<t>You are amazing! I created a new folder to save the DAE file in. When I did so I discovered that a copy of the photograph which I used for the basis of the texturing was saved in that file and that is when it hit me-that the texture files would be external files that the DAE ( and probably OBJ ...

What does the textures directory look like? I dont see anything which looks like it is the file I am saving it in

Ok, so now I have gotten to the point where I can import a DAE into SweetHome 3D and it appears totally correct in the new furniture import setup windows but when I go to hit the final button and have it enter the room the actual piece goes all white!

The scale now is still off and I have to type in the appropriate dimensions when importing into Sweet Home 3D but that is probably due the my lack of expertise in Blender. Thanks for your help!

ok, well I have gone to importing the OBJ files into Blender and exporting as DAE files, which seems to be working. Perhaps there are just a few hiccups with Sweet Home 3D importing OBJ files still?

Sometimes they are coming in extremely small

OK, actually the original fireplace is not importing correctly into SweetHome 3D either.

OK, actually I having all sorts of difficulties importing furniture. Some are even coming in flat

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I undertand about the files from Polantis<br/>
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I think that I am doing something wrong inside Blender; I took the fireplace from SweetHome3D's website just now, imported it into Blender, changed the brown to green, and exported it as a new OBJ file. When I tried to import ...

So Ive just checked and the MTL file is saved by blender right next to the OBJ file. How can I put them together so that SweetHome 3D imports them together?

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I also cannot seem to import the obj that i made in Blender with its colors/textures either- is this as similar problem of not saving the MTL files with OBJ? I would imagine that Blender has a way of doing so if any program does