How to Import AutoCAD Into SketchUp
Although the two programs do not overlap entirely, both Google's SketchUp and Autodesk's AutoCAD are drawing programs that you can use to render complex three-dimensional models. Although AutoCAD can save two-dimensional images of a drawing in certain SketchUp-friendly formats such as JPG, such files only import a single two-dimensional view of your AutoCAD model. In order to import an entire AutoCAD drawing into SketchUp, install a free Google plugin that provides native support for AutoCAD files in the SketchUp application.
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Copy and paste the following into your browser's address bar, and press "Enter":
http://dl.google.com/sketchup/gsu7/AllowDWGImportInSketchUp7.msi
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Save the file to your hard drive.
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Run the downloaded file to install the DWG/DXF file import plugin for Google SketchUp 7.1.
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Run the Google SketchUp application.
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Hold "Ctrl" and press "O." Navigate to the folder that contains your AutoCAD drawing and double-click the file to open it in SketchUp.
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