
In Sketchup, in the main menu we’ll select: File -> Import -> AutoCAD files *.dwg, *.dxf. Let’s select our detail and export it with the EXPORT command (Menu -> File -> Export -> Block*.dwg) We’ll call it “DETAIL.DWG” and we’ll specify its “Insertion Point” in the lower left-hand corner when prompted by AutoCAD.

Screen capture of a detail drawing in AutoCAD text, hatches, dimensions, symbols, etc). The objective of this tutorial is to illustrate how to fix this problem.Īs an example, we’ll work with the drawing in Figure 1.įigure 1. When importing DWG and DXF drawings into Sketchup, a lot of the information goes missing in the process (e.g.


Virtual Construction – Importing DWG drawings to sketchup.
