topic opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD in Collaboration with other software

opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:54:58 GMT

I have been trying to open details downloaded from my Architectural Graphic Standards for Residental Construction CD. The details can be downloaded as DWGs, DFXs, DNGs or PDFs.
When I open the DWGs or DFXs with ArchiCAD the lines and fills are present in the drawing but and text, leaders or dimensions are missing.
I tried opening the same downloaded DWGs and DFXs with Autodesk's DWG TrueView and all of the annotations, text, leaders and dimensions are present.

Please let me know if you know why this is happening and how I can get the downloaded details to open with all of the text, leaders and annotations using ArchiCAD.

I did check to make sure that my ArchiCAD importer is importing all of the layers.

Thank you,
John

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Steve Jepson — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:49:15 GMT

Aloha John,

upload or send me one of those files and I will see if the same things happens for me.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:43:24 GMT

Thanks Steve,
Here DFX and DWG versions of one of the downloaded details.
They open just fine in the AutoDesk software. When I try to open them using ArchiCAD I do not see any of the annotations (notes, text, leaders, etc.).

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:45:44 GMT

Here is a DFX of the same detail.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:46:46 GMT

Here is what the detail looks like in the Architectural Graphic Standards CD.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:51:09 GMT

Here what the detail looks like when I open it into ArchiCAD.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:53:17 GMT

Here is one of the details when I open it with Autodesk's True View.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Steve Jepson — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:15:28 GMT

The file loads into ArchiCAD in paper space and model space.
The view your after is in the layout book.

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:56:47 GMT

Looks to me like they have drawn the base line work in model space and added all of the annotation in paper space, this is 'old school' autocad before annotative text and dimensions and was the easiest way to have drawings of differing scales with the text and dimensions the same size.

You will have to copy notes from the layouts and position and scale them to fit the details

Re: opening details from Architectural Graphic Standards CD

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:58:56 GMT

Aloha Steve and Sboydturner,
Thank you for the good sleuthing. That solves the mystery.
These details are good for reference but not complete by any means.
I guess I could use the lines are put in my own annotations.
Thank you very much.
Aloha,
John