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    Paint DWG to a face?

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    • G Offline
      gamber
      last edited by

      Greetings all,
      I work alot with DWGs from which I create my Sketchup model. One of the things I would like to do is paint a surface with the DWG.

      Below is an example of in which I would like the DWG painted onto the faces.

      Any ideas or plugins which are available?

      Regards


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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        So you just want to "paint" the lines on as a texture? You could create a JPG or PNG image of the lines and then apply the image as a texture to the face(s) in your model.

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        • G Offline
          gamber
          last edited by

          Yes, a possible solution, but I find I lose the crispness of the DWG lines.

          Any other thoughts?

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          • TIGT Online
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Why can't you just add a face on the wall line etc and use the appropriate lines [perhaps copied] from the imported file as lines on that.
            You won't lose crispness and you already have them imported - obviously there are several parts of the '2d elevation' you'll want to discard - like the roof outline... πŸ˜•

            TIG

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Import the dwg file into SketchUp and put the lines on the face.

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              • G Offline
                Glenn at home
                last edited by

                @dave r said:

                Import the dwg file into SketchUp and put the lines on the face.

                +1. This is what I do. Easy enough.

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                • G Offline
                  gamber
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for all the replies. Yes, all are workable, I was just hoping that there was a way/plugin to drape the DWG.

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