WEEK 5 – Exporting Sketchup to CAD
To export work from Sketchup to AutoCAD, Click on file, go down to export and click on 2D Graphics
To Export your file, you must change the file type to DWG, so that it is a compatible with AutoCAD
Before you export the file, click on the options tool and untick ‘show extension’. This will allow the lines to be on point.
As you can see when you open up the file in CAD, your work will have transferred.
To transfer an image from the internet, to use within your work. Firstly I have decided to create a door, therefore I drew a rectangle where I want the door to be. I then clicked on the (B tool) and clicked on create material.
I then choose my image from the file, as you can see a thumbnail on the image has shown up.
After you have chosen the image, click on the place you want the door to be, in this case I want into be in the rectangle I have drawn. After that I right clicked on the image, went to texture and then clicked on position.
Once you have clicked on position, pins will show up, you then need to keep positioning the pins and dragging them till they line up with the box and your door is aligned with the rectangle you have drawn.
After you have aligned the door with the rectangle box, make sure you are happy with the result. Then you can press down on the space bar, which will fix the door to the rectangle. As you can see below, you have your door in the required space.