enhanced "export to autocad"

[bbapties]

Summary: The ability to select depth of display representation during export to AutoCAD

Description: I would like to be able export all displays at once when using export to AutoCAD

How Used: I would use this to be able to take someones model (construct) and export it to Autocad and be able to get all displays so that I can pick and choose what I want to keep....three quick examples

1) would be stair representation = what if I want to see all risers, nosings, blah blah.... and the setting for display were set differently

2) multiview blocks = Id like to see all line work not just what ever display was being used in the model.

3)wall display = I'd like to get the presentation hatch as well as the high detail line work.

Feature Affinity: ADT to ACAD

Submitted By: bbapties on October 28, 2005

see this thread (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=27986)

[dkoch]

If your main concern is getting multiple representations for the same view direction [for example, a top or plan view], you could set up a Display Configuration that has a custom Display Representation Set that has Display Representations for the various object types you wish to see, which have the desired components turned on. If you want layer control over the results, you could even assign layers to the components in those Display Representations. You would probably want to do that in copies of the out-of-the-box Display Representations, assuming that you do not want the components on those layers when using the source model in ADT.

[Steve_Bennett]

If your main concern is getting multiple representations for the same view direction [for example, a top or plan view], you could set up a Display Configuration that has a custom Display Representation Set that has Display Representations for the various object types you wish to see, which have the desired components turned on. If you want layer control over the results, you could even assign layers to the components in those Display Representations. You would probably want to do that in copies of the out-of-the-box Display Representations, assuming that you do not want the components on those layers when using the source model in ADT.Even still, it's not a dialog box which would be really nice. Something with a bunch of check boxes to indicate what will be included in the saved acad dwgs. The option to multiple exports & create multiple acad drawings, one for each display config would be a great check box too.