We use the DWG Translator quite often and fine-tuned the translator to great working shape for our projects in AC13. Now that we are just starting work in AC14, I've noticed the translators are not translating the same as it was in AC13.
One issue is related to the Saving Floor Plan: option under Save Options. We have it set at "Explode complex ArchiCAD Elements" because we were getting comments from AutoCAD users on why all of our walls were coming in as blocks. Since the AutoCAD lines retained its designated layers after exploding, we went with the option to explode complex elements.
The bulk of our DWG Translators are relied on layer attributes. The designated AutoCAD layers are in line with AIA layer format (A-WALL-FULL, A-WALL-PATT, A-DOOR, A-GLAZ, etc.). The issue with AC14 DWG Translators is that with the option to explode complex elements, the doors and windows that would've been part of a wall block in AutoCAD get "exploded" into the same layer name as the designated layer for the wall. In other words, the doors and windows show up in AutoCAD on the A-WALL-FULL or A-WALL-PATT layers instead of the designated A-DOOR or A-GLAZ layers. Was that change intentional? I liked how it worked much better from AC13.
Back in AC14, I can change the Saving Floor Plan: option to "Convert complex elements to Blocks" and the doors, windows, walls, etc. will show the right layers within the AutoCAD Block Editor. One glitch with that option is while the curtain wall block is on the right layer, the block editor has the 2D work on the designated layer of Cut Fills instead of the curtain wall layer from my ArchiCAD file.
The big question is how or why did the DWG Translator change from AC13 to AC14? Anyone else out there having similar issues?
