exporting into autoCAD Lt

[Cadwork22]

When I export a from chief into an AutoCAD file with two floors it stacks them in AutoCAD, is there a way to export the floors side by side?

Thanks!

[VHampton]

Open the 1st floor plan and make a CAD detail of the view. (under CAD tools)

 

Go to the 2nd floor and do the same. 

 

Copy/replicate the 2nd floor plan in the CAD detail, and move it however far you like.

 

Example 100 feet. 

 

Copy the offset second floor plan and paste it into CAD detail of floor number 1. 

 

The two CAD plans will be side by side.  In large text you can advise the recipient of the 100 foot offset. 

 

In summary, you'll be making a a single (and helpful) comprehensive CAD file for export.

 

This is often far better rather than trying to export all floors at once which can be quite a mess for the end user. 

[Cadwork22]

Thanks!

[Michael_Gia]

1 hour ago, Cadwork22 said:

Thanks!

I would not follow that advice. 
 

Export to AutoCAD from the plan view, 1 floor at a time. 
 

Let Chief do the exporting from the plan. 

Don’t export from a cad detail view. 
A cad detail from view will create all kinds of crazy unwanted artifacts from fills, etc. 

 

Plus the resulting cad file won’t have the layers that the AutoCAD user would normally have in order to adjust line weights and other stuff on his end. 
 

your exported “cad detail from view” will be a garbled mess of lines and fills. 
 

 

 

[VHampton]

This is quite true Michael...  For what it's worth, I never export .dwg files with fills or patterns.  The receiving end always wonders why the walls have hatch patterns and a fill, which is what us old timers refer to as poche. 

 

The question arose about how to place two plans side by side, and that method works.

 

On a side... A CAD detail (made from a plan) still appears to maintain the line properties of whatever gets converted to CAD.

 

For example, when the program does the CAD conversion, a fixture such as a toilet will appear as a block. Interestingly, that block will maintain the layer property of "Fixtures, Interior". This is actually quite helpful in that an AutoCad user can still toggle through the various drawing layers. 

 

Anyway, great observation on your part. ...Likewise, I only export one floor plan at a time. As soon as they import to the same AutoCad file, that's when the plan offsets can be done. ~ All the best!

 

 

[Cadwork22]

Appreciate the insight!