I'm not exactly sure what you mean by solids - do you mean smooth surfaces instead of mesh?

What I really need to know is how I can export Sketchup models to a dwg or dxf without having all of the hidden lines show up. I am working with complex curves and it just turns into a big mess when I export it. Is there a way to maintain smoothness?

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

My client is paying 20/20 to produce the models and to have them converted to dwgs.

If you don't mind...why are they hiring 20/20 to do this? Why wouldn't you build them using Sketchup in the first place?

The point of my research is to prove to my client that having 20/20 produce the models is an unnecessary step. I hope that eventually I will be building them in Sketchup in the first place. I really love that you said that - makes perfect sense to me too.

Why would they be using SketchUp if they have their own modeling software?

My client is paying 20/20 to produce the models and to have them converted to dwgs. I am just trying to learn why the quality is lost in the conversion. I am just working from the dwgs that are available to anyone on the internet. It may be that copyright is the reason the for the degradation in quality. Maybe my client only pays for the dwg while 20/20 owns rights to the original model for use in their electronic catalogs. Trying to get to the bottom of this.

The .dwg I have received are not good at all. They are wire mesh and not only do they have to be gutted but smoothed out. I can only smooth them so far or I end up losing too much detail so I go in and hide lines manually after a certain point. Can 20/20 models be exported as smoothly-curved AutoCAD solids instead of meshes? Is it better to export to .dxf than to .dwg?

Is there a simple way to convert 20/20 models into SketchUp models without first converting them to DWGs?