https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68811#M6591 So what have you expected?! It's just .dwg - a file format older than many of the users in this forum!<BR /> <BR /> Have you tried to export a sketch line? This is worth seeing! <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:23:06 GMT Anonymous 2007-01-16T14:23:06Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68809#M6589 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>why do all my curved dimensions get ripped apart when I export the file to dwg? the linear dimensions are again dimensions in AutoCAD and can be reworked, but all the curved ones are exploded to arcs, lines and text.</T></DIV> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:58:07 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68809#M6589 Anonymous 2007-01-15T22:58:07Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68810#M6590 I am just guessing, but I think it is possible that the difference in data structures of the two applications does not make it possible to do this conversion. But this is just a guess.<BR /> Another guess is that it has simply not been implemented yet. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:14:03 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68810#M6590 Laszlo Nagy 2007-01-16T14:14:03Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68811#M6591 So what have you expected?! It's just .dwg - a file format older than many of the users in this forum!<BR /> <BR /> Have you tried to export a sketch line? This is worth seeing! <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:23:06 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68811#M6591 Anonymous 2007-01-16T14:23:06Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68812#M6592 If you're asking me, I expected to see my arc dimensions retain their form just like linear dimensions. AutoCAD has arc dimensioning, so it should convert. Besides, the arc dimensions in AutoCAD have a small arc symbol before the dimension and we don't like that! Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:04:50 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68812#M6592 Anonymous 2007-01-16T16:04:50Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68813#M6593 Which Archicad?<BR /> <BR /> Which AutoCAD?<BR /> <BR /> I am guessing here - Windows XP? Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:50:44 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68813#M6593 Djordje 2007-01-16T16:50:44Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68814#M6594 That's right, ArchiCAD 9 on XP and we're exporting to AutoCAD 2006. I wanted to add an arc dimension to our template to see if it solves it - worth a try perhaps... Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:11:55 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68814#M6594 Anonymous 2007-01-16T17:11:55Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68815#M6595 <BLOCKQUOTE>subatomic wrote:<BR />That's right, ArchiCAD 9 on XP and we're exporting to AutoCAD 2006. I wanted to add an arc dimension to our template to see if it solves it - worth a try perhaps...</BLOCKQUOTE> Version and OS in the signature, please ...<BR /> <BR /> Hmmm ... 9 reads and writes 2005/2006, right? When was the curved dim introduced in AutoCAD? It might be that the OpenDWG or whatever libraries Graphisoft used for the translators do not support curved dims in AutoCAD.<BR /> <BR /> Don't blame any non Autodesk company for this ...<BR /> <BR /> Try to see what happens - personally, don't use AutoCAD unless I really HAVE TO ... Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:20:32 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68815#M6595 Djordje 2007-01-16T17:20:32Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68816#M6596 Dwg file export from AC9 is only in AutoCAD2000, as is written in the Translator. Were there arc dims in AutoCAD2000??? Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:20:28 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68816#M6596 Anonymous 2007-01-17T08:20:28Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68817#M6597 ArchiCAD 9 writes 2004.<BR /> <BR /> Does anyone use AutoCAD unless they really have to?! We all scream! Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:20:37 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68817#M6597 Anonymous 2007-01-17T23:20:37Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68818#M6598 Well, 2004 or 2006 - all the AutoCAD users save in 2002 dwg, because the new ones sometimes crash! So who cares? <BR /> I have AutoCAD 2006-7 - trying not to use them...<IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:24:49 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68818#M6598 Anonymous 2007-01-18T06:24:49Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68819#M6599 <BLOCKQUOTE>subatomic wrote:<BR />ArchiCAD 9 writes 2004.</BLOCKQUOTE> Hm ... OK, will check.<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>subatomic wrote:<BR />Does anyone use AutoCAD unless they really have to?! We all scream!</BLOCKQUOTE> Oh yes ... they do. Don't know better. "all the world uses it" Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:44:09 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/curved-dimensioning-to-dwg-goes-bang/m-p/68819#M6599 Djordje 2007-01-18T17:44:09Z