https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1812#M108 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I find a lot of my consultants cant read my DWG created from Plotmaker. They get a general error.<BR /> I've turned off hairline and vectorial fills.<BR /> <BR /> At a bit of a loss</T></DIV> Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:23:19 GMT Aussie John 2003-11-10T02:23:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1812#M108 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I find a lot of my consultants cant read my DWG created from Plotmaker. They get a general error.<BR /> I've turned off hairline and vectorial fills.<BR /> <BR /> At a bit of a loss</T></DIV> Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:23:19 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1812#M108 Aussie John 2003-11-10T02:23:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1813#M109 John,<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>Aussie wrote:<BR />I find a lot of my consultants cant read my DWG created from Plotmaker. They get a general error.<BR /> I've turned off hairline and vectorial fills.</BLOCKQUOTE> I had this problem when sending out drawings with lots of fills.<BR /> <BR /> Try the following (to pinpoint the culprit);<BR /> <BR /> - save from plotMaker 3.1 with the XRef option; your consultants can check drawing by drawing<BR /> <BR /> - check the modelspace of the drawings in ArchiCAD; if it loads for ages, then this is a sure sign your fills are too much for AutoCAD, never the one for hatches as they are called there.<BR /> <BR /> Especially if you have symbol fills, that is a killer ...<BR /> <BR /> HTH, Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:48:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1813#M109 Djordje 2003-11-10T12:48:31Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1814#M110 <BLOCKQUOTE>Djordje wrote:<BR />John,<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>Aussie wrote:<BR />I find a lot of my consultants cant read my DWG created from Plotmaker. They get a general error.<BR /> I've turned off hairline and vectorial fills.</BLOCKQUOTE> ///<BR /> - save from plotMaker 3.1 with the XRef option; your consultants can check drawing by drawing </BLOCKQUOTE> Oooops ... just saw you are on 8.0<BR /> <BR /> I did have the same problem in 3.0R2 INT, it was solved in R3.<BR /> <BR /> Workaround: publish the DWGs from ArchiCAD (more intelligence anyway) and just the paper spaces from PM. Then it can be relinked in AutoCAD ... <BR /> <BR /> Some workaround, huh? <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_cry.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:19:24 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/get-alot-of-unreadable-DWG-DXF-drawings/m-p/1814#M110 Djordje 2003-11-10T17:19:24Z