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Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

rgarand — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:56:24 GMT

Hello all,

I have just started to export my files to my consultants. I have set up my translator and set up my publisher so that I can publish all of the dwgs at once. When exporting using the publisher...the translator does not seem to convert the layers like I want it to, specifically under the Settings in Selected Translator area>Attributes>Layers>Methods. I like to create custom layers for Windows, Doors and All Fills. When I use the publisher, this particular item does not work. ( I did explode the exterior wall object in autocad and the doors/windows were still on the exterior wall layer).

When I do a save as from the File pull down menu, the layers, after exploding the exterior wall object, are correct.

Shouldn't these 2 dwgs come out looking the same because they are using the same translator? Am I missing something?

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:58:29 GMT

Make sure that you select the files in Publisher and set the desired translator in the options (button). That should work. If you haven't done this then the drawings will be published using the default translator.

Regards,

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

rgarand — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:43:44 GMT

Eric,

The correct publisher was selected and reselected to make sure the correct translator was active and beng used. I went so far as to edit the default translator to match my translator...after all of this I am still getting the same results.

Rob

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:10:10 GMT

Hmmm...then I'm at a loss. I publish to DWG all the time without incident using several different translators. Not sure what's going on.

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

__archiben — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 10:47:02 GMT

archiCAD 8.1 seems to lose track of translator file paths from time to time (i've noticed this on several occasions usually around an upgrade or patch being applied, or if the translators reside on a network volume and connection has been lost at some point.)

what happens is that archiCAD then substitutes a translator that it can find, even though the name of the translator in the publisher is still called the one that you want to use.

i don't usually check outgoing DWG files anymore - i'm pretty confident now of the content being OK, so it' only our consultants that alert me to the fact they're getting strange layers/pens/etc! sometimes i do catch it by watching the file sizes created in the publisher - i've set up a translator that keeps the files to an absolute minimum and any file size over 300k catches my attention.

the only way i've found to correct it is to firstly check that the file paths for the translators are intact (in archiCAD: Tools>Dwg Translation Set-Up), and then create the publishing set again.

there is other strange behaviour i've noticed with the translator files: when the above has happened and they are stated as 'missing' from the list, trying to re-import them causes archiCAD to display an alert that says the XML file is incompatible or something-or-other. after quitting archiCAD and trying again all is well. it's a kind of hit and miss thing.

i'm trying to establish more of a pattern to be able to report it with more of a chance of GS finding and fixing it. anybody else seeing this? let's see if we can find out what's causing it . . .

~/archiben

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:44:23 GMT

I've had the annoying experience of AC losing track of the default translators. I just worked around the problem and haven't had time to sort it out, but it does seem that this area could stand some improvement.

Re: Exporting dwgs via publisher or save as

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:35:10 GMT

This link may help understand the issue a bit more:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/translatorlistXML.html
Laszlo