Great learning video! I just imported a dwg file and at first glance it looked like a scrambled mess. I can now do something with it after watching this video. Thanks
Thank you for this video, as I am using a lot the import of CAD files in my process, now I won't lose too much time to flatten everything as I usually do with Scale tool. As usual very useful, Thx
Man this was excellent. I haven't used SketchUp professionally until now. (Just hobby for over 10 years). Just had a few projects where this would come in handy. Thanks mate!
Great stuff, could realy come in handy for my work. Tip for a new video topic: Been looking for a good workflow to make a terrain volume from cad contour lines, not going over to mesh, but keeping the lines as extruded surfaces.
This was a great tutorial. Thank you. The part that I’m struggling with is getting CAD drawings back out of SketchUp. Do you have any advice on best practices for when we need to take our SketchUp models and convert them into 2DCAD drawings for consultants to use?
@@SketchUp We need an option exporting drawings from SketchUp, or Layout, at full scale to be brought into AutoCAD. I prefer to design in SketchUp, but those designs need to be given to other consultants, or coworkers within our office, who are only working in AutoCAD. The CAD files that come out of SketchUp and Layout are very granular, for lack of a better word. A lot of work needs to go into cleaning them up so they are usable and able to be manipulated easily in CAD. Currently, there is no easy way to take something from SketchUp and export it to conform to standard layers for our office.
13:51 hi @TroyCurry, it’s really crucial. To organise your SU model into groups and tags with scenes for each “CAD” plot you need to export. Suggest you look at Mike Brightmans excellent SU Workflow . I have been designing in SU in 3Dand exporting thru Layout to DWG for all the different consultants …no issues .
🎉nice and maybe when you're working with cad drawings that normally change from time to time is to keep a copy of the imported CAD file untouched as a tagged locked unique component in the model to compare newer CAD revisions against the current model We do that alot using component reload so we always have a record of the latest CAD revision in our working model. Thanks
That's true, good point! That also assumes that you have access to AutoCAD...some users, myself included, often just receive a file from a colleague or consultant and have to work with it as is.
@@SketchUp I appreciate the quick response, thanks! But tags conceptually act like it as per other programs (illustrator, ACad, etc.) and for issues of consistency, I still reject the nomenclature change.
Great learning video! I just imported a dwg file and at first glance it looked like a scrambled mess. I can now do something with it after watching this video. Thanks
Thank you for this video, as I am using a lot the import of CAD files in my process, now I won't lose too much time to flatten everything as I usually do with Scale tool. As usual very useful, Thx
Man this was excellent. I haven't used SketchUp professionally until now. (Just hobby for over 10 years). Just had a few projects where this would come in handy. Thanks mate!
I want to use SketchUp expert
Great video Eric, I don't have much to do with CAD in Sketchup these days but you sure know how to make things interesting.
found this out while actually practicing architecture in the office by pure intuition and experience, but still good stuff. thanks.
Great stuff, could realy come in handy for my work.
Tip for a new video topic: Been looking for a good workflow to make a terrain volume from cad contour lines, not going over to mesh, but keeping the lines as extruded surfaces.
Thank you for the advice. I'll take a look at his workflow.
great eric,
please do some tutorial about generating report function in SU, I'm sure it'll be usefull lesson for many SU users.
thanks in advance
@ericsargeant3254 hope we'll see it soon
This was a great tutorial. Thank you. The part that I’m struggling with is getting CAD drawings back out of SketchUp. Do you have any advice on best practices for when we need to take our SketchUp models and convert them into 2DCAD drawings for consultants to use?
Great idea for an upcoming tutorial. LayOut is a great option if you're scaling to a plot sheet.
@@SketchUp We need an option exporting drawings from SketchUp, or Layout, at full scale to be brought into AutoCAD. I prefer to design in SketchUp, but those designs need to be given to other consultants, or coworkers within our office, who are only working in AutoCAD. The CAD files that come out of SketchUp and Layout are very granular, for lack of a better word. A lot of work needs to go into cleaning them up so they are usable and able to be manipulated easily in CAD. Currently, there is no easy way to take something from SketchUp and export it to conform to standard layers for our office.
13:51 hi @TroyCurry, it’s really crucial. To organise your SU model into groups and tags with scenes for each “CAD” plot you need to export. Suggest you look at Mike Brightmans excellent SU Workflow . I have been designing in SU in 3Dand exporting thru Layout to DWG for all the different consultants …no issues .
I find that exporting the Skp file to IFC, then importing the IFC file into CAD, gives the best results for me.
Weld, weld, weld.!
🎉nice and maybe when you're working with cad drawings that normally change from time to time is to keep a copy of the imported CAD file untouched as a tagged locked unique component in the model to compare newer CAD revisions against the current model We do that alot using component reload so we always have a record of the latest CAD revision in our working model.
Thanks
Learned many new tricks, thank you!
Could you make a video on how to import a Coordinated CAD file into right Coordinates?
You made life easier
Good Workflow
You can divide the cad file to 3or 4 W Blocks and import them one by one instead of explode and making group again
That's true, good point! That also assumes that you have access to AutoCAD...some users, myself included, often just receive a file from a colleague or consultant and have to work with it as is.
THANKS!!
many thanks
Awesome video
Awesome!
I am still mystified why layers were renamed to tags.
Its because they don't 'lay' on top of each other like other programs. They control visibility only so they're an organizational tool.
@@SketchUp I appreciate the quick response, thanks! But tags conceptually act like it as per other programs (illustrator, ACad, etc.) and for issues of consistency, I still reject the nomenclature change.
The same reason “Programs” are now “Apps”. Some hipster thought it was cool.