DWG import

biff · 14 May 2021, 00:59

Hi all,
Have created a 2013 dwg from Revit. When imported into SU Pro 2014 I cant see annotations or dims.
When I import it back into Revit, they are there, so the dwg seems fine.
The above shows that SU ignores the text and dims.. Why?

Any ideas?
pb

Dave R · 14 May 2021, 01:37

Dimensions and some other CAD entities aren't supported. See https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/importing-and-exporting-cad-files and specifically the lists of supported and unsupported entities.

biff · 14 May 2021, 01:54

Thanks Dave, I have now seen older posts saying same thing. Pity.

Dave R · 14 May 2021, 01:58

It's been this way for nearly 2 decades at least.

Kenny · 14 May 2021, 19:12

Periodically I (and many others) contact the developers regarding this issue and still no solution unfortunately.

You can try using the TXTEXP command in your CAD software which should explode the text allowing it to be seen when importing into SketchUp.

My favoured workaround however, which I think works better, is to use Imsi Doublecad XT which is free to download (https://www.turbocad.com/content/doublecad-xt-v5 ).

Open the DWG in Double CAD and you can select various options when exporting including explode text and explode objects and save as a new file name. Then import into SketchUp and the text will appear.

The downside with exploded text is that it does slow the model since the text will be small pieces of geometry. You can however right click the text, save all on the same tag and make a component of the text allowing you to hide it when you don't need it, making the model faster to use. Alternatively, paste it in place in another file and only paste it back in when you need it.

Dave R · 14 May 2021, 20:14

Those CAD entities that are ignored by the importer are not edges. As Kenny indicates, exploding the text converts it to edges which can be displayed in the SketchUp model.

TIG has a .dxf importer that can deal with text but you'd need a dxf file instead of dwg.