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The second floor dwg file is missing the needed xref file.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-653D3843-AFE5-4569-959F-E06F3866D7D7-htm.html The first statement in this link is not true. You can export all visible objects from the current layout to model space in a new drawing. As you read further you will see all the objects that will not be exported. Your sample drawing is a somewhat complex case. There are block within blocks and the EXPORTLAYOUT command can not unbundle the nested objects to get the export you want. To make matters worse the 2nd DWG file is being referenced into the main DWG.

How did you get so smart Michael? Must be all those Raindeer Hotdogs.

At 90 to 110 PLF for nonbearing walls I only add some crossing members when they run parallel to the joist. I see in the field the frames rarely add the crossing support under them. It appears the 3/4" plywood is stiff enough to carry that load.

Tech support acknowledged the problem & has submitted to the programmers for resolution. So a molding polyline is the only solution until it is fixed.

Thanks for the links Mick, It's been so long ago that I had forgotten all that stuff. I suspect the performance is better with a picture than a real 3D object in the plan.

Oh I forgot you can do that. Thanks for the reminder. I see a cube while the image is selected. Looks good in elevation view but nothing shows in plan view (no thickness). But that's OK. I did use the images about 2 years ago but I guess it's time to revisit them. Thanks Chop

Yes the Interiors are not a lot of help. I guess these shaps are difficult to create. Thanks Mick

Well that was unexpected. Thanks Michael. Close, but still not what I needed. I guess it's the 270 deg rotation that Chief does not like.

I only see one 3D wall medallion in the library. Perhaps I am using the wrong term to search. No seeing much in 3D warehouse either.

I draw with the house front at the bottom as usual but the house must be rotated 90 deg to fit on the plan sheet. In this case the Architect I am dealing with wants the Nort up or near up. This causes the front of the house to face the left side of the sheet. House rotated 270 deg. Not wanting to rotate the PLAN I just rotated the Layout Box. The Door & Window Marks rotate automatically but the Text does not. Looks like the "Rotate with Plan" checkbox in the Rich Text only applies if you actually rotate the Plan in the Plan File. Nothing to do with the Layout. Is this the case? If this was early in the project & would rotate the PLAN geometry. Currently I have to add text & rotate it 180 deg.

Never mind I put it in the LOCK pulldown & not the Handle Pulldown. Works fine in Handle Pulldown.

Is there a setting that positions the hardware correctly? This one is obviously in the wrong place. If you adjust the handle distance to 18" the hardware centers on the door but the other side of the door actually get a handle that should not be in the center of the door.

Yes the plan was created some time back & just today I added the frieze moldings. I rebuilt the roof planes in X10 a week or so ago. PS I just files a report to Chief.

On some of the roof planes the molding is showing but not all. Yaxing.zip

There are LISP routines that could extract the contents of the viewport but you would need a cad program that would run lisp. Also some pre-processing that needs to be done. Mainly exploding blocks. So it could be done but at a cost. You would need a lot of learning to get it done. Although if you really wanted it you could get it done. Once you get the process figured out it would be easier for the next set of plans. Sorry that I have no time to invest in the project.

Not that simple I'm afraid. That is why I recommended printing to a PDF & use that to import.

Mick try this for the background. ;; BricsCAD ;; Here's a background toggle command, which changes black background ;; to white and white background to black, in model or paper space: (defun c:BB () (if (equal (getvar "TILEMODE") 0) ; if tilemode is Off, then we're in a layout tab (which can have non-tiled viewports) (if (equal (getvar "BKGCOLORPS") 7) (setvar "BKGCOLORPS" 256) (setvar "BKGCOLORPS" 7)) (if (equal (getvar "BKGCOLOR") 7) (setvar "BKGCOLOR" 256) (setvar "BKGCOLOR" 7)) ) )

TrueView is free https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg/viewers Your best bet is to print to pdf the layout page from the viewer. The use the PDF as an underlay. I don't think that list of layers is readily available. I used a LISP (Ruby like) routine to export the layers. The list may be available some other way but I rarely need that layer set.

If you have an AutoCAD viewer you should be able to see that view. In Autocad paper space or otherwise known as a layout is like Layout plan but in the same file. Model space is like a plan file so in autocad you have model space where most of you drawing take place and then you have tabs that hold each sheet called layouts or tabs. all the is in your DWG file. In your DWG there is only one layout & that layout has a viewport which is like a Layout Box in Chief. The layer state for that viewport is like a layer state for the Layout Box. Attached are the layers that are displayed in each DWG layout box/viewport VLayer 2nd Floor RCP.txt VLayer 1st Floor RCP.txt VLayer 2nd floor.txt VLayer 1st floorr.txt

PDF files attached Chief Plot.zip

That's the view from paper space In AutoCAD there is a layer state the was set up for that view. I'll plot the other drawings tomorrow.

This is what I get when I plot it. A1.10 FIRST FLOOR PLAN-A1.10 FIRST FLOOR PLAN.pdf

Oh, so that is not enough information to rule the wall as CMU. I think 8" CMU would be specific enough to identify the walls.

Rob, I open only the first DWG file & there are 112 layers. There are nested blocks. So I imported into X10 & exploded the blocks one by one & then used the Hide layer tool to turn off layers. That may work for you. If you could be specific as to what you are after I could remove the layers you do not want from the cad files & send them to you.