As mentioned in another thread AC 10.815 is sometimes unable to publish and or / save to DWG.
DESCRIPTION
I have a number of 10.0 files in which publishing to DWG will fail on some stories and sections/elevations.
Some stories/sections can be publish, others can't. I have even tried to delete all entities on a story which couldn't be published to DWG. Put even then I am unable to save or publish too DWG. And yes, I have tried different translators …. with no luck.
Saving a story / floor plan to DWG will give me a "Cannot write output file" error message. Publishing the same story will mark the file / item with status "Failed". Double clicking the list item gives me a nondescriptive error message: "Publishing of the item failed because ArchiCAD was unable to generate it."
This has happened to multiple ArchiCAD 10.0 projects / files. There is no clear pattern. I am able to publish some stories, and some not. Yesterday suddenly I was unable to publish story 1 in an ongoing project. This story has been published many times before, but not anymore now. (Deleting all entities will not help. Deleting all entities, saving, closing file, closing ArchiCAD, reopening Archicad, reopening the file and publish will not help.)
This is a real showstopper. I can't send DWG files to the engineers anymore. Graphisoft must have a look at this immediately!
REPRODUCE
No problem to reproduce on my system ….with given files, it's always like this
SOLUTION
a) Wait for bug fix
b) Workaround:
Save to AC9. Export from 9 (after loss of all special 10 entities).
ATTACHMENT
Screen shots.
a) Error message
SYSTEM
ArchiCAD 10 build 815 INT on Win XP Pro sp2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 2DB RAM
ATI Radeon X1800 with dual DELL 24" LCD
No, can't save/publish from a layout. 
.... Update
I have to correct / clarify my self.
I am able to publish a DWG file (of problematic stories) by publishing a layout to DWG.
But there is a big problem: There are absolutely no entities in model space, and the drawing is inserted in paper space as a single block. Exploding the block will reveal that all entities are on layer 0. Useless.
Translator options
and
... both create the same useless result.
Using translator options
gives: "Publishing of the item failed because ArchiCAD was unable to generate it." error message ....
....somebody has moved this thread from other problems to "Data Exchange and Information Sharing." ??
.... Update
I have to correct / clarify my self.
I am able to publish a DWG file (of problematic stories) by publishing a layout to DWG.
But there is a big problem: There are absolutely no entities in model space, and the drawing is inserted in paper space as a single block. Exploding the block will reveal that all entities are on layer 0. Useless.
Translator options
and
... both create the same useless result.
Using translator options
gives: "Publishing of the item failed because ArchiCAD was unable to generate it." error message ....
....somebody has moved this thread from other problems to "Data Exchange and Information Sharing." ??
This may not have anything to do with the issue but are the drawings on the layouts you are trying to publish set to Automatic Update?
I was getting the very same error message (and useless explanation) when trying to publish both DWG and PDF. I thought it may have been caused by the publishing action timing-out as AC was taking too long to do the whole BG AC update thing, so I switched them all to Manual Update and the problem went away ..
v10 Publishing Auto-Update Drawings Failing
[Edit:] Should have read more carefully - i just noticed you were trying directly from the floor plan too so I guess it must be a different problem. In my defence it is 6:30pm on a Friday and im a few beers down
I was getting the very same error message (and useless explanation) when trying to publish both DWG and PDF. I thought it may have been caused by the publishing action timing-out as AC was taking too long to do the whole BG AC update thing, so I switched them all to Manual Update and the problem went away ..
v10 Publishing Auto-Update Drawings Failing
[Edit:] Should have read more carefully - i just noticed you were trying directly from the floor plan too so I guess it must be a different problem. In my defence it is 6:30pm on a Friday and im a few beers down
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