Interesting CAD trick
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This was new to me -
Sometimes I go from SketchUp back into AutoCAD. Generally when I'm doing that I'm exporting a 2D with no perspective (Front, Side, etc.). The result on the AutoCAD side is of course more lines than I'd like. A floor line that is interrupted by a door and other architectural features in SketchUp, etc. becomes many many line segments in AutoCAD.
Enter Overkill. I use Overkill before exporting from AutoCAD to SketchUp to get rid of overlapping and hidden lines and to clean up the drawing in general before crossing over. My 'duh' moment today was to use Overkill in the other direction, to simplify the drawing after it's been imported from SketchUp. It works pretty well, not perfect but a substantial improvement.
Hopefully this will be useful to someone else on the forum -
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