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    honoluludesktop
    last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 18:30

    I just accidentally discovered that you can drag and drop some dxf files into IE and it will open to view. Jim's reference file opens, but humpmetwice's doesn't. Is it a Acad created file?


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      Jim
      last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 19:33

      @honoluludesktop said:

      I just accidentally discovered that you can drag and drop some dxf files into IE and it will open to view. Jim's reference file opens, but humpmetwice's doesn't. Is it a Acad created file?

      @HDT - Do you have AutoCAD installed, or a dxf/dwg viewer that enables the browser to display them using a add-on? (My guess.)

      @Kurt - Thanks. This is what I get when importing your .dxf. It looks mostly OK, except the texts are not rotated (which I am aware but haven't fixed that yet.)

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      Hi

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        honoluludesktop
        last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 19:40

        I have a old copy of volo, but it was a popup that prompted a activeX download to then open the dxf to view. Are they related?

        Btw, Jim, do you know if the majority of the non text/dimension entities in your reference file are polylines?

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          Humpmetwice
          last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 20:27

          @jim said:

          @Kurt - Thanks. This is what I get when importing your .dxf. It looks mostly OK, except the texts are not rotated (which I am aware but haven't fixed that yet.)

          Far more than what I get! I think I could work with that if you would tell me the secret to what I may be doing wrong. Is it the text we use?
          Thanks Kurt

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            driven
            last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 21:58

            when I first import and use zoom extents I get this
            initial import

            then in SU, I deleted the \A1; text, I did 'select-all' to changed the font to momo 12pt, moved a couple of overlaps and in 'parallel projection' & 'top view'
            I get this.
            on the mac
            the text is on Layer0
            the model and dim lines are on the text layer,
            and the dimensionline layer is empty

            john
            @Kurt hope you don't mind me testing your file, consistency helps debugging...

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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              Jim
              last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 22:21

              @John - Select "No" for the Screen Text option to use 3D text (well, 3D in only 2D.)

              Hi

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                Jim
                last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 22:23

                @unknownuser said:

                @jim said:

                @Kurt - Thanks. This is what I get when importing your .dxf. It looks mostly OK, except the texts are not rotated (which I am aware but haven't fixed that yet.)

                Far more than what I get! I think I could work with that if you would tell me the secret to what I may be doing wrong. Is it the text we use?
                Thanks Kurt

                Just try the latest version. (This link is always the most recent.)

                Hi

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                  Jim
                  last edited by 12 Jul 2011, 23:02

                  @driven said:

                  the text is on Layer0
                  the model and dim lines are on the text layer,
                  and the dimensionline layer is empty

                  Yes, this is similar to what I get when using SketchUp's Pro dxf importer.

                  (added text rotation, btw in latest. v0.6.1)

                  Hi

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 22 Aug 2011, 09:19

                    I've been looking around at the various ruby based importers for SketchUp and I see that no one uses the Importer class. If this class is used the importer can be found in the native import list which would be very nice.
                    http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/importer.html

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      Dekker
                      last edited by 12 Nov 2011, 13:49

                      It looks like the "inputbox.rb" plugin is no longer found in bitbucket 😞

                      Any alternates available?

                      EDIT: Never mind... Found it! For the reference of others, the source is located here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=19103&p=347871&hilit=+inputbox.rb+#p347871

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                        Jim
                        last edited by 12 Nov 2011, 15:52

                        Sorry 'bout that, Dekker. I am haphazard with my plugins - but I'm glad you found inputbox.rb

                        Any thoughts on the importer?

                        Hi

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                          thomthom
                          last edited by 20 Dec 2011, 14:04

                          The link to inputbox.rb is dead.

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                            thomthom
                            last edited by 20 Dec 2011, 14:17

                            Does it handle materials in any way?

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              Jim
                              last edited by 21 Dec 2011, 21:46

                              @thomthom said:

                              Does it handle materials in any way?

                              No. I don't remember seeing a "material" or "color" property for dxf entities. Isn't the color based on an entities' layer?

                              Hi

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 21 Dec 2011, 22:28

                                You are right.
                                A DXF file gives objects layers, and those layers have colors.
                                If you take the SKP layers the colors export as random colors.
                                Even with similar SKPs newly made layers get unconnected colors.
                                It's possible to rationalize a DXF by post processing it's text - I have a commercial tool I've written which uses the native DXF exporter, but where the client wanted all DXF layers to be consistently colored; so it has a 'lookup table' and ensures consistency by 'stream-editing' the DXF's text after it's made.
                                Another way to have materials==colors is to export a custom made DXF but ignore the SKP's layers and using each material as if it were a DXF-layer... that way objects in the DXF are then grouped by each DXF 'layer' which is really made from the SKP's material-color rather than the proper SKP-layer...

                                TIG

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                                  Jim
                                  last edited by 21 Dec 2011, 22:42

                                  Dec 2011 - I have removed the external dependency on my inputbox.rb - it is no longer required as a separate download. Also, I attached the download to the first post of this topic rather than linking to an external site. Hopefully, these changes will make it easier for folks to try.

                                  Hi

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                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by 22 Dec 2011, 08:29

                                    Is DXF extendable? I wonder if AutoDesk writes DXF with extra material info..?

                                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by 22 Dec 2011, 08:58

                                      A DXF can include all the types of data that you get in a DWG file itself.
                                      However, as objects have layers and layers have colors, that's it.
                                      You can assign attributes to objects containing additional info, so you can pass [otherwise-unused] data... but how that's useful later on is questionable.

                                      TIG

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by 22 Dec 2011, 09:29

                                        I'm trying to find a good way to export a Revit model to SketchUp.

                                        I have tried exporting to FBX and then use Autodesk's converter utility to convert to DAE - but that fails on import every time on any model in SU. Fail in Blender as well.

                                        DWG and DXF import in SU - but uses layer material, as you describe. However, if I import the same DXF into another Autodesk application like 3DS - the materials are like how they where defined in Revit. And that is why I'm exploring this topic.

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          Jim
                                          last edited by 23 Dec 2011, 16:19

                                          FreeDXF imports acad layers as SketchUp Groups, so it may be possible to color the Groups according to their acad layer color number.

                                          Hi

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