Using -exporttoautocad eliminates page setups

[wpowell]

There is a useful command (ExportToAutoCAD) that enables you to convert ADT/ACA or other objects to plain AutoCAD entities. Shaan Hurley describes it here: http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2005/07/use_autocad_200.html.

However, I have found that the file created by the command loses all of the page setups of the original one. Has anyone found a way around this? Are there other issues that people have found?

Thanks,

John

[irneb]

The command is actually the same as WBLOCK and select entire drawing. That issue is one I've noticed before as well. It removes (or rather just discards) the Named Page set-ups, but the Layouts' set-ups are still kept.

You could try to import the Page set-ups again from the original. Right-click on a tab at the bottom & select "Page Setup Manager" and then click "Import", browse tot the original, click OK & select which setups you want imported. It shouldn't not bring in those ADT/ACA stuff as well, just try and see if this works for you.

[wpowell]

It does much more than wblock - it eliminates ADT/ACA objects, changes file versions, binds (as an option) and performs the flatten and overkill commands. Very powerful and maybe a little dangerous in some cases.

My problem is that I am batch upgrading thousands of files & wanted to remove ADT content at the same time as we are using plain vanilla AutoCAD now. Any idea how to import page setups from a script file, or other thoughts how to re-assign them as part of a batch process?

Thanks

[irneb]

Oh OK that sounds powerfully dangerous yes!

For the Page Setups & Layouts see this thread: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=80461

You could use my LISP & SCR.

Or try rcmswain's suggestion of DWG True Convert (which is now incorporated into DWG True View). I haven't tried it so I don't know how that works.

[irneb]

Since you're "upgrading" the DWG files to 2008 (I guess) you may also need the CLEANUPSCALES utility in this thread.
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=831668#post831668