Trouble with dwg import in 2018
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I am having trouble importing dwgs in 2018. Sketchup invariably crashes when I try it. Once it returned a message to the effect that there were objects too far from the origin but it continued crashing even after that was solved.
On the other hand, the same file can be imported into 2017! I am not sure what to think of this apart from the fact that 2018 seems to be more unstable than other versions of Sketchup.
Any ideas?
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If you can open the DWG in a different app and break it up into a series of DWGs it should work.
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@edson said:
On the other hand, the same file can be imported into 2017!
SU v2018 does contain a revamped resp. rewritten DXF/DWG interface sothat the behaviour might be different to the previous SU versions using the Teigha Toolkit.
Open with the free Teigha Viewer and save down to the R2000 version format. If this doesn't help, open in a CAD system as e.g. the free DraftSight version, select all, explode once and save.
And claim the problem to Trimble via the SU forum too.
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@sketch3d.de said:
@edson said:
On the other hand, the same file can be imported into 2017!
SU v2018 does contain a revamped resp. rewritten DXF/DWG interface sothat the behaviour might be different to the previous SU versions using the Teigha Toolkit.
Open with the free Teigha Viewer and save down to the R2000 version format. If this doesn't help, open in a CAD system as e.g. the free DraftSight version, select all, explode once and save.
And claim the problem to Trimble via the SU forum too.
I am afraid none of your suggestions worked. Sketchup 2018 crashed equally after both attempts. The only way out for me now is to import it into 2017.
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@rich o brien said:
If you can open the DWG in a different app and break it up into a series of DWGs it should work.
As I have been working solely with Sketchup and Layout for everything I no longer know my way around any CAD program. Would you suggest a free and easy-to-use alternative?
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@edson said:
Would you suggest a free and easy-to-use alternative?
if you would have done what I've described above (and what you've claimed) you should have DraftSight already on your system?
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@sketch3d.de said:
@edson said:
Would you suggest a free and easy-to-use alternative?
if you would have done what I've described above (and what you've claimed) you should have DraftSight already on your system?
No, I installed it and TeighaViewer a few minutes ago.
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