topic Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages? in Modeling

DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

rob2218 — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:50:15 GMT

please advise GS?
what gives when an autocad DWG file is being used (in autocad) and that same file is being used in Archicad 18 as a "trace reference" DWG inside a worksheet?
I get these error messages?
please advise.

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

rob2218 — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:15:19 GMT

now this error message is getting to be "REAL" annoying folks.
it appears I CANNOT have my trace reference pet palette open and trace ref "ON" if the other user in the DWG autocad drawing being ref'd into archicad...........geez.

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

NCornia — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:40:54 GMT

Rob,

I recommend you link the DWG in using the XREF feature instead of the Drawing tool if you are referencing a live, open file. You will not get the error messages then. I will check with the team here to see if it is a known limitation with linking open DWG files as Drawings.

Best regards,

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

rob2218 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:43:25 GMT

will give the xref linking a shot sir.

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

rob2218 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:47:16 GMT

Doesn't the xref insert feature do something different with the DWG layers? By inserting the DWG as a drag-n-dropped file....you have more layer control? Is that right?

NCornia wrote:
Rob,

I recommend you link the DWG in using the XREF feature instead of the Drawing tool if you are referencing a live, open file. You will not get the error messages then. I will check with the team here to see if it is a known limitation with linking open DWG files as Drawings.

Best regards,

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:58:23 GMT

rob2218 wrote:
Doesn't the xref insert feature do something different with the DWG layers? By inserting the DWG as a drag-n-dropped file....you have more layer control? Is that right?

Other way around.
As an XREF you have all the XREF layers listing separately that you can control individually (see attached image).

As a drag and drop (or placed as drawing) you only have the one master layer that it belongs to so can only turn that on or off.

Barry.

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

rob2218 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:26:09 GMT

Ahhh...ok. Got it. Thanks for clarifying that. I'll reset the DWGs to be "xref inserted" rather than drag-n-dropped......see if that removes this issue.

Re: DWG being used as a Trace Reference - Error messages?

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 04:32:29 GMT

I am wondering what happens if you select the placed DWG Drawing in the Worksheet, go to the Drawing Settings Dialog, and check the Manual radio button in the Identification panel of the Dialog.
I can imagine that with the Manual setting ArchiCAD does not have to have constant access to the DWG source file and it can be edited by another application.
I unfortunately cannot try it as I don't have AutoCAD.