importing site dwg

[Anonymous]

Hello all
i've gotten myself confused. i've been watching some tutorials and now i'm not sure how i should be using the dwg supplied by the surveyor. i need to prepare a site plan with my new building locations etc. i have been merging the dwg on it's own story, but is this right? i saw something done with worksheets, but it doesn't make much sense to me. i need to be able to edit the imported dwg to turn off layers and edit the info. do i place it on it's own story? it seems odd to have 2d info on it's own story. terrain makes sense obviously.
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[Arcadia]

My method for importing and using site surveys is quite straight forward. First I import it into a worksheet. Then I check its to the correct scale and do any tidying up or editing that is required while maintaining the original files layers. Once it is all correct I convert everything to a single layer (by using the 'hammer' button in the info box) I call site survey. The I go into my layers and delete all the original surveys layers (I just filter by extension to isolate them as I already have an extension on all my own layers).

Now I have a worksheet with a survey on it that can remain untouched and seperated from all my other work which I can them put on the layout. I draw my site plan with setouts etc in my main floor plan window and create a seperate drawing at the right scale which I then place over the survey on the layout and line up using the duplicate lot boundary lines I have placed on my site plan. Hope this helps.

[SeaGeoff]

I have a question for you guys. If I look at the Drawing Pens & Colors of a drawing who's source is a DWG it shows the pens used. But how are they mapped to those particular ArchiCAD pens? For example, I insert DWG detail with the drawing tool and it shows that pens 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 51 are used. These are the same pens the resulting elements use if the drawing is exploded. But why those?

[Anonymous]

Geoff wrote:
I have a question for you guys. If I look at the Drawing Pens & Colors of a drawing who's source is a DWG it shows the pens used. But how are they mapped to those particular ArchiCAD pens? For example, I insert DWG detail with the drawing tool and it shows that pens 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 51 are used. These are the same pens the resulting elements use if the drawing is exploded. But why those?

The mapping is determined by the translator used. I usually use the "keep pen index numbers" or a copy for interoperability. Otherwise I think it will try to match the colors or something. You can also specify the mapping pen by pen in the translator settings if you need to (FWIW I never have).

[SeaGeoff]

Thanks Matthew. I take it you mean the default translator as set in the DXF-DWG Translator Setup since the drawing tool has no overt translator controls.