By not having it selected your file will be exported as follows: It might be best not to use the “Export for SketchUp” option though. With the “Export for SketchUp” option selected, the SketchUp linework will be exported to modelspace based on the scale in LayOut paperspace - So if this is exported as 1" = 1’-0" it will need to be scaled up by x12 once in autocad.The LayOut dimensions and notes will be exported on the layers you establish in LayOut to autocad modelspace.It also means that I am more compatible with Engineers as the final output files are Autocad.Based on the settings you have set, the file should export fine and the results will be as follows: It is a bit complicated but this way I get the flexibility, speed and accuracy of old fashioned 2D Autocad and the great images of Sketchup. All my dimensioned plans are also done in Autocad in a separate file which I also xref into the master file. I do my sections and section details in the model space of this drawing the old fashioned line by line way in Autocad. I then add all my dimensions and text in the Autocad drawing and set up paper space layouts in the Autocad drawing for each of these. I then set up a clean Autocad drawing and xref the new Autocad files into model space. I set up my layout pages from these scenes and then export these pages back into Autocad format with the images in model space so they are i:1. I then set up scenes for all my elevations and perspectives and a roof plan on the full site. When we have settled on a plan I export the Autocad plan into Sketchup and use it as a base for my sketchup model. I measure up the job and draw the building in Autocad 2d and then propose alternate plans to the client using Autocad. I use my Sketchup and Autocad in Tandem in my Architectural Practice I think I’ll import the CSV directly into Autocad and skip the Sketchup layout part of the process until the bug is fixed.ī.T.W. I love the feature but am thinking that I could have saved heaps of time drawing up a window schedule the old fashioned way in Autocad. It took ages to work out how I should name instances and what level they should be on to get it to work effectively as a useable tool. It took one day to set up the model for the job (a 6 unit motel) and 3 days to then re-organise the way I worked to ensure the Schedule was workable. Its a pity about the text formatting, as this was my first try at a window schedule in Sketchup and I was quite chuffed at the results in layout and soooo disappointed when it didn’t come through to Autocad properly. It is a really handy way of setting up an Autocad job detail archive library. ![]() This means I can then keep libraries of multiple old jobs and details in one file in the model with the text and linework all in the one space, It is great for future cut and paste. The only problem is that I do a “change space” command to push all the text back into the model at the end of the job. I use paperspace layouts in Autocad anyway… so it isnt a biggie… just frustrating… I draw all my text in paperspace just to be sure that my text size formatting is correct and to get a nice page layout without mistakes. I hope you don’t mind me switching this thread to the LayOut category. The text size thing is a known bug that I hope Trimble will fix soon, especially as I noticed that it sometimes leads to parts of the text to go missing that is IMO more serious than a formatting problem. ![]() It wouldn’t work too well if you have multiple viewports with different scales in LayOut. It is OK if you are postprocessing ans printing your export in AutoCad yourself but not so handy if someone else is going to import your DWG into some other non-Autodesk application.Ī workaround is to export one file per LayOut page, and to use the Change Space command in AutoCad to send the paper space items to the Model Space. The LayOut page formatting is all there, but, following the standard workflow for AutoCad today (for some 15 years at least) the page items are placed on AutoCad paper space tabs, one paperspace sheet per page. The present DWG export procedure was introduced in the 2017 version and I too sometimes miss the old options although I consider the current way to be overall the best.
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