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      tim
      last edited by

      Just tried to export my house model as dwg (various version, also tried dxf etc) and it simply blows SU away every time.
      Crash log attached, model at http://www.rowledge.org/tim/AshlingHouse/Ashling%20Rd%20Main%2012%20Nov.skp
      SketchUp_2009-12-09-162219_Diziet.txt

      I can export other models ok, so there is presumably something about the model that upsets the exporter plugin. If anyone knows the answer - or can actually send me the exported file - that would be nice since somebody actually needs it soon!

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Have you purged the model?

        Have you tried copying the content into another model?

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

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          tim
          last edited by

          @thomthom said:

          Have you purged the model?

          Have you tried copying the content into another model?

          Yes and yes. And I tried deleting any textures and then purging, just in case it was something to do with large texture bitmaps. No luck.

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          • boofredlayB Offline
            boofredlay
            last edited by

            Tim, I had no problem exporting your model, that is the basement plan and the main floor plan. I did not try any other views. I am running 7.1.481, not the newest release I know. I just have not gotten around to upgrading. Maybe this is a glitch in the newest release.

            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Hi Tim,

              I have also tried (the very first scene) as dwg and went without any glitch. I do have the latest version (BTW Eric - do you use your phone number as your SU version? 😮 )

              Gai...

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              • boofredlayB Offline
                boofredlay
                last edited by

                @gaieus said:

                (BTW Eric - do you use your phone number as your SU version? 😮 )

                Watch this Gai...
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLRUszuu9I&feature=related
                and the original..
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBHJqtgo8RA&feature=related

                Sorry for being Off Topic Tim.

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  tim
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for testing it guys. The really annoying thing is that many other models export perfectly well, including a 3 month old version of the house. So somewhere in there is a change that has triggered a bug in the exporter code. Sigh. It exports to collada ok, to Layout.... bummer.

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                  • AnssiA Offline
                    Anssi
                    last edited by

                    The 2D views exported OK, but exporting the 3D model led to bugsplat. Same result when renaming the file with a short name without spaces (non-ascii characters caused trouble in a previous release).😞

                    Has anyone else tried to export the model?

                    Anssi

                    securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                    • honoluludesktopH Offline
                      honoluludesktop
                      last edited by

                      I used some of my own code to export Tim's components to dxf, but my application's getdxf failed to convert it. Haven't had problems with my own models, (yet🙂

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                      • charly2008C Offline
                        charly2008
                        last edited by

                        I tried it too and got also a Bugsplat.

                        Then i took a copy of the Footings plan and pasted it into a second Sketchup instance and here the export worked fine both for DWG and DXF. I suspect that the problem is connected with the other scenes.

                        I made the same test too with the Elevation Scene and here i got the Bugsplat. This confirms my suspicion that the problem is caused by some scenes.

                        Another test with the export of the Floor framing scene for example worked also fine. A further test with
                        the Basement details scene was also Ok.

                        Karlheinz


                        Ashling Rd Main 12 NovXX.skp


                        DWG-DXF.zip

                        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                          tim
                          last edited by

                          Hmm, interesting results folks. Of course the irony is that the 'elevations' scene is really the one most needed since it is the entire model of the house!

                          I wonder what has changed in the last three months that could be causing such a problem. Not that there is any meaningful way to automatically compare two versions of a model.... most of the recent changes that I recall were minor alterations in the details of dimensions (changing size of ICF blocks, moving the odd rafter, stuff like that) rather than major additions.

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                            tim
                            last edited by

                            Progress report for anyone interested - it's the roof component. With that layer removed and the model purged, I can export to dwg. Delete every other layer, purge, save to a new file and try to export - boom!!!

                            So I wonder what is wrong with the roof that upsets export but not LO or any of the other tools I normally use? More on this channel as the news breaks, later.

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                              tim
                              last edited by

                              Well, well.

                              One of the components had managed to get a definition (the component name) of '' ie blank. This makes sense of the crashlog appearing to have a problem in some code relating to adding a symbol.

                              So the immediate solution is to provide a proper name for the component, which is easy enough. But the more serious problem is that the exporter shouldn't crash that badly, the integrity checker that checks the model ought to have picked it up sooner and warned me and perhaps even more importantly there should be no way you can delete the name of a component. You can't have duplicate names and you should be able to enter any other sort of invalid name.

                              I've noticed that the keyboard focus occasionally seems to move to the component name field of the entity window or the outliner window and then using a hotkey (like 'm' for example) results in you having a component called m. Easy to miss when working away. Shouldn't happen.

                              If Barry or any other googleSU person is reading and interested I can supply models with and without the error.

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                                bjanzen
                                last edited by

                                Sure. Send it and we'll see the extent of this and file a bug. Thanks.

                                b

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                                  lusodxb
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi im new to this forum and am having problem exporting my model form skp 8 pro to dwg! can anyone help?
                                  Thanks

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                                    thomthom
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                                    @lusodxb said:

                                    Hi im new to this forum and am having problem exporting my model form skp 8 pro to dwg! can anyone help?
                                    Thanks

                                    If you describe the problem we might.

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

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