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  • T Offline
    TIG Moderator
    last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 12:50

    If 'DraftSight' mimics AutoCAD's interface then at the command line typing 'audit' and answering 'yes' to fix issue: then 'purge', and selecting 'purge all nested' [no prompting] should do it ?
    There is also 'recover' if a DWG is too corrupted to open...

    'DraftSight' has a 'File Utilities' menu to 'error-check', 'clean' and 'recover' drawings...
    Just run them from there ?
    It uses different names but does the same thing...
    See page 147 of this PDF guide...
    http://denisekitchencad.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/0/2/5002372/draftsight_training.pdf

    TIG

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    • N Offline
      ninomayda
      last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 13:56

      @tig said:

      If 'DraftSight' mimics AutoCAD's interface then at the command line typing 'audit' and answering 'yes' to fix issue: then 'purge', and selecting 'purge all nested' [no prompting] should do it ?
      There is also 'recover' if a DWG is too corrupted to open...

      'DraftSight' has a 'File Utilities' menu to 'error-check', 'clean' and 'recover' drawings...
      Just run them from there ?
      It uses different names but does the same thing...
      See page 147 of this PDF guide...
      http://denisekitchencad.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/0/2/5002372/draftsight_training.pdf

      Thanks a Bunch TIG. I'm familiar with the DS-Trainning Manual and page #147 in particular. Tried it to no avail. Now I'm loosing the "Furniture" Layer. Done Audit, Purge, Recover and Clean.

      Thanks a LOT for the time vested. Let's not worry about this any more. Evidently it's not an SKP limitation.

      What bugs me is that I cannot trust a customer sent DWG without first manipulating it outside SKP before Import.

      Regards
      Nino

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      • B Online
        Box
        last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 14:31

        I know nothing in this scenario, but as an outsider when I import the file I get 6o something layers all fully populated without fiddling with your customers bits.


        Lay.JPG

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        • J Offline
          JGA
          last edited by 6 Jan 2015, 17:12

          I saved the file back to 2010 DWG format & imported it into SKUP 2014 without a problem.
          Note the Washer+ block on the Appliance layer is dynamic, so may be a problem. Using "+" in a block name may also cause issues.

          Regards,
          JGA

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          • N Offline
            ninomayda
            last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 19:43

            @box said:

            I know nothing in this scenario, but as an outsider when I import the file I get 6o something layers all fully populated without fiddling with your customers bits.

            Thanks for investing the time on this. Sure, Layers "appear" to import on the dialogue window, but did you get the Fridge/Freezer Blocks in the kitchen? How about all the stair treads?

            Nino

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              ninomayda
              last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 19:48

              @jga said:

              I saved the file back to 2010 DWG format & imported it into SKUP 2014 without a problem.
              Note the Washer+ block on the Appliance layer is dynamic, so may be a problem. Using "+" in a block name may also cause issues.

              PLUS Sign on a Block ! That sheds a whole lot of light on a potential culprit. Interesting.

              Not finding any value on CAD software over SKP for the last 10-years, sorry to say I've not kept up with DynCompos on AutoDesk. Any feelers out there to pursue importing the DWG and seeing if you get the Fridge and the Freezer imported onto the kitchen?

              Thanks for the lead. I might be rusty on DWG. Plus Signs on DC's or Block Names themselves is still a liability within SKP importing operations nonetheless.

              Nino

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              • K Offline
                KrisM
                last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 20:43

                I could not get the fridge blocks to import. If you look at the window after the import has finished the dwg import, it says 141 anonymous blocks were not imported. These blocks include the fridge block. Sketchup doesn't like this block which has some attributes to flip it in Autocad. I exploded and redefined the fridge block in Autocad and then it imported fine into SU. My experience is that I rarely get a 100% perfect dwg import into SU unless I do some exploding , purging and cleanup in Autocad first. You may have to accept the fact that you're going to need to draw some elements yourself in SU if you're not able to do the cleanup in Autocad first.

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                • T Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 21:17

                  So in the DWG...
                  Select All.
                  Explode All.
                  Audit [Fix==Yes].
                  Purge All [including Nested objects].

                  Import into SKP...

                  ๐Ÿ˜„

                  TIG

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                  • K Offline
                    KrisM
                    last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 21:27

                    My procedure -

                    Select All.
                    Explode All.
                    Explode All.
                    Explode All.
                    Audit [Fix==Yes].
                    Purge All [including Nested objects].
                    Purge All [including Nested objects].
                    Purge All [including Nested objects].

                    Import into SKP...

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                    • K Offline
                      KrisM
                      last edited by 7 Jan 2015, 22:37

                      Just ran my procedure and all the linework comes into SU. However, once in SketchUp, one of the problems with the dwg import presents itself. This is not a complicated plan yet it generates 226,000 edges in the SU model. This is why I take out all the extraneous objects, hatching etc in Autocad before importing. It's never a straightforward import.

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                      • N Offline
                        ninomayda
                        last edited by 8 Jan 2015, 04:03

                        @tig said:

                        So in the DWG...
                        Select All.
                        Explode All.
                        Audit [Fix==Yes].
                        Purge All [including Nested objects].

                        Import into SKP...

                        ๐Ÿ˜„

                        Yup, that would be the "big hammer" approach. Trouble is file balloons to 11MB and I loose control to turn unnecessary Layers on/off.

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                        • P Offline
                          pbacot
                          last edited by 8 Jan 2015, 05:34

                          I often explode all but keep the layers. I might group by layer so very few groups (blocks). Every block (at least in my CAD export) ends up a component in SU and I hate them cluttering the component window. It's mostly for layout, I import as little of the drawing as possible.

                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                          • N Offline
                            ninomayda
                            last edited by 8 Jan 2015, 15:11

                            As usual, You All Gentlemen are indeed Correct. Challenge is that, upon "explode", entities fall off their respective Layers onto the Default (Current) Layer. Only option is to individually explode each of the multiple layers on their respective original layers.

                            Regards
                            Nino

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                            • J Offline
                              JGA
                              last edited by 8 Jan 2015, 15:16

                              You could try saving to an older DWG file format, such as 2004 which didn't have dynamic capabilities.
                              ACAD has a RENAME command to have a quick check & re-title block names.

                              Regards,
                              JGA

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                              • T Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 8 Jan 2015, 15:26

                                Yes, the Save_As in the CAD app could go back, even to r2000, the DWG's geometry/layers etc imported into SketchUp will be unaffected by that... but newer things like DC's, which could break it, are not supported in those earlier DWG formats, so they are avoided...

                                TIG

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