CAD Linework to SketchUp Geometry: 3 Methods

We've all been there! You have this amazing CAD file to import that is going to make modeling in SketchUp SO much faster, but when you import it, you just get a bunch of lines! Not walls, not even any faces to work with!! What do you do? Well, you watch this video, of course! Aaron will walk you through his top three ways to convert those lines into faces that you can use to create great-looking 3D models!

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0:00 Intro
1:16 Raster vs Vector
4:49 Cleaning up CAD
6:49 Method 1
8:02 Method 2
9:37 Method 3
10:59 Closing thoughts