DWG To Sketch Up 2021 issue

Technical Problems SketchUp
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Helpfully, my first post got flagged as Spam…

Trying again.

I’ve drawn up a plate section in Autocad 2022 but when I import it to SU 2021 it is not even slightly accurate - holes that should be round are random shaped, there is no detail etc.

The only way I can get it to look anything like it should is to explode the DWG, however this makes it so surfaces are not recognised and SU just sees it as a collection of lines.

Really struggling with this and I need the SU model to show the concept to people without AC…

Cheers

N

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I wonder why it was flagged as spam. I asked you to share the .dwg and .skp files so I could see what you’ve got and help you get it straightened out.

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No idea?

Bolt Plates - IF1 Trial.dwg (158.0 KB)

This is the CAD model

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And it looks like this when it is imported

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It comes in looking like a mess but exploding the components to raw geometry seems to take care of it. Some strange about the .dwg file.

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What are the actual dimensions of the panels?

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3m x 600mm

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What’s 3 mm?

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3 metres X 600 mm. 4 mm thick steel

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bolt plates.skp (430.1 KB)

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Importing the file as meters and exploding looks OK to me. I would guess that the AutoCad blocks had their origin points somewhere on the other side of the Moon. I don’t have AutoCad, only a viewer so I couldn’t check.

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Nice one…

Thanks

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One thing I have noticed and haven’t found a way to change is to display measurements to three decimal places…

Can it be done?

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You’re welcome.

FWIW, I’d have probably chosen to model those directly in SketchUp. Nothing very difficult about them and I expect you’d get cleaner components.

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Yes. In Window>Model Info>Units.

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Cheers, Dave.

Life saver. I should get more used to SU. It seems like a good tool.

One more question…like Columbo…

Can you measure and get the dimension to stick so it is visible?

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It is if you use it correctly. What is the intent for having these bolt plates in SketchUp?

Yeah. Use the Dimension tool.

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Thank you. You have been a great help.

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Sorry, just saw your question…

It’s to give a better visualization for the wider team… They like pretty pictures…

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I see. You can do a lot of things with the SketchUp model. You could add a texture or show the thing in use . Maybe make an exploded view. Use LayOut to create a document showing the objects with dimensions and other information…

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I need to spend some time with it.

There’s a lot to learn

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