DWG file for 3D house planning - looking for software

Hello,

I have received the DWG file with our floor plans from my architect and would now like to import it into a program with which I can create a suitable 3D model. There are quite a few free ones, but unfortunately I have not found any so far where I can import the DWG file accordingly and then create the appropriate 3D model from it.

The program must be usable on a MAC.

Has anyone here dealt with this topic before?

Regards
Fabsta

Autodesk Viewer appears to be universally usable online via browser [ nach Registrierung ]

about the DWG format itself:

Drawing (DWG) is a design data format and a graphic technology from Autodesk. It is suitable, for example, for drawing, shaping, rendering, commenting, or measuring. Since the DWG file format is implemented in most Autodesk application programs, it is considered the native data format of the CAD software AutoCAD

Autodesk Viewer seems universally usable online via browser [ after registration ]

about the DWG format itself:

Drawing (DWG) is a construction data format and a graphic technology from Autodesk. It is suitable for drawing, shaping, rendering, commenting, or measuring. Since the DWG file format is implemented in most Autodesk application programs, it is considered the native data format of the CAD software AutoCAD

good morning,

Yes, that works. So I can open the file. But the whole thing is a 2D floor plan. Now I am looking for a program where I can import all this data and then convert the whole thing into a 3D model

If the dwg is not drawn in 3D, you have to rebuild everything anyway, so you can basically use any other program (Sketchup, sweethome 3d...) and just punch in the thing with the measurements.

Or simply install a trial version of AutoCAD and hope that you can get up to speed quickly enough before it expires.
(I still can't do it after 9 months, but I hate AutoCAD like the plague...)

Have a look at cad[minus]schroer[de]

The CAD software enables an easy entry into 3D... with MEDUSA4 Personal, a free CAD software with which you can create 3D models from 2D drawings.

With Sketchup, you have 30 days of the Pro version features, which notably allow the import of .dwg files. You have to trace everything anyway; the advantage of the import is that all dimensions are really accurate.

Or you use Autodesk DWG TrueView. It is a free viewer freeware, where you can, for example, measure everything and then trace it in a program of your choice.

This helped me a lot because I was able to trace the property and use the surveyor's data down to the millimeter (it is not a simple rectangle).