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Questions about exporting to autocad, and DWG template

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:08:39 GMT

I routinely export DWG files for my structural engineer, and he has a few complaints about what he has to do to reformat my drawings.

So My questions are:
1. Is there a way to exclude all fills from the export? Engineer says he's having to clean up/remove a lot of fills, which are exporting as individual, ungrouped lines. I'd just assume not include fills since all he wants is a simple, basic drawing showing walls & openings.

2. What exactly is the DWG template file used in export? Is there a way for the engineer to provide me a template to use for export? How would this work?

Any other suggestions for how to set up a good autocad export are appreciated. I'm working in the US BTW.

Thanks

Re: Questions about exporting to autocad, and DWG template

Link — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:26:22 GMT

1. Use model view option combinations to override your various fill settings, prior to export. It's a good idea to assign one to your publisher set.

2. Yes, it will use the template (which can be empty AFAIK) to assign things that are not listed in the translator.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Questions about exporting to autocad, and DWG template

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:48:46 GMT

I suggest you to download Part 2 of the Collaboration ITG:

http://www.graphisoft.com/education/training_guides/#COL2

In Step 1 of Chapter 9 you will find much information about the Template file and can watch in the movies how this works.

Re: Questions about exporting to autocad, and DWG template

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:39:37 GMT

Thanks! As usual, a very simple solution - which I totally missed.

Re: Questions about exporting to autocad, and DWG template

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:28:17 GMT

I'm having the same problem here guys. It's hard to work with the files generats with the archicad translate