I scaled down a part (using SolidWorks Scale Feature) imported from SketchUp b/c it was ~1000x the size it should be. The modelling environment, however, remains to be huge. Zoom to fit does not work.
This makes it impossible to rotate the part. Drawing Files are also tough to create because the part will show up as tiny (even after using the Custom Scale in Drawing View).
Thanks!
I've uploaded the file, thanks.
Is there any "extra" model geometry that might not have been scaled, or might have come in with the original file?
I have seen this on drawings with center points for really large arcs - this will cause the zoom to fit to try to "show everything"
I have attached a SWX 2018 file that shows an example of this - it is a little piece, but the arc has a really large radius.
(I added a small piece to the center point, so you can see what happens when you zoom to fit.)
It's a long shot,
todd
I know Dan Pihlaja isn't using 2018, so here is a screen shot -
Thanks for your input!
I think this is what's happening. A co-worker created the part on SketchUp so I do not know all of the ins and outs of its geometry. I tried looking for something like you've described but didn't see anything. I uploaded the file though.
Here's your issue:
The surfaces are 4674 in away from the origin. And Solidworks is including the origin in the zoom all.
The issue is your scale command:
You have 3 scales, and you scaled them all around the centroid. Which means that they stayed in their relative position, but got smaller.
If you delete the 2nd and 3rd scale and then modify the 1st scale to include all bodies, and then scale about the origin instead...you get a better result:
This worked, thank you so much!
Getting back to your original problem (size off by about 1000x), it looks like an issue with the units in Sketchup (meters?) and the units in SolidWorks (mm?). What about setting SW units to meter when importing? I say this because STL files don't include units.
I just looked at your part and see, when I edit Surface-Imported1, that it came from an IGES file (which does include units!).
Not sure of the route taken to get the file from SKP to IGES, but if the units are consistent throughout the chain, you won't need to re-scale the file at all!
Here's your issue:
The surfaces are 4674 in away from the origin. And Solidworks is including the origin in the zoom all.
The issue is your scale command:
You have 3 scales, and you scaled them all around the centroid. Which means that they stayed in their relative position, but got smaller.
If you delete the 2nd and 3rd scale and then modify the 1st scale to include all bodies, and then scale about the origin instead...you get a better result: