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jbskaggs  
#1 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 10:24:58 AM(UTC)
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When Viacad imports Sketchup models it creates a "planar" objects.

How are these different than the normal objects Viacad creates and what can I do to fully make them behave and appear like Viacad objects? (I end up with a lot of extra lines etc)

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Tim Olson  
#2 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 1:16:43 PM(UTC)
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>>When Viacad imports Sketchup models it creates a "planar" objects.

>> behave and appear like Viacad objects?

SketchUp supports facetted (planar triangles and quads) objects. It does not support NURBS like ViaCAD.

To convert into a precise solid like ViaCAD, you would need to convert the part using PowerPack Pro. Or recreate using the SketchUP part as reference.

Sometimes it requires a bit of work to convert a SketchUP file as the parts were never intended to be watertight. I have some videos below showing some examples.

http://masterviacad.com/videos/page64/index.html



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jbskaggs  
#3 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 6:40:15 PM(UTC)
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Well sounds like probably faster to just redraw in VIacad in many cases.
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