Issue with texture colour in model import from Vectorworks

Question

I'm having difficulty getting colour information on textured models I create in Vectorworks to come across into Augment3d when I import. 
 I'm using VW2020 and am exporting as Collada (DAE file). I'm attaching a Renderworks texture to the object and giving it colour information in the Render tab in VW. If I preview the exported file in Finder, it seems to have the colour info - but when I import into Augmented, it displays the object with the un-coloured texture only. 
 Am I missing something on the Vectorworks end, or is Augment3d just not pulling the colour information from the DAE file correctly? 
 I can attach the files if that helps diagnose... 
 Thanks!

starksk · Accepted Answer

Taking a look at the files, the first thing I notice is that there is a reference to an image on your desktop in the VWX file that wasn't included in the zip. 
 Re-exporting as Collada (.dae) from Vectorworks (using Final Renderworks Settings) gives me the same behaviour that you are seeing in your file, but with more textures exported into the folder (not all). It looks like Vectorworks has set the BLK, CYAN, and PINK textures to be exactly the same (which is why they aren't showing as colored in your model. If you manually edit those texture PNGs and colorize them by hand in another program (I used GIMP) you can have the colors import to Augment3d. (The moire is fun) 
 
 It also looks like Vectorworks is creating the Collada export but is not actually exporting all of the textures so you will continue to get a request by Augment3d to point it at the missing textures: 
 
 This appears to be a Vectorworks issue (the missing textures are things like the stage deck).

Issue with texture colour in model import from Vectorworks

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