Round tripping to CAD
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Lets say i start a model in sketchup (model_01), then import that model into another 3D program. In this program I add other items, then save out those items as a sketchup file (model_02)
Back in the original sketchup model, if I import model_02, it is attached to the cursor, so will not automatically line up.
To get round this, i have to open model_02 in a 2nd instance of sketchup, then copy it to the clipboard, and then back in the original file, use paste-in-place, at which point model_02 drops into the file all lined up.So my question is: Surely there a way to import a sketchup model into an existing one, and have it just drop in place, without having to go thru that above cumbersome procedure...?
thanks
rabbit -
On the import dialog there is an 'options' button - bottom-right - useful with some types.
Depending on the file type the origin is kept as in the original [e.g. dae], on others [e.g. dxf] it has a preserve origin option so the file arrives at the same place as it was in the other app.
If it's simply another skp that you are importing then the origin in the imported skp is always 'on the cursor', so simply snap the imported object to the origin [0,0,0] and it's where it is in the other file - note you need to switch the axes on to see this RGB intersection to snap to... -
OK - cheers TIG
That works, but it seems to me it would be much cleaner if the incoming file would either just drop at the origin automatically, or you could type in 0,0,0 or even just 0 - don't see what the advantage is really of having it default to following the cursor around...
rabbit
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