seatherapy Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Exporting a plan is no problem however, when I export a layout file it seems there is no filtering. All Layers are exported into one large DWG file. Does anyone have a solution? That is, just exporting a specific sheet on the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Why do you want to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt12 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Use the CAD detail from view tool then export from there. Why do you want to do this? I export Layouts to engineers or other consultants in some cases as the layout sometimes has more info. than the plan, such as Legends or views linked from other files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Send them a PDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt12 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 saves time at their end for redrawing and maintains accuracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I had to do this pro bono for someone I clicked on each drawing in the layout so that it would go back to the plan (there were 3) then I created a .DWG of each drawing from the plan and send the entire collection via email Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydog8it Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I send CAD files to engineers on all of my local projects. Trying to export layouts to CAD is a bit of a nightmare. Lew is right, if you can export your dwg from the plan, you'll get the best result. If you have to export the layout to CAD, the best results I've gotten have been from doing the following: In the plan view, create a 'CAD detail from view' of everything before sending to layout. Then send that CAD detail to the layout. In the layout, make sure all white text on black background is on its own layer with default color set to white for the text (otherwise it will export your white text as black on black background, making it invisible). Create a 'CAD detail from view' of each layout page. Then export that CAD detail for each layout sheet to dwg/dxf separately. It's still not perfect, but way better than anything else I've tried. And of course, if you make any changes to the plan, you have to go back and create new CAD details, resend them to the layout, etc. If you don't create the 'CAD details from view' in both the plan and the layout, text ends up rotating and moving all around, and strange objects tend to appear - for me, anyways. I really wish some improvements would be made in this area in future versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 export each page to dwg works ok but then you have to scale the the drawing as the title block will be at 1:1 scale and the drawing will be at the sent scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zowie123 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I was hoping they fixed all the export CAD issue over the years, but I see it's still the same unprofessional garbage...Sorry I'm using Chief Architect apologies to be included in my salutations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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