RL-inc Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I am having an issue importing some details from my engineer. Some of the text is coming in but most is not. I have checked all available layers when importing. My only thought is that the text may be blocked together on his end and CA is not seeing it for some reason? I have attached screen shots of what I know he sent by opening it in a separate DWG viewer and what I am getting after import into CA. Much thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Have you checked the text color? It could be "white". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I assume the second pic is from the CAD viewer; if so the text color is white - so is the background color in Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just got an email back from my eng. He exploded a bit of text in one detail on his end and resent- there it was. Think that will fix the issue ( i'm not very familiar with Auto-Cad and it's inner workings) I have run into similar issues when importing contours from a surveyor and had to ask them to explode the contour blocks so i could import as elevation data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Park Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 by exploding a block this gets fixed it seems like there is something we might be able to do to make this work better. It would be good to forward the DXF/DWG file to our support team so that they can look at it. If it is a bug then we can then look into how to go about fixing it. If Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbaehmer Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is a common experience that I have. I asked my engineer to send me over a customer that we have done with one versions with exploded text and another version that the text isn't exploded. I will attach them when I receive them and will bring to UGM also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 It came in as a block and the block properties were white. Need to select it and change the properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I bet the fill patterns are there as well as blocks with white properties. In my experience that is the case 95% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 The fill and blocks may be there but i can't find any way of selecting them to know. I have imported all layers offered and the tried to drag marquee around the entire detail but i still can't find them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 There is that 5%....would you mind posting it so that I/we can investigate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbaehmer Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Here is a zip of two seperate DWGs. One has the exploded text and the other he did without exploding the text. **I am in a rush to get out of the office to head to the UGM, so I haven't opened them yet to see what they look like. 1478 Palmer.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Once I imported the file, many of the layers were WHITE with a line weight of 1. I started clicking and found the trusses, roof planes, doors and windows....changed the layer color and they appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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