gibson.tim91884
2005-12-21, 05:57 PM
follow up to another thread: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=23447
Exporting with shared coords and crop regions doesn't work properly, and get a big thumbs down. Here's how I think it should behave; perhaps somebody can correct my desires...
- If a project uses shared coordinates, exporting with shared coordinates activated in the export options should "just work".
- The exported file should show the model elements as well as the annotations, and the origin should be based on the shared coordinates.
- The same should be true if the view has a crop region. The dwg file should look like the Revit view (clip model elements at the crop region, extend grids, etc. beyond the crop region as needed.
- When exporting a sheet to multiple dwg files, each "base" file should have the correct origin based on shared coordinates (where applicable, i.e. plan views). The base files should be the same whether exported with a sheet or alone as a view. (i.e. clip the model at the crop region, extend the annotations as needed). Perhaps xclip is more appropriate in this case.
- The same basic idea should hold when exporting a sheet to a single drawing file.
As it sits right now (December build), this is what happens when exporting with shared coordinates:
- Export a view with no crop region, and everything is A-OK. The origin is based on the shared coords, and everything gets exported.
- Export a view with a crop region, and only annotations are exported. The origin is in the correct place, though (based on shared coords).
- Export a sheet with plan view with a crop region, and the model elements are exported for the base view, but the modelspace origin is based on internal project coordinates. This is wrong, I think. The same is true regardless of the state of the"Export each view or sheet as a single file" option.
Li'l help, please!
Exporting with shared coords and crop regions doesn't work properly, and get a big thumbs down. Here's how I think it should behave; perhaps somebody can correct my desires...
- If a project uses shared coordinates, exporting with shared coordinates activated in the export options should "just work".
- The exported file should show the model elements as well as the annotations, and the origin should be based on the shared coordinates.
- The same should be true if the view has a crop region. The dwg file should look like the Revit view (clip model elements at the crop region, extend grids, etc. beyond the crop region as needed.
- When exporting a sheet to multiple dwg files, each "base" file should have the correct origin based on shared coordinates (where applicable, i.e. plan views). The base files should be the same whether exported with a sheet or alone as a view. (i.e. clip the model at the crop region, extend the annotations as needed). Perhaps xclip is more appropriate in this case.
- The same basic idea should hold when exporting a sheet to a single drawing file.
As it sits right now (December build), this is what happens when exporting with shared coordinates:
- Export a view with no crop region, and everything is A-OK. The origin is based on the shared coords, and everything gets exported.
- Export a view with a crop region, and only annotations are exported. The origin is in the correct place, though (based on shared coords).
- Export a sheet with plan view with a crop region, and the model elements are exported for the base view, but the modelspace origin is based on internal project coordinates. This is wrong, I think. The same is true regardless of the state of the"Export each view or sheet as a single file" option.
Li'l help, please!