Convert pdf to sketchup

SketchUp Pro
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hello anyone
what is the quickest way for me to convert a PDF to sketchup? (for free)
and also JPG to sketchup?
thanks

2

Have it modeled (using PDF or JPG as reference) by someone that knows their way around SU?

There is no magic button (or extension) to do this automatically.

3

hello,

there’s a way for PDF but it isn’t exactly free since you’d need adobe illustrator. And of course the pdf must be vectorized (it can’t be a scan or a simple image). Once you’ve opened your vectorized pdf in illustrator you can export it to a .dwg file that you will then be able to import inside sketchup.

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instead of Illustrator you can also use the open source Inkscape;

  • open pdf in Inkscape
  • export to dxf (only vectors will be exported, not images)
  • import in SU Pro

Edit: for jpgs - here is an old thread discussing tracing images. Maybe some of it will apply:

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