The PRO100 button on the order creation screen is a second, separate route for PRO100. It takes the whole project exported to .obj: the project opens as an assembled unit, not as a list of blanks. Put the .mtl file next to it — the material names come from there. You can also pick a ZIP archive: the OBJ and the MTL will be found inside, including in nested folders. One OBJ at a time, file size up to 128 MB.
The Excel route has not gone anywhere: import from PRO100 via Excel carries the “Parts list” from the PRO100 reports over as a flat list. OBJ is the one you need when the assembly itself and the position of the parts in the unit matter.
What is read from the file
- Panel parts with their dimensions and thickness, their position and rotation in the assembly — the preview shows an assembled unit.
- Part names from the OBJ object names; a leading number such as
01_is dropped. The unit name comes from the file name. - The part material — from the material that prevails on its faces; the readable name comes from the texture in the MTL, otherwise from the material name.
- Edging — from the geometry: thin overlays on the sides of a part are recognised as edge banding.
- Round bores — cylinders in the geometry, up to 80 mm in diameter and up to 100 mm long.
What you will have to do yourself
- Materials and edging. Only the name and the thickness arrive from the OBJ, and the material is named “PRO100 · name · N mm”. The import warns every time: match the materials and the edging against your catalogue before creating the order.
- Edge thickness. The edging itself is recognised, but its thickness is not in the file — set it in the order.
- Quantity. Every panel arrives as its own row with a quantity of one: identical parts are not merged.
What this import does not do
- It does not carry over grooves, milling or arcs: the OBJ holds geometry only, with no indication of what should cut it and how.
- It does not carry over hardware.
- PRO100 service and furniture objects that do not look like a panel do not make it into the order — the import lists them in the warnings.
- Bores that could not be attached to a part are skipped and listed as well.
- Anything too thin or too small is dropped silently: a part is a panel between 0.4 and 80 mm thick whose face sides are both at least 30 mm.
If the file did not open
The PRO100 import via OBJ is still in testing. The reply “Failed to read the PRO100 OBJ” with the stage named means the structure of the file differs from the known one — send that file to support and the format will be adapted. After the upload, check the list of parts, the materials, the edging, the operations and the warnings.