Plotmaker>> DWG>>Plotmaker

[Aussie John]

Further testing:

exporting with "paper sapce with full drawings' content" seems to work
but "paper space with cropped drawing" doesnt.

I am sure I have done it that way before.

[__archiben]

Aussie wrote:
I am sure I have done it that way before.

something very wrong with DWG conversion in archiCAD 9. i haven't had the need to open any DWGs for the last year, but yesterday i received one and duly went about opening it the way i used to . . . nothing. i tried every which way with no result: archiCAD, plotmaker, paperspace, modelspace, import, open-as-object, etc . .

getting slightly annoyed, i tried a last ditch attempt using archiCAD 8.1: it opened perfectly first time without even having to fiddle with the translator settings. i haven't got the time to spit my dummy about DWG conversion at the moment - especially as i don't receive many to test - but maybe somebody should . . ?

cheers
~/archiben

[Link]

i haven't got the time to spit my dummy about DWG conversion at the moment - especially as i don't receive many to test - but maybe somebody should . . ?

Oh it's been spat! Trust me. Hoping to see improvements in the future.

Cheers,
Link.

[__archiben]

Link wrote:
Oh it's been spat! Trust me. Hoping to see improvements in the future.

very glad to hear it! couldn't have been spat by anybody better either just be careful you don't make a bad name for yourself . . . i've heard it can get very rough

cheers

[Aussie John]

~/archiben wrote:

Aussie wrote:
I am sure I have done it that way before.

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getting slightly annoyed, i tried a last ditch attempt using archiCAD 8.1: it opened perfectly first time without even having to fiddle with the translator settings.
cheers
~/archiben

good to see v8 was good for something

Seriously I hope something is sorted soon. Apart from being able to print our documents this is one of the single most important functions of Archicad/Plotmaker (DWG conversion). Since I dont have AutoCAD reimporting into Plotmaker is the only way I can reseanably tell if the export has been sucessfull. A Mac DWG viewer would be good.

[Anonymous]

Aussie John wrote:

A Mac DWG viewer would be good.

I have been using edrawing for this. It seems to work fine & best of all its free.

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/programs/eDrawings/e2_downloadcheck.html

Dave

[Aussie John]

Dave wrote:
I have been using edrawing for this. It seems to work fine & best of all its free.

Dave

thanks Dave that is great