of the company people. I think the same will apply to your version.

http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?t=36360

Check to make sure that MFC71U.dll and ALT71.dll are in your system32 folder.

http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?t=35836

This error is related to missing dll's in Windows. You will need these dll's added to the Windows system 32 folder:

mfc71u.dll: http://www.driverskit.com/dll/mfc71u.dll/1931.html

alt71.dll: http://www.driverskit.com/dll/atl71.dll/172.html

Hope this helps!

Also keep in mind that you will need to save as version 6 or prior to import .skp symbols into Home Designer. Until Google's team releases the updated API, we can't import version 7.0 .skp files.

[Anca Mamania]

Well, Katalyst, looks like you've come to the rescue again. Thank you for helping me to resolve this. Now I can import all of that nice, modern furniture which Sketchup offers... -- Anca

[TonyRichardson]

Katalyst, thanks for the hint about saving the sip file as v6. I was having similar problems importing from SketchUp Make 2013, but saving as v6 seems to solve the problem.