How to Import AutoCAD DWG file to Google SketchUp

Working both in AutoCAD and SketchUp is not new today. You want to create accurate working drawings in AutoCAD and presentation drawings using SketchUp with CAD files by importing.

In this video we import a CAD plan, group and lock it, delete extra layers and create a unique layer for the floor plan and create scenes to toggle the floor plan visibility on and off.




This is second video in working with SketchUp and CAD and progresses from our previous video in using the CAD plan as a reference to create interior and exterior walls for our model.

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intercad said…
I love solidworks, I never thought I would switch from AutoCAD, I have used it for a long while now and would not recommend anything else.

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