HOW TO MAKE A 3D OBJECT TO A SOLID

[jiwon7_istp]

Hi All,

I imported a 3d drawing from SketchUp to AutoCAD and I'm trying to move the 3d object from model space to layout space using View -> Base -> From Model Space but it opens a Select File window. When I made a 3d object in AutoCAD and used the Base From Model Space command it brought me straight to Layout Space. So I'm thinking if the object I'm trying to move to Layout Space should be a solid object. I'm trying to find a way to convert or make the model I imported from SketchUp into a solid 3d. I attached the CAD File.

Thanks,

[AVCPlugins]

Of course, to work in a CAD program you need a solid model. SketchUp is a program for pictures, but not for engineers, and the imported models will be polygon meshes. To create ModelDoc drawings (using the ViewBase command), you need solids. You can convert polygons to solids using the ConvToSolid command. But this must be a single mesh enclosing the space and there must be very few polygons in it (otherwise it is simply impossible to work in AutoCAD). Imported meshes do not meet these requirements. You can try the AVС MeshToSolid plugin, which can combine multiple meshes before converting to solid. But in most cases, to get a quality CAD model, you need to remodel it in a CAD program.

[AVCPlugins]

By the way, I looked at your drawing and there are not even polygon meshes there. After import, someone explode all the meshes into separate lines. Now you have no other choice but to model the solids again. However, such simple models can be simulated in just a few minutes. especially since you already have all the snap points in space.

[jiwon7_istp]

Thank you!! I'll definitely try what you have suggested

[jiwon7_istp]

I exploded the model from sketchup before importing it to autocad. Should I group the model in sketchup for the ConvToSolid command to work?