Exporting DXF's to Sketchup
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:51 pm
Hi,
I recently came down your session at CIBSE going over tips for modelling in ModelIT and Sketchup. At the session we discussed exporting DXF's into sketchup in order to create geometry which is difficult/impossible to model within ModelIT.
I've had experience of ModelIT and the Sketchup plug-in and realise they both have their strengths and weaknesses. Ideally I want to build the bulk of my models within ModelIT, where I can easily achieve accurate, 'fully sealed' volmes, and then export the model as a 'polyface mesh' DXF file into Sketchup, where I can tweek the model and construct more complex geometries such as the roof. I could then export the whole model from sketchup as a GEM file, or use the Sketchup plug-in to identify room and set an mit. file up that way.
This would be particularly beneficial for models which have multi level and complex roofs, where the roof cuts into some rooms and sits atop others.
At the session it was advised to export the model as a 'polyfaced mesh' dxf file (i.e, polylines and surfaces). The problem I am having is that IES crashes every time I try to export a model in this format. A dialog box appears saying 'VE MFC has stopped working and the program will terminate'. I am able to export the model as a 'polyline' DXF file, but this imports into Skecthup as polylines only, hence if I try to run the 'Identify Rooms' tool, it cannot find any closed volumes.
Can you identify any solution to this problem?
Regards,
R Tibenham
I recently came down your session at CIBSE going over tips for modelling in ModelIT and Sketchup. At the session we discussed exporting DXF's into sketchup in order to create geometry which is difficult/impossible to model within ModelIT.
I've had experience of ModelIT and the Sketchup plug-in and realise they both have their strengths and weaknesses. Ideally I want to build the bulk of my models within ModelIT, where I can easily achieve accurate, 'fully sealed' volmes, and then export the model as a 'polyface mesh' DXF file into Sketchup, where I can tweek the model and construct more complex geometries such as the roof. I could then export the whole model from sketchup as a GEM file, or use the Sketchup plug-in to identify room and set an mit. file up that way.
This would be particularly beneficial for models which have multi level and complex roofs, where the roof cuts into some rooms and sits atop others.
At the session it was advised to export the model as a 'polyfaced mesh' dxf file (i.e, polylines and surfaces). The problem I am having is that IES crashes every time I try to export a model in this format. A dialog box appears saying 'VE MFC has stopped working and the program will terminate'. I am able to export the model as a 'polyline' DXF file, but this imports into Skecthup as polylines only, hence if I try to run the 'Identify Rooms' tool, it cannot find any closed volumes.
Can you identify any solution to this problem?
Regards,
R Tibenham