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    SU 7.1 - Free version - IMPORT DFX/DWG ???

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    • D Offline
      dolphus
      last edited by

      After upgrading to su 7.1 i cannot find a way to import autocad files dwg or dfx ho is it done now?
      please help i am lost ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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      • R Offline
        remus
        last edited by

        Its not there by default: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=21492

        I believe theres going to be a seperate installer released to enable dxf/dwg import though.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          There is supposed to be an add-on or something (for the time being - for the "rest" of SU 7) that lets you do that. I still have to find it out where it is (or maybe somebody already knows).

          Gai...

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            I saw John posted a link to it in the comments of the blog announcement. It can be found here:

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Thanks, Chris, I knew I'd seen it somewhere - it's just so new I couldn't remember.

              Also, I will make this topic sticky for a while.

              Gai...

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                dolphus
                last edited by

                Thanks chaps i am up and running again ....just don't upgrade EVER AGAIN?

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  No, Dolphus,

                  When SU 8 comes out and you install it, it will install in a different folder and you can run the two programs separately without any problems (like currently some run even much older versions, too).

                  This "courtesy" by Google was only made that if people update SU 7 from 0 to 1, they don't get (too) fvrustrated because of the lack of cad import (although - despite this is not usual from Google, they announced this step way ahead).

                  So don't worry.
                  ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  Gai...

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                  • R Offline
                    remus
                    last edited by

                    But then you dont get the speed increase ๐Ÿ˜‰ Horses and courses and such.

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Or just stick to v7.0 and do not bother with v7.1 et-al?

                      Mike, for the time being, you (and every) free user could upgrade to v.7.1 (it is worth it, believe me) and use the plugin instead of the native importer.

                      As for the future, you will see - and that's a different subject.

                      Gai...

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        Or just stick to v7.0 and do not bother with v7.1 et-al?

                        The performance improvements in SU7.1 is worth the extra clicks to install the DWG importer plugin.

                        Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          And the plugin is exactly the same importer there is in the Pro version (as I was told when asked if I should install for testing reasons when it was not released yet) so you don't even have to be afraid of any extra bugs it could involve.

                          Gai...

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                          • AndrewSA Offline
                            AndrewS
                            last edited by

                            @gaieus said:

                            And the plugin is exactly the same importer there is in the Pro version (as I was told when asked if I should install for testing reasons when it was not released yet) so you don't even have to be afraid of any extra bugs it could involve.

                            For the sake of eliminating confusion, I can confirm this.

                            When you use the DWG/DXF importer installer that we're distributing, it enables the use of exactly the same importer as is available in 7.1 Pro. Also, aside from any improvements and modifications that were made in the 7.1 development process, that plugin is the same as what was provided in 7.0; it's not like it's a completely new/redesigned plugin or anything.

                            Andrew

                            Andrew S.
                            SketchUp Release Engineer

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                              outland86
                              last edited by

                              hello is thee any reason why the dxf exporter makes the size of the file that has been imported and worked on scale up by a couple hundred thousanths of an inch ?

                              is this a fault in the exporter ?

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                              • FrederikF Offline
                                Frederik
                                last edited by

                                Have you remembered to set the scale in the Import options...?? ๐Ÿ˜•
                                Import.jpg
                                DWG-DXF-Options.jpg

                                Cheers
                                Kim Frederik

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                                  outland86
                                  last edited by

                                  yes it works fine for the import but when you export the DXF and bring it in to another cad application it is always larger by about 200 thou
                                  very annoying.

                                  this seems to happen no matter what the export options are set to and is the same over several external cad applications

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @outland86 said:

                                    yes it works fine for the import but when you export the DXF and bring it in to another cad application it is always larger by about 200 thou
                                    very annoying.
                                    this seems to happen no matter what the export options are set to and is the same over several external cad applications

                                    200/1000 - 1/5" ! which might not be much in a big building but is a lot in a piece of furniture...
                                    Can we have a zipped/small problem skp and dxf to see it first hand... ๐Ÿ˜•

                                    TIG

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                                      arjunmax09
                                      last edited by

                                      Since the discussion is about cad import into SketchUp.. i'd like to ask a question about cad export from SketchUp Pro... on exportin' a model from SketchUp [export 2D graphic option] that has different layers... the layers lose their properties in AutoCAD... i.e. to say... the whole model is in one or two layers... For example if i've made layers in SketchUp for furniture, walls, windows, fixtures, etc... the same doesn't happen in AutoCAD on the model export... the whole cad ... I have to redo the layer thing in AutoCAD ๐Ÿ˜ž .. is there a way to solve this problem??

                                      when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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                                        joppermann
                                        last edited by

                                        I know this may seem like a silly question but what file do I put this in? Plugins?

                                        I can't seem to figure out where it should go or how to import a dwg file. I assumed it would be in the import selection. Help!

                                        Thank you

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          Its actually an installer. So double click on it to begin installing it (.msi stands for MicroSoftInstaller). So run it and it wil install itself where it belongs.

                                          Chris

                                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                          All my Plugins I've written

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                                            joppermann
                                            last edited by

                                            Aha! Thank you Chris. I appreciate it.

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