Hi Nick,
It has been a while since you had the problem with smoothing 3DS objects created in SketchUp and then imported to Vue. I have been looking for a solution to the problem witch doesnt seem to have changed with SU4. The strange thing is that some users seem to be able to smooth in Vue after splitting the object, I can not.
I found out the problem is that SU constructs the model differently from other 3D programs. Different faces create several points in the same location, and Vue can not smooth that. They say I could fix the model by welding the points in 3DMax, but why would I render in Vue if I had Max? I asked @Last what they can do about it, but I have not gotten a reply.
Did you find a solution to the problem?

Regards,
Heikki