DWG Export by Layers
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Hello all! I am investigating a software solution for a gig where I just produce floor plans based on measurements of commercial spaces. These are very simple drawings that are used for marketing purposes, but the company always provides a DWG in addition to a PDF.
I am an advanced user of Sketchup, so producing the drawings would be very easy and fast for me, but I am running into a problem with layers translating over to DWG. I know that Sketchup does not offer this functionality, but I am wondering if there is a plugin or roundabout method that I can use to accomplish this.
If this is not possible, I was wondering if the community could recommend the fastest, easiest and most affordable program to achieve this simple result? I won't need to build off the drawings, or import them into Sketchup unless needed for PDF export. I just need to output PDF and DWG files in the style illustrated below.
Thanks!
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You can assign layers to any drawing element or to a group/component even where it's contained geometry is on Layer0 ?
If you want to export your stuff that's made on specific layers do so - a 3D DWG export will retain the layers: 2D doesn't, but simply make a top view, perspective off and export as 3D to keep layers ???
There's even my export_by_layer plugin than exports just the stuff on each layer as separate files [any export format]...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=183609#p183609
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@tig said:
You can assign layers to any drawing element or to a group/component even where it's contained geometry is on Layer0 ?
If you want to export your stuff that's made on specific layers do so - a 3D DWG export will retain the layers: 2D doesn't, but simply make a top view, perspective off and export as 3D to keep layers ???
There's even my export_by_layer plugin than exports just the stuff on each layer as separate files [any export format]...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=183609#p183609
Thanks for the info. I'll give it a whirl.
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Hi, another option is, if you are exporting this as a 2d hlr, to create a style that renders edges by material, instead of the default "all same", and then turn on "color by layer". Sketchup will preserve line colors when exporting, and then, in your cad program, use a filter to select lines based on their color, and move them to the desired layer.
Cheers
santiago
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