DWG import/export

[ddl-studio]

Hi,

I've got a project where I need to arrange a series of existing 2d autocad blocks (furniture items, with Autocad properties) from a client. They want a dwg drawing back which works and looks like their original so they can run their auditing scripts etc, but I have a couple of problems:

1. Importing - I have managed to successfully import half the blocks (from 1 Autocad file) into AC library as parts using 'import blocks from dxf/dwg' option. However the other half have not imported because I think they are 'dynamic blocks' (additional parameters in blocks setup in autocad). Can AC import these? I can import these using file open or merge commands but blocks do not contain original line type and pen colour info and AC changes or adds to block names.

2. Exporting - I cannot get the blocks back into autocad with the correct properties. And when I use the original autocad drawing containing the blocks as a template file in the dwg translator (to keep autocad layer info etc) i get duplicated blocks slightly misaligned (looks like ghosting). The aligning problem also suggests to me that AC hasn't correctly interpreted the original autocad block positions?

Basically I'm loosing the attributes from dwg blocks in transition - dwg>pln>dwg. 

I'm using AC 26-29 version, same issues., macOS/windows
Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[StefanV_BCP]

Speaking from long experience, working fluidly with dwg is not something that is gonna happen anytime soon.

If you need to maintain dwg integrity you should think if  Arhicad is a tool that you need for that workflow 

Simply put,

Arhicad=BIM

Autocad=2D vector drawing 

Cheers,

Stefan Veselinović

[ddl-studio]

Thanks for your reply, 

I agree with you regarding the Archicad / AutoCAD workflow, but for the time being this is the requirement that must be solved on this project.
I also don't want to purchase an additional Autodesk license just for this case.

So I'm looking to save somehow the issue.

[Patrick M]

does it make a differnence if you save from a worksheet? also, in the dwg translator, there are options to store original blocks

[Lingwisyer]

If you are already familiar with ACAD, a monthy sub should easily be covered by the time saved not messing around with translation and conversion... By the sounds if it, you could even do what you are needing to do in LT which would be covered by the time you have already spent asking around how to manage your workflow...

Ling.

[Stefan L_]

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@StefanV_BCP  schrieb:

If you need to maintain dwg integrity you should think if  Arhicad is a tool that you need for that workflow 

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Yes. 😊

IMHO @ddl-studio's task can't be done in Archicad.

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@StefanV_BCP  schrieb:

Arhicad=BIM

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Hmmm... 😉

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@StefanV_BCP  schrieb:

Autocad=2D vector drawing 

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No! 😾

Autocad is much more than that, with a 3D core I'd trade in one of my kindneys for (well, in a figurative sense).

But it's not "Architecture".

As with any import/export thingy from/to any software, Archicad makes it hard to investigate the contents of DWG files.

[Lingwisyer]

Maybe they are refering to LT.