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Import a .DXF into sketchup but can not use Sketchucam tools

Discussion in 'SketchUcam Help' started by Trulsen, Jan 20, 2013.

  1. Trulsen

    Trulsen New Member

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    Hello

    I have received a set of 2D DXF files to mill for a friend of mine.

    I can import them into Sketcup and I the measurements are good. But, after I have "Phlatten selected edges" i can make outside cuts and inside cuts on square parts but not on round holes etc.


    How can I do this in the correct order?

    I have:

    - Imported DXF
    - Exploded them
    - Marked all and phlattened selected edges
    - Tried outside cuts (works) and inside cuts (doesnt work, program freezes and sketchup shuts down)



    I have no problems on files drawn completely in sketchup :)


    Thans for hints, tricks and help!
     
    Trulsen, Jan 20, 2013
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  2. kram242

    kram242 Administrator Staff Member

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    Hello Trulsen
    Could you could post the files? We can take a look at them and maybe see whats causing the problems.
    Mark and Trish
     
    kram242, Jan 20, 2013
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  3. trident03

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    Hi,everyone
    i'm new her in this forum and i'm an avid hobby guy,i'm starting to builb a cnc router for my personal use' i have this mach3 setup already and also this sketchup with sketchucam plug ins ,my problem is i'm trying to drag the f22 blueprinton my sketchup but it won't accept it, i will appreciate any help to fix my problem.thanks
     
    trident03, Jan 21, 2013
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  4. Trulsen

    Trulsen New Member

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    Yes, and thanks!! :D Here it is.. Attached files Y6_v1_19_scetchup.SKP (254 KB)Â
     
    Trulsen, Jan 21, 2013
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  5. TigerPilot

    TigerPilot Well-Known Member

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    trident03, I'm not sure of what f22 blueprinton you are talking about but you don't drag and drop into SU, you have to import through the 'import' option under 'file'.
     
    TigerPilot, Jan 21, 2013
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  6. rcav8r

    rcav8r Moderator Staff Member

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    @Trulsen
    I looked at the file. I'm afraid this will take quite a bit of work; unless someone has a plug in for this.
    Each element will need to have a face in order for the PhlatScript to work. Your drawing has a bunch of groups defined for each object. For example in this screen shot the purple object is what I created by exploding the object 3 times. Once to explode to the 2 vertical lines, and once each for the top/bottom arcs. Then I deleted one of the vertical lines, and re-drew. This created a face.

    You can see the yellow object. This shows that the elements are grouped. Right click and choose explode on any grouped objects.

    You will need to do this for ALL objects until you get faces on EVERYTHING.

    Will take a lot of work for sure. Attached files [​IMG]
     
    rcav8r, Jan 21, 2013
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  7. 3DMON

    3DMON Moderator Staff Member

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    This is an interesting import.
    I had to explode everything 3 times unhide the hidden geometry then use the phlatten tool 2 times to get everything to show up.
    Basically this file will get you a lot further. You will still need to get rid of the 3 arms that showed up and you might need to connect a few broken lines to get the faces to appear.
    Attached files [​IMG] Y6_v1_19_scetchup showing everything that was hiding.skp (601.8 KB)Â
     
    3DMON, Jan 21, 2013
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