# Plugin to automate 2D .dwg plans to 3D models? **URL:** \ **Category:** Extensions\ **Tags:** sketchup, import, automation\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897 "2025-01-16T18:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LBIDesignBrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@LBIDesignBrian](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LBIDesignBrian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/1 "2025-01-16T18:22:22Z")
I am looking for a plug in or extension to automate creating a 3D model from 2D plans and elevations. I have complete .dwg plans and elevations of a house from an architect and am looking to create a detailed 3D model of the exterior and interior from the .dwg files automatically. Does anyone know of such software? I am willing to pay top dollar for this extension if it is available. ---
**Author:** ![bmaxim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmaxim/32/232924_2.png) [@bmaxim](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmaxim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/2 "2025-01-16T18:28:32Z")
> [@LBIDesignBrian](#): > > to create a detailed 3D model of the exterior and interior from the .dwg files automatically Welcome to the jungle, my friend 🙂 > [@LBIDesignBrian](#): > > I am willing to pay top dollar for this extension if it is available. Me too ---
**Author:** ![bmaxim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmaxim/32/232924_2.png) [@bmaxim](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmaxim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/3 "2025-01-16T18:31:45Z")
But seriously, the only SU extension that comes to mind is Dibac [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time\_continue=51&v=rHq4n5VPIr8&embeds\_referring\_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dibac.com%2F&source\_ve\_path=MjM4NTE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=rHq4n5VPIr8&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dibac.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/4 "2025-01-16T18:47:19Z")
Would you trust some AI to understand drawings better than you do? Do you think that an AI bot could achieve a model so good that you can totally trust it and don’t have to spend time afterwards correcting and inspecting it? I don’t think the world is that advanced yet. I would say that building the model yourself wouldn’t take much longer than finishing what an AI has made, and if you don’t want to do it yourself, your top dollars would be better spent paying someone for the model. What software is your architect using? If he/she/they are not about 90 years old, they are already using software that is based on a 3D model and can output it for you in a format that can be imported into SketchUp. ---
**Author:** ![rtches](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtches/32/131827_2.png) [@rtches](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/rtches)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/5 "2025-01-16T19:22:41Z")
Here is one of them [2D to 3D, how to convert 2D files into 3D models | usBIM.planAI | ACCA](https://www.accasoftware.com/en/2d-to-3d-how-to-convert-2d-files-into-3d-models) ---
**Author:** ![francisquitof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/francisquitof/32/191263_2.png) [@francisquitof](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/francisquitof)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/plugin-to-automate-2d-dwg-plans-to-3d-models/308897/6 "2025-01-17T04:39:19Z")
Probably on a few years if the AI keeps advancing the way it has done so far, we could have a tool to make that, but even though it would need more information like elevations and sections to make it as accurate as possible, creating those drawings i a cad software would probably take more time than modeling by yourself.