# DWG Import Advice

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [October 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869 "2026-10-23T19:28:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kevin58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kevin58](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kevin58)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/1 "2026-10-23T19:28:30Z")

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A quick question please.

Is it possible to import the attached DWG file into SketchUp without these leader lines appearing?

The image below shows what I currently get, and I just wonder if there’s a way to lose those lines without exploding the component and deleting them manually each time?

Thanks, 👍

 ![Screenshot 2026-10-23 202138](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/f/9/4/f943e9ff7e64bceaaeabee5f85f8e93df19c09a2.png)

[75DI-0125.dwg](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/nganpUl675I3d3nvgvu51Q5qtZn.dwg) (181.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/2 "2026-10-23T19:39:58Z")

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Perhaps AI could write code that tracks that tag name and deletes it (including the geometry) immediately after you import the file.

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**Author:** ![kevin58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kevin58](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kevin58)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/3 "2026-10-23T20:36:57Z")

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> [@mihai.s](#):
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> Perhaps AI could write code that tracks that tag name and deletes it (including the geometry) immediately after you import the file.

Point taken 🤣

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![gsharp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/gsharp/32/25083_2.png) [@gsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gsharp)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/4 "2026-10-23T22:51:19Z")

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or could AI write an extension that would import the missing text in vector format ?

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/5 "2026-10-23T22:53:41Z")

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Or you could just import the text in vector format with the native importer (in SU2027).

 ![Screenshot - 10_23_2026 , 5_52_51 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/9/6/6/9668df161228bd7dd0e4b327fffa500e25da1082.png)

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dwg-import-advice/350869/6 "2026-10-24T10:29:24Z")

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Now that the importer has been updated to support most AutoCad annotations, it would perhaps be a good FR to ask for a “Features to import” dialog to let users select what object or annotation types to leave out. Previous versions of the importer only imported “geometry”.