For Drawings whose source is internal to the project and whose Drawing status is up-to-date: their elements will be placed on identical layers in AutoCAD, subject to any layer-conversion preference in the DXF/DWG Translation Setup. With this option a default Paper Space will be created in the resulting AutoCAD drawing, which will be empty. The purpose is perfect reproduction of what you saw on the Layout. All Drawings placed on the Layout will be converted into AutoCAD Blocks, and these will be clipped so only those portions of the Blocks will be visible in the AutoCAD Model Space that were visible on the Layout in ArchiCAD.
Model Space: All elements drawn on the Layout, plus all drawing data will be saved into the Model Space of the resulting AutoCAD drawing. See Managing and Updating Placed Drawings. Note: If you have placed ArchiCAD Floor Plans onto Layouts as Drawings, then the Library Parts, Zones and Doors/Windows from those Floor Plans can be converted into intelligent AutoCAD Blocks only if those Drawings have the status of “OK” in the Drawing Manager (in other words, if they are up to date). With this option the Model Space of the resulting AutoCAD drawing will be completely empty. All Drawings placed on the Layout will be converted into AutoCAD Blocks, and these will be clipped so only those portions of the Blocks will be visible in the AutoCAD Paper Space that were visible on the Layout in ArchiCAD. Paper Space with Drawings as Blocks: All elements drawn on the Layout, plus all drawing data will be saved into the Paper Space of the resulting AutoCAD drawing. To delete the Template file, click the “Clear Template File” button to the right of the file path field.Ĭontrols how and into what Space of a DXF/DWG file the content of the Layout is saved. From the pop-up icon at the left, choose to store this file location information either as an Absolute path or Relative path. You will now have a Template File which you can use the next time you save DXF/DWG data for this consultant.īrowse for and select the template file, whose path is now displayed. Then he saves this file and sends it back to you. After you saved a DXF/DWG file for a consultant, he opens it and makes changes to it (e.g. Note: These Template Files may come from consultants. Next to an edit field, the Browse button opens a file dialog from which to select a Template File. The template file supplies the layer names defined in the file, so you don’t have to type them in, making it easier to create the layer conversion table. This happens without the user even opening the resulting DXF/DWG file. If you choose a Template File with DXF/DWG export, elements going to the layer defined in the template file will have their layer’s color and line type set to the same values as in the Template file.
The Template File is a DXF/DWG file where these conversions and changes are already done. The solution for the conversion of these settings is to choose a Template.
For example, in ArchiCAD, layers do not have color and line type in AutoCAD they do. Some settings in AutoCAD cannot be matched to anything in ArchiCAD, and vice-versa.
Note: If you have also selected Image’s original format, the picture will retain its original format only if it is recognized by AutoCAD unrecognized file formats will be converted as TIFF. We will refer to this format as AutoCAD 2004 in this documentation.Ĭhoose a format from the drop-down list for images saved to AutoCAD.Īs a default, Image’s original format is selected in this case, no conversion takes place.įorce output in AutoCAD picture formats: If this box is checked, the list of available image formats will show only those which the selected version of AutoCAD can read. Note: The AutoCAD 2005 file format is identical with AutoCAD 2004.
The Smart Merge feature is available in all. These are options in the DXF/DWG Translation Setup dialog box.įor additional save options, see also Custom Functions.ĭefine which version of AutoCAD you are saving your files to.