topic Re: DWG export problems in Collaboration with other software

DWG export problems

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:05:22 GMT

1) When you publish a drawing out of plotmaker as a DWG it creates 1 block when opened in AutoCAD - if you explode this you end up with thousands of lines which isnt very clever - is there a way round this?

2) Creating a 'save as' DWG straight from ArchiCAD enables the objects to become blocks when opened in AutoCAD but not all. Walls and doors are 1 block. Is there a way to create a DWG with doors and windows as blocks? Do walls always become fills?

Thanks

(ArchiCAD 8.1, Windows 2000)

Re: DWG export problems

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:12:27 GMT

not sure the answer is really there, but check this thread:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=10448&highlight=

Re: DWG export problems

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:31:45 GMT

If you explode the block that contains the window/door and wall, it splits into a block for the window/door and (i think) a block for each segment of wall (although i'm a bit hazy - the wall might turn into lines and fills, but you definitely get the door/window as a block and not just individual lines)
My problem is how do i get our lineweights and colours to carry over, or even better, get translated into our consultant's standards.

Re: DWG export problems

Thomas Holm — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:10:59 GMT

Linus wrote:
My problem is how do i get our lineweights and colours to carry over, or even better, get translated into our consultant's standards.

RTFM! It's all in the docs. You'll have to read. I don't remember how it was in 8.1 compared to later versions. If the 8.1 translator isn't enough, you'll have to upgrade.