Importing Plan drawings for Model Ship Kits into Sketchup 8

[Tony D]

I would like to know is it possible to import drawings of parts of a model ship kit plan? If it is possible, I would like to do the drawings in 3D so other modelers would have a better concept of how the part looks like. Most books/practicums do not have the pictures of the parts shown in 3D.

[Dave R]

Tony,

Welcome to SCF.

In what format are the drawings of the parts now? If they are just line drawings, you can import the images and trace over them or use them as reference for drawing the parts. SketchUp won't turn lines in an image file (PNG, JPG, etc.) into line entities though. If you have them in a CAD file format, you can import them with SU8 Pro or if you have a DXF file you can use Honoluludesktop's DXF_In plugin.