I am having trouble opening dwg-files from my custumers archictect. When i try to import the file i click “import” - - i change format to "autocad files dwg - and i have also tried to change the configure settings - “preserve drawing origin” on and of. This is the message i get when i open the files:
Warning
message : Some imported geometry is extremely far from the
model origin. If you experience any instability with
your SketchUp model, please delete that geometry
from your .dwg/.dxf file and import again.
AutoCAD Entities Imported:
Layers: 17
AutoCAD Entities Simplified:
AutoCAD Entities Ignored:
Anonymous Blocks: 10
I have asked my custumer if the archictect would delete unesesary data, but the new files i received have the same problem as the first ones. Could someone help me out with these files - how should i proceed? : )
Are any of the files ones you could share? If all the info is in anonymous blocks you would need to open the file in AutoCad and use some third party AutoCad extension to un-anonymise them.
Hi! Thank you for your help! Somehow i only get the 2D-format, and not f.eks the wall heights. Is this also what you see when trying to import the file?
Yes. AutoCad paper space is 2D only.
If the architects have done the design as a 3D model, you could ask them for that. I could not guess from the DWG which software was used to export it (might be Archicad or Vectorworks).
Hi All, just bought Pro and my converted dwg files aren’t opening, even after trouble-shooting from the above suggestions. Can anyone please convert the attached skp file for me to see if it will work from an external file? Just need to see if I’m doing something wrong in the process! House-and-shed-models-and-layouts_18112023.skp (10.4 MB)
in class, I see people try to open dwg directly. they right click on them, and try to open with SU
no.
open a sketchup file, and in it, go to file / import and import the dwg file
the three issues you could get during importing are :
wrong scale. by default it’ll use the scale of the file if there is one, if not, you’ll have to specify in the import options
nothing imports. if you’re on an older sketchup, say 2017, and you try to import a newer dwg, say 2018, the import might fail. if you’re using the latest release, you should be ok
crappy file. I mean, it happens, a corrupted file, import fails. it will fail in other softwares too.
By the way, if you just joined the pro community, it’s time to update your profile
