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    • B Offline
      Buckyman
      last edited by

      This happens often enough I decided to ask here.
      I have attached an example of a 3D DWG import.
      The edge of this bracket should be a solid face but as you can see there are a number of gaps. Sometimes I can add the missing faces by drawing lines. Then I erase the lines and the face is as it should be.
      In this case, no amount of "monkeying" around will yield a solid face 😞

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
        last edited by

        Care to share the dwg file so I can test?

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        • PixeroP Offline
          Pixero
          last edited by

          SketchUp can have a hard time with really small faces.
          Try importing it 10 or100 times bigger and scale it down afterwards.
          (Under import options instead of millimeters use cm.)

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            I think Jan is on it. The line segments in your arcs are probably too short. It looks like you also have a bunch of ugly triangulation going on that you need to clean up.

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            • B Offline
              Buckyman
              last edited by

              Thanks
              Turns out my vendor (who is using SolidWorks) was working in a larger scale and reducing to my required size.
              I asked my vendor to make the DWG export unscaled, and it imported nicely πŸ˜„

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