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    • P Offline
      PassUby
      last edited by

      I was wondering if there is anyway to import a DWF file into SketchUp? If so, how?
      Thank you in advance.

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      • K Offline
        Kenny
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        There's no direct way. What I've done in the past is to save it as a PDF then import the PDF into Illustrator and then export it as a DWG. You also have to rescale it when you import the DWG into Sketchup. It's a bit long winded but works well.

        There are a few programmes that claims to convert DWF to DWG directly but I never got good results when I tried them.

        Kenny

        http://www.townscapesolutions.co.uk/

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        • P Offline
          PassUby
          last edited by

          Thank you Kenny...I figured that is what I was going to have to do anyways... Thank you for your help!

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          • VLADIMIRZMV Offline
            VLADIMIRZM
            last edited by

            what about save DWF from sketchup?

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            • G Offline
              guite
              last edited by

              Just dxfin into a blank AutoCAD file, type dxfin at the command line, and save as dwg. Then import into SketchUP, matching the units of the dwg, skp and import option.

              Guite

              Edit: I am assuming you have AutoCAD, since you did not mention otherwise. If not, please ignore.

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              • P Offline
                PassUby
                last edited by

                Thank you everyone...Guess I'm going to have to brush up on my AutoCad now!

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                • G Offline
                  guite
                  last edited by

                  TIG,

                  Thank you for the enlightenment. โ˜€

                  I had not noticed that this topic refers to DWF and I just kept talking about DXF. I should have looked closely ๐Ÿ˜„. Sorry if I had caused any confusion.

                  Guite

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                    TIG Moderator
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                    You are confusing DWF and DXF (Drawing Web Format AND Data eXchange Format).

                    DWF is a read-only version of a DWG file (=AutoCAD DraWinG) - much like a PDF, that is a read-only version of a DOC or similar file. A DWF can be converted to a basic DWG with certain software - much like you can extract the text from a PDF if you have some tools. It can then be used in SUp with limited data.

                    DXF is an old type of a 'text version' of a DWG file (=AutoCAD DraWinG). You easily can open and read a DXF as text, and see what is meant to go where on which layer etc - it IS complex BUT it's still decipherable. It is simply a text version of the binary DWG file - so it's much bigger as the data is split out in easier to read coded packets. DXF is used for data transfer between programs that can't directly read DWG format. By now many programs (like SUp) can read native DWG - unless it's the very latest version where they play 'catchup', BUT many programs still allow DXF import - other programs (e.g. Bryce) only export in DXF so it's good to be able to get that data in even though it's not as 'compact' or perhaps as 'clean' as DWG...

                    TIG

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