sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Discussions
    sketchup
    20 Posts 12 Posters 7.0k Views 12 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • 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...

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • 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

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • O Offline
          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 ?

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • FrederikF Offline
            Frederik
            last edited by

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

            Cheers
            Kim Frederik

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • O Offline
              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

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • 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... πŸ˜•

                TIG

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • A Offline
                  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 😞 .. 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

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • J Offline
                    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

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • 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

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • J Offline
                        joppermann
                        last edited by

                        Aha! Thank you Chris. I appreciate it.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • 1 / 1
                        • First post
                          Last post
                        Buy SketchPlus
                        Buy SUbD
                        Buy WrapR
                        Buy eBook
                        Buy Modelur
                        Buy Vertex Tools
                        Buy SketchCuisine
                        Buy FormFonts

                        Advertisement