topic Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG in Collaboration with other software

URGENT - exporting to DWG

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:39:22 GMT

Im having a bit of trouble with exporting my drawings to DWG for the engineer to work on.

In publisher iv set the output format to DWG.

When I publish this it gives me a folder with all my layout pages and a folder with all the x-refs in it. When I open the pages in auto cad its just a layout page with the Xref in it. So I cant really grab parts of the "dwg" and work on it.. its seems like it’s a pdf just stuck on the layout page.
So I try open the x-ref on its own to work on it and still its just as if it’s a PDF inserted into the DWG..

Am I doing something wrong here? I know I can export DWG from the project map.. but with dozens of pages its kind of a crappy way to go about it. And then u don’t get all the title blocks etc.. included

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Thomas Holm — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:05:46 GMT

If your engineer is going to work in the files, I suppose he needs them in Model space. If I read you correctly, he should be able to open the xrefed files directly and they should be in Model space.

Consult Archicad's Help file. It explains the options you have in detail.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:33:03 GMT

il have another read and see if i can find anything.. both the xref and the normal files are in paperspace.. which is odd

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:01:11 GMT

also is there a way to get iit to save the dwgs so they can be opened in autocad 2000.. seem i can only open in 2009..

reason being i cant install 2009 on my pc as i hav a program the runs off 2000 on here and it will mess thigns up

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Thomas Holm — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:47:16 GMT

You set the Autocad version in the translator.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:06:28 GMT

GeNOS wrote:
il have another read and see if i can find anything.. both the xref and the normal files are in paperspace.. which is odd

Check the Save Layout Into setting in the DXF-DWG Translation Setup Dialog.
In the Publisher Sets select the DWG's and click Options which will open the DXF-DWG Translation Setup Dialog and display the options used when publishing them.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:40:00 GMT

perfect. thanks guys.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

PatriciaLe_o — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:57:20 GMT

I'm also having problems in translating my files to the engineers. Maybe the problem are the engineers! But anyway, they want a perfect neat file, with no double lines, no fills and a more simplified layer structure. Basically they want to have no post translating work. (as if we didn't have it when we receive their work!) Is it possible? How can I set my translator better?

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Erika Epstein — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:48:55 GMT

Patricia,
-Set up a layer combination(s) that show only what they want.
-Set up a Model View Option called DWG that reflects the display options they want.

-Create a folder for DWG views, save them with the layer combination(s) and MVOs as appropriate.
-In your layout book set up a folder for DWG sheets.

-In publisher set up a publisher set for your DWG Layouts.

-I routinely send to consultants the appropriate DWGs and pdf of the architectural.

Make these part of your template.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

Djordje — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:28:08 GMT

To add to Erika's excellent list:

- use the Engineers's blank DWG as the template while translating (that is, if they have a template DWG) - one for each

- there are less double lines in the DWG exported from ArchiCAD IMHE than in the native DWGs

- see if there are other engineers that are less demanding ... there is not a lot of work around now, so one should learn humility ... and, BTW, ask them who is paying you to "clean up" for them?

This has reminded me of the MEP team that we work with at one of the jobs ... they were pestering us with the request that each DWG has four paper space layouts, with a quarter of a plan in each. I have explained them fifteen times what to do. Their answer? "Our draftsmen don't know how to do this". Then I sent them the brochure of one of the training centers. Since then, they are not asking any more.

Re: URGENT - exporting to DWG

PatriciaLe_o — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:43:58 GMT

Thanks a lot Erika and Djordie,
I'll try to do this, since there's nothing more I can do with the translator... neither with the engineers!