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Exporting Sheet or Plan view to 2D CAD file

  • 1.  Exporting Sheet or Plan view to 2D CAD file

    Posted 11-17-2017 18:48
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    From a cutting plane view I've traced an orthophoto with CAD linework to produce a pictorial 2D elevation drawing. I now want to output this as a 2D CAD file from a Dynaview/sheet view. 

     

    I select the linework in the sheet view. I then run the export to CAD command, and select appropriate format. View filter settings are set so that the relevant data is visible.

     

    When I open the file in any CAD program (or reimport it as CAD to TBC) The border and scale bar display beautifully in model space (or layout/paper space views). But only the border and scale bar are in the drawing, the linework is not. The layers containing the linework I want, have not been exported. 

     

    It is clearly selected, see image attached.

     

    What have I done wrong? Is there a way in addition to the view filter, which somehow dictates what is exported to CAD from a sheet view despite being selected? Must I create a different type of sheet? I copied it to other types with the same result.

     

    Please tell me how to output this sheet view to a CAD file. I have scoured the help. It seems like it should be obvious or easy to do. 

     

    As a work around before I discover the solution, I have been exporting model space linework to a DWG/dxf and then 'flipping' it (Z coord becomes Y coord) so that it appears as 2D elevation in top view of model space. Alternatively I create a layout view in X Z plane in the 3rd party software.

     

    However this method is time consuming & frustrating when the Dynaview clearly should be able to be used in TBC to do this, and output in a usable format 

     

    I await your assistance, Thanks in advance

     

    Ben



  • 2.  Re: Exporting Sheet or Plan view to 2D CAD file

    Posted 11-21-2017 18:33

    Hey Ben,

     

    This looks like it may be some missing functionality from TBC currently. We're looking into and will keep you posted. Thanks for the feedback.

     

    Regards,

     

    Adam



  • 3.  Re: Exporting Sheet or Plan view to 2D CAD file

    Posted 05-10-2019 22:16

    Hi Adam,

     

    Has this issue been solved yet? I also have the same query.

     

    Thanks!



  • 4.  Re: Exporting Sheet or Plan view to 2D CAD file

    Posted 10-14-2019 08:23

    Not solved yet as far as I am aware James.

     

    Some related links people asking similar:

    Dynaviews in Cutting Plane View 

     

    Issues exporting 2D elevation/vertical data from TBC 

     

    How to dimesion from cutting plane/Sheet view 

     

    And this might help you very helpful but ultimately not the solution, thread here: Export Plan Sheets from TBC to Autodesk 

     

    Thanks