# Export from layout to .dwg III **URL:** \ **Category:** LayOut\ **Tags:** dwg\ **Created:** [August 6, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029 "2021-08-06T15:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SPB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spb/32/14638_2.png) [@SPB](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SPB)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/1 "2021-08-06T15:40:17Z")
Hey there, after having several issues in finding out how to export to .dwg out of layout: 1. I don’t know if I am right, but it seems to me that there is no possibility to easyly export dashed lines coming from a sketchup viewport: In Sketchup I have drawn geometry and assigned them to a tag. The tag was visualized with dashes. I created a scene in xray mode, and another scene with wireframe visualization. Then in Layout created a viewport of the skechup file with the xray scene and another page with a viewport of the wireframe scene, both I set it to vektor mode. I refreshed the model reference and saved the layout file. The dashed lines were visualized in both scenes correctly in sketchup, while in Layout they are not, in both pages/viewports. Also when exporting to dwg out of layout no dashed lines… When going to raster mode too, hybrid too. ( I got that now). That means to me that i have no possibility to export a in sketchup drawn geometry with dashed lines per layout to dwg, also with dashed lines…am I right? Please tell me if i made an error or didn’t understand something wrong… The only way I could generate dashed dwg-lines was to redraw the geometry in layout itself and formating them dashy… 2. I have set the viewport to scale 1:50. Then I went to dwg export - then checked the checkbox to export for sketchup. Everything fine, the export worked but when opening with a dwg-viewer the scale is 5 times smaller than it should be. (In sketchup 1 drew in cm). Is there no easy way to get a 1:1 dwg-file out of layout directly? I would be happy if you could help me if you notice something a false routine… Also I would be happy if you could describe me your handling how to export dwg files…perhaps there is a easier way then over layout, perhaps a sketchup extension, or somehow… Thank you for your replies yours spb ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/2 "2021-08-06T19:23:28Z")
What kind of export settings did you use? As to dashes, did you check in AutoCad what the line type scaling variables looked like? ---
**Author:** ![SPB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spb/32/14638_2.png) [@SPB](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SPB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/3 "2021-08-07T16:40:30Z")
![Screenshot 2021-08-07 181930](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/f/af663ab9e566cfd6e1a2978182673707ffcb34a9.jpeg) Instead of Autocad I use the Autodesk dwg Viewer called DWG True View Application. It is only a viewer and you cannot scale line types… Ah, in sketchup the tag was set with the first dashed line entry: ![Screenshot 2021-08-07 183907](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/2/62032fb7a24d52fe3647738fa63fafff2d365e39.jpeg) Did I something wrong in my workflow? / Does sketchup / layout support the dashed line dwg export out of layout? Thank you for your time… ---
**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:** [August 7, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/4 "2021-08-07T17:18:45Z")
The last setting “Export for SketchUp” is the one that confuses your scale. It creates a DWG file of your LayOut page and puts all the objects into Model space, at the scale of the LayOut page. It is often a very practical setting, but usually you have to open the model in CAD and scale the whole thing to get it to full scale. ---
**Author:** ![SPB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spb/32/14638_2.png) [@SPB](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SPB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/5 "2021-08-07T17:38:53Z")
Yes I understand. I suggested intuitively it should be like this. - checked for Export to model space in 1:1, perhaps with an additional dialog to set a scale factor…that would be useful becaus I would not have to adjust with another software (me I unfortunately don’t have Autocad) - perhaps another checkbox for export to paper space with scale like in sketchup But I think that is another question… My initial question was if a expierienced expert - SU- user can export dashed lines out of Layout (lines that come out of a SU-viewport) to dwg…? (disregarding the proper scale for now) …Sorry perhaps I did not explain my question good enough, or I misworded something… ---
**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:** [August 7, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/6 "2021-08-07T17:46:16Z")
> [@SPB](#): > > SU- user can export dashed lines I read your post as a series of questions (the answer might be interrelated, in fact). I’ll try to look at the dashes thing. ---
**Author:** ![SPB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spb/32/14638_2.png) [@SPB](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SPB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/7 "2021-08-07T17:52:29Z")
Yes, you are right! Thank you very much…I am really curios about it… ---
**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:** [August 7, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/export-from-layout-to-dwg-iii/172029/8 "2021-08-07T18:01:56Z")
I tried exporting one file of my own.First with the Export for SketchUp box unchecked. I looked at my dashdot lines with the List command in TrueView. Their linetype was dashdot, and they had a line scale factor of 20. On screen they looked solid, but I guess that with the correct linetype scale values and a correct global ltscale value they would look OK. I wonder if this is an inches/metric (I use millimeters) conversion issue behind the scenes but I have seen this with other applications too. With the Export to SketchUp box checked, everything looked almost exactly like on my LayOut page, with correct dashdots visible.