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    • Joe WoodJ Offline
      Joe Wood
      last edited by

      whoops, it should be ~7 13/16" ! So is it, on this dxf??

      Joe Wood
      woodsshop.com/

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      • Joe WoodJ Offline
        Joe Wood
        last edited by

        I just tried importing it into SUp but it came in way too large.

        Joe Wood
        woodsshop.com/

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        • Joe WoodJ Offline
          Joe Wood
          last edited by

          yeah that's what the imported into SUp file measured at, 7' 9!

          Joe Wood
          woodsshop.com/

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          • D Offline
            driven
            last edited by

            there is an error on the end and results depend on how you fix it...
            2017-05-07 08.33.11 pm.png

            john

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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            • tuna1957T Offline
              tuna1957
              last edited by

              Joe, just checked it in my cad program and giving me a line length of 7' - 6" something..... good grief...... don't know if it's the file or something I did..... haven't used my 2D cad in freaking ages..... maybe one of the wizards will be along and sort it out.

              Edit - Just imported it into SU and coming in at same size as it did in my cad program..... must be the file.... no clue ?

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              • ecatiE Offline
                ecati
                last edited by

                In SketchUp this is how it looks.


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                • Joe WoodJ Offline
                  Joe Wood
                  last edited by

                  Darn I just saw that too! Luckily it didn't come out in the pieces I had cut by CNC!

                  thanks for the help peeps!

                  say, is there any freeware I can use to make these measurements on dxf files?? I have AutoDesk DWG True View but can't figure out how to measure with it.

                  Joe Wood
                  woodsshop.com/

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                    Bep
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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      A free very cool one!

                      Pcon Planner 😎

                      Has Import / Export DXF, DWG,SKP etc... πŸ€“ So very cool for SU Make πŸ˜‰
                      And many other marvelous things! β˜€
                      As Imperial unities is Chiness for me make your own conversions! πŸ˜‰

                      Here unity : Meter

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                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                      • tuna1957T Offline
                        tuna1957
                        last edited by

                        Here's a question to the architects and others who do a lot of dwg/dxf file imports. Maybe it will help out folks like me and Joe down the road.

                        Why did this file import into SU at such an abnormal size? Straight line length of rafter was over 200'. Joe and I both experienced the same thing.

                        A side note ... the file imported into my 2D cad program the same huge size. Never have had an issue with auto cad files in the past with that software.

                        Just curious and maybe help out others down the road that don't import dwg's of dxf's very often.

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                        • Joe WoodJ Offline
                          Joe Wood
                          last edited by

                          Hey Pilou, can I change the units to Imperial in that Picon Planner?

                          Joe Wood
                          woodsshop.com/

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Of course yes! It's not marvelous ? β˜€
                            I had made the Inverse : Imperial to Metric at the importation! πŸ’š
                            It's a true gem! 😎
                            Here in French but you have some languages! (14) 😲

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                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • D Offline
                              driven
                              last edited by

                              @tuna1957 said:

                              Why did this file import into SU at such an abnormal size?

                              you need to set the import units to match the files units...

                              I normally have it set to meters, but changed it to inches for this one...

                              john

                              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                              • tuna1957T Offline
                                tuna1957
                                last edited by

                                driven , thanks for clarifying that.... click the options button in the import drop down window... a definite d'oh moment for me !

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