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I have a large model in SU and I want to export it to dwg. However, when I do so, the components freaks out transforming into blocks. One component will be one separate block - but also included in totally different block. Adjusting this component and exporting again will cause the same problem, but with a totally different component.

Thanks. I see that those SketchUp files behave in different ways. In some cases, some objects are created as blocks, in other cases as groups, and in yet other case both groups and blocks.

I also see that, in the Rhino 8 WIP, there are now options for dealing with groups when importing .skp files.

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From your other thread here on the forum, it looks like you are running a machine that is not up to the job. Files from SketchUp are typically rather heavy to work with in Rhino but getting rid of the nested blocks and only showing the geometry that you are working with at any given time speeds things up.

-wim

I'm using Twinmotion 2023.2 and Sketchup 2021 , I have certain problems with the sketchup models, which end up taking a long time to fix. When I render, several blocks are black/darkened, using Twinmotion's own 2-face tool corrects some models, but there are models that I have to disassociate them within Skethup to have their normal faces (And some blocks I have to disassociate and leave it unassociated, if I create a group of this model it becomes damaged again) And in heavy blocks, like sofas and beds, they end up getting stuck and slowing me down a lot (I don't have a problem with the same blocks in other renders)

I cannot look at your file right now - are the columns solid components in SketchUp? Components do become blocks in AutoCad exports, but a solid in SketchUp ought to transform into a solid in AutoCad, but the actual geometry would be inside a block.

I checked with solid inspector, in sketchup, you have a problem indeed :

the white columns appears as solid, but the blue and green one have a couple of holes on top. Since they are all different components, it would take a day to fix by hand.

What I want to do is to export the building models to a 3D format usable in apps like Sketchup, 3DS MAX or Blender, but ArcGIS Pro seems at best to have a very convoluted process. CityEngine has the export functions I'm after, but it can't directly import .slpk files. The city blocks aren't available in any other format except .slpk.

I have been working with sketchup for years now now and the benefits (speed / visuals) of 3D modelling and materials in sketchup are still important for us, at least until Shape can add customizable material maps (material management as of now is very basic).

I therefore have been trying to test a reliable import process from sketchup to Bricscad.

My problem is that I can't select objects from my SketchUp file, only meshes. In SketchUp you don't think in meshes, in fact the word isn't used at all in the program. Your "basic" objects are groups and components, which technically is a mesh as well as nested groups and components. If I'm not mistaken groups/components in SketchUp corresponds to blocks in AUtoCad (not sure if 3DS Max has something similar), and can be thought of as a nested model, with its own axes and all.

If you open the enscape object (block) with block manager inside Rhino and then inside that "block" insert the same Enscape asset (Tree, Person, Etc.) then ALL instances of that block (IE: Enscape imported assets from SketchUp) will update, then just position the "Rhino" enscape asset the same location and orientation and delete the SketchUp imported proxy. Now when you close the block (asset) all of the similar blocks will now have the Rhino Enscape asset that will render in Enscape.

Hi Pieter-

It's probably about the same, using Rhino Inside or Dynamo in terms of what gets put into Revit. Dynamo might even be better at handling the proxy geometry, not sure. In general, I prefer Rhino.Inside for most things; it's just a more stable piece of software and requires a few less components to do the same things, in my opinion. The main reason for choosing Rhino here was that the blocks were in Rhino to start with. I'm not exactly sure how we would have done it with Dynamo, but, like you outlined above, we could write all the block locations to a csv from rhino/gh, then use dynamo to reference that csv- something along those lines. That type of multistep process might be more stable any way. We talked about doing this entire process with a c# script too, which would probably make the whole thing quicker and more reliable, so we may do that at some point too.

With a wide range of free 2D and 3D models, CADblocksfree is a good option for SketchUp enthusiasts. This site offers a large number of 3D models categories to pick from. Additionally, it is basic and easy to navigate.

To access free SketchUp models, click on the free 3D models at the top of the CADblocksfree homepage. Select the category you want, or you can go directly to .skp files by clicking on the .skp file format option, under the file format category.

SketchUp best practice is to limit the size of your model to about 1 square mile. You are likely working with a CAD drawing that covers an excessively large area, and your plants and/or blocks may be several miles (or several hundred or thousand miles) from the origin.

12.) When you import you will see this Insert screen below with Insert options on your Map360 drawing screen area with your symbol attached to the cross-hairs. Just click your mouse to insert symbol and the second click allows you to rotate. (Other options allow you scale if you need or for multiple blocks such as repeating a row of trees, etc.):