Interesting method by TIG. I will have to try that.

In any case, I just bought the sMustard script, along with something they have that repairs the dxf.

Thanks for your helpful reply, mitcorb.

I need a tutorial on how to create faces(polygons) formed by the lines of a dxf drawing that I import from Chief Architect. I want to extrude these faces. Book, video, anything, I'll buy it.

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I want to import a 2D dxf orthographic house elevation plain line drawing and convert this to polylines that Sketchup Pro can extrude the resulting polygons from. Do I need another software or can the import and conversion to 3D be done in SU Pro? If so, how?

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I have a house elevation as a plain line 2D dxf drawing. How do I make it into editable faces to push/pull? I am a complete newbie.

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I do not have Sketchup Pro. Is there a free skp to obj converter or a free 3d app that can do this?

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Is there a reliable method for converting .skp models from 3D Warehouse to all quads? In particular, I'm looking for a dedicated converter or a 3D content creation software that is known to be good at it.

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Here's a photo of the kind of stuff I'd like to try.

I wonder what book or online thing covers the advanced level a building like this entails, in terms of Sketchup's tools. I'd be looking into plugins, too. I've already bought smustard's boolean plugin ($10).

For a Victorian brick house facade, there are bricks placed in an arch formation over windows, and also designs made where a few bricks are set slightly forward of the surrounding brick wall as well as some designs where a few bricks are inset a little to create a design. How detailed can Sketchup get with something like this?

Excellent, thanks very much!

Does Sketchup have Boolean modeling ability, such as cutting out decorative scrollwork from a flat board?