DWF File?
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I was wondering if there is anyway to import a DWF file into SketchUp? If so, how?
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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
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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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what about save DWF from sketchup?
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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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Thank you everyone...Guess I'm going to have to brush up on my AutoCad now!
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TIG,
Thank you for the enlightenment.
I had not noticed that this topic refers to DWF and I just kept talking about DXF. I should have looked closely
. Sorry if I had caused any confusion.Guite
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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...
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