Nilydm Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Good afternoon, I am kind of new to Chief Architect (CA) - I do have my professional certificate and have created quiet a few plans so far. Single story mainly, very straight forward "spec home" types. Now, I have a job for a river house which required a lot of details and is multiple stories. I am working with a new structural engineer and a new truss engineer who want DWG files. I am used to working with our partner engineer that starts the design in CAD from scratch just because that's how he likes to do it. Lol!! What I know today only exports one floor at a time. File>Export>Export Current View> Select Compatible Version>Select LayerSet = Working Plan or I have mine named Architectural Plan 1/4">Scaling Unit = in> Turn off all boxes checked off. When I try to export all floors there are a lot more steps involved. I still tried a few scenarios and export the file. When I import the file back into CA, all the floors end up in one layer. File>Export>Export All Floors Many, many thanks in advance for your responses! Nily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericepv Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Nily: To export all floors, go to File/Export/Export All Floors (DWG,DXF). There are several more steps which are pretty self explanatory (take advantage of the 'Help' button on the DBX). Once you've gone through the process, everything will be on one floor and you'll just have to switch off the layers you don't want to see. Check out this article from the Knowledge Base https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00013/converting-plan-files-to-dwg-or-dxf.html Hope this helps - Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilydm Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Thank You EricEPV, The article you shared and training videos is what taught me how to use Export Current View option. I did reference the same material to use the Export All Floors and I am not quite sure I am performing the steps that should be self explanatory to some. Since I do not have AutoCAD, I am not able to see exactly what the engineers will see on their end. So you are saying they will see all the floors on one floor and they will have to switch off layers? Thanks for all your help in advance! It would be great if anyone knew of a video tutorial on using Exporting All Floors. I am more of a visual learner I guess. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericepv Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I can only comment on what I see when I open the plan in the reader (you can download a free AutoCAD Viewer here https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg-trueview/overview ) so I would guess that's the case unless AutoCAD will allow different layer sets. Perhaps someone with AutoCAD can chime in here. Be sure to read the info that comes up when you click on the 'Help' tab in the DBX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilydm Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Thanks Eric! I will download AutoCAD Viewer and try it out. This is a great idea. I can check my work this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 8:21 AM, Nilydm said: Thanks Eric! I will download AutoCAD Viewer and try it out. This is a great idea. I can check my work this way. TurboCad has a number of low cost, non-subscription model AutoCAD Options as well, ( $70>$2000 range ) I personally picked up the Deluxe Version ($229) along with TurboPDF 4, as Abode's free Reader wasn't cutting it anymore. ( It is actually Foxit PDF V.9.7 ) https://www.turbocad.com/turbocad-windows-2021/turbocad-deluxe-permanent.html M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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