Either i start from scratch using measurements i ve taken at the home usually in combination with a basic floor plan that i drew from the assessor s site or i work from a pdf floor plan provided by an architect or builder i ve already covered how to start your floor plan from field.
Import pdf floor plan to sketchup.
Pdf importer for sketchup imports vector pdfs directly into sketchup without having to convert to dwg or dxf first.
Vectors only not raster.
In this article you also discover how sketchup data is exported into cad format.
4940 version updated.
Importing and scaling a pdf into sketchup is now very easy to do with plusspec for sketchup to find out more about plusspec check out.
There are many times when you want to import existing information into sketchup in order to incorporate it with your model.
Extensions import pdf file choose file choose page downloads.
This tutorial will teach you how to create a floor plan in sketchup using an image as a basis.
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.
In this sketchup tutorial we ll introduce a free tool that you can use to convert pdf s to dxf files which you can import into sketchup pro.
Current version is windows only but mac version coming soon.