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!

[Stefan L_]

Could you share a screenshot showing what you mean?

[Rolando]

The principal problem is how I convert the walls in archicad to lines in autocad. I tried to do it but the lines in autocad are divided in many sections so I have to join manually I want that the walls that came from archicad, will convert in an unique line or at least that will be well coneccted. Maybe you can give me a translator configuration that you know that work very good. Thanks.

 

[Stefan L_]

That won't work.

Concerning walls in plan view the DWG export does not much more than 'exploding' AC elements one by one and writing their lines and hatches into a file in a different 'language'.