Hello @willf and welcome to the Forum. Importing .dwg and it’s quirks, tricks and frustrations has been often discussed here. If you do a search you will see many discussions that might address your issues. If not then you can post a new specific question in the appropriate category using the New Topic button in the upper right corner.
Here are a few to get you started.
When importing a DWG, why do you have to re-draw lines to then create a face. They are all bold lines, suggesting they are not part of a shape or face. If I draw over them, they create a face.
Is there a short cut for Sketchup to recognise all the lines creating a face?
Hello, I have many problems importing DWG files. I am aware that most of the time, sketchup is not the one responsible, and that it’s rather the drawing itself that has small gaps, or different Z parameters.
Not this time.
First I had problem with blocks inside blocks that were shown miles away from the drawing. I had to explode them inside autocad so that it could be imported properly. Ok not a big deal, but it adds 5 minutes work.
Then, I have this :
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The problem is very common to m…
Sometimes you only need a siteplan without modeling. Import DWG-files and prepare them for Layout to ad the information you need.
SomethingAboutDWG-ImportExport.pdf (657.0 KB)
First Step
Import DWG-file to SketchUp and check the scale.
Use tape (T) on a dimension is shown, type the length in the measurementbox and resize the model.
Note:
If you have a JPG-file to import, you can bring it to scale this way.
Measure a lenght you know and type the real lenght in the measurementbox, resize th…
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