Cad objects Bloat when imported into SktchUp

BigTom · 3 Sept 2009, 17:58

I want to solve a recurring obstacle.

What is often a small file in CAD (3d objects for instance) becomes really large and unwieldy when imported into SketchUp. Will someone please direct me to some forum threads that address this? I am not sure if I should trim or edit objects somehow in CAD or if there are Ruby scripts to help or if SketchUp itself will solve this.

BigTom · 3 Sept 2009, 19:45

Case in point

I have a waterslide 3d cad model- file size approx. 3 MB

After importing this one object into a virgin SketchUp session it swells to a 24 MB file which is extremely heavy when creating an environment with numerous elements.

toxicvoxel · 6 Sept 2009, 20:40

I'm taking guess but if your models are generated by a modeller that uses solids these entities may require translation into meshed equivalents which could be producing the additional size/elements.