So I’ve looked for this issue and haven’t been able to find it. I’m hoping someone here will be able to help.
I recently switched to Autocad for Mac from the windows version. I’ve never had issues importing 2D floorplan files into sketchup before, but am now seeing failures on my imports. When I select the file, the import results window is blank (no data), and when I close that, a window pops up saying that my import failed. I’ve verified the following items are ok and am now at a loss.
File size is only 300kb
Units are in inches in both dwg and skp file
DWG file drawing is near origin
All lines are in a single layer
No Xrefs or blocks
I was able to import a file that had been saved in my windows version of autocad and had no issues, but the minute I tried the one saved in the mac version, it failed again. Please help!
Though the buzz word ‘BIM’ , hijackacked by certain companies, really should invoke that people could collaborate more easily, some companies are trying to reign over their islands
Unless I’m mistaken, this happens with every new release of AutoCAD. dwg has always been proprietary and it takes time for the rest of the industry to reverse engineer it and catch up with compatibility.
Autodesk released a new version of the DWG format with AutoCad 2018.
No non-Autodesk software that I know of can yet read it.
AutoCad users should do a Save As to an earlier DWG version when sending out DWG files.
People who receive AutoCad 2018 files can download and install the free DWG True View application from Autodesk. Besides viewing DWG files, it can save them down to a long list of earlier DWG ond DXF formats.
Autodesk is now releasing their AutoCad 2019 version. Probably that doesn’t bring a new file format.