I need to be able to send consultants .dwg files that respect the building view options. (doors should create openings in walls, etc.) Currently we are setting up files in the following manner:
Reference my Building View into the default model of my sheet file at true scale. Switch to the sheet model and reference the default model and scale it down to the required drawing scale to fit the sheet. When i perform a save as .dwg, the drawings reverts to the master model top view losing all Building View settings.
Is there a process or setting i am missing?
To work with autocad you must create a DEM to give them something they can use.
Your BV is still a 3d model and to import that you must import to revit and that is a whole different discussion.
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I think you are talking about the extra mile we have to go to to output AutoCAD files. In our office the drawing model is referenced into a default model and then on into a sheet giving you autocad compatibility. The file with the model and sheet are flattened in the way described below in post 2 on this thread.
Robert
<rklaschka> wrote in message news:120184@communities.bentley.com... I think you are talking about the extra mile we have to go to to output AutoCAD files. In our office the drawing model is referenced into a default model and then on into a sheet giving you autocad compatibility. The file with the model and sheet are flattened in the way described below in post 2 on this thread. Robert http://communities.bentley.com/Products/Building/Building_Analysis___Design/f/5917/t/47237.aspx#120184
regards / Thomas Voghera
DGammie:So long as the BV is referenced into a drawing. If you export straight from the model, with a BV on, you will just export the whole model.
Correct... When applying a BV to a 3D model, you'd still be saving a 3D model to DWG. So the output is and should be a "normal" 3D model since there is no equivalent to a DV in AutoCAD. Only when applying that BV through a reference file does the Merge Visible Edges option (a Reference setting) take effect.
That doesn't mean the process couldn't be more automated or "user friendly" though... that's an aspect we're taking seriously!