Sketchup Import Floor Plan Scale

Before i was manually scalling up and down a image.

Sketchup import floor plan scale. If you re exporting a sketchup pro file to a cad format how you import a cad file depends on whether it s a 2d file such as a floor plan or a 3d model. To resize your selection based on a percentage of your original size use the scale tool. How to draw a floor plan to scale in sketchup from a pdf. If you want to use the scaled drawing feature to draw over a sketchup viewport you need to lock the viewport on a separate layer.

Tutorial showing method for importing a 2d plan drawing into sketchup for use as a template. If you need to draw using a floor plan. Demonstrates how to scale correctly and how to create simple wa. The first step is to import the pdf into the sketchup file.

Or you know a statue must be 3 meters tall. In this article you also discover how sketchup data is exported into cad format. If you import a cad file into layout you might be able to adjust the scale of your imported data to fit your layout document. In my everyday experience i usually start drafting a floor plan in sketchup one of two ways.

To base the scale on the size of a specific line use the tape measure. How to make a floor plan you grabbed off the web or from a designer show house a correctly scaled plan. For example you find out one room in your floor plan can only be 10 feet wide but the rest of the floor plan can stay the same. In this sketchup tutorial we ll take a look at how to import an image so that you can draw on top of it.

Then on a new layer over the viewport you can create a scaled drawing. Click on file in the top menu and then select import from the drop down menu. In this video learn to import cad files into sketchup and use them to create 3d plans.