You can either download a sketch image or use one of your own sketches.
Import pdf floor plan into sketchup.
Click on file in the top menu and then select import from the drop down menu.
In the use image as area make sure the image radio button is selected and click import.
If you use one of your own images you can scale the plan based on a measurement you know.
Why you should use pdf s.
If floor plan of the building is available in pdf format is there an easy approach to import that into sketchup.
Make sure image is selected in the use image as options.
Pdf can first be converted into image format high resolution png jpg etc.
Click import scale image.
Currently you cannot import a pdf directly into sketchup on the windows version so the usual way to import something at least is to convert the pdf file into a raster image.
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.
On pc but it is on mac make a snapshot of the floor plan in adobe reader or acrobat.
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.
Optional select camera standard views top to get a top view of your image.
The first step is to import the pdf into the sketchup file.
In this article you also discover how sketchup data is exported into cad format.
Pdf is not an import option for sketchup.
If you choose this step also be sure to switch to parallel projection as well.
Using tools such as imagemagick and then imported.
Then import the image to su as an image and trace over it.