"Don" <one-if-by-land@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "3D Peruna"> wrote
> > 1) "Intelligent" data from either AutoCAD (assuming that's what
you're
> > using) or CA will be lost and not retrievable as you move between file
> > formats. Dimensions will likely come across as lines w/ text and lose
> > associativity, etc.
> >
> > 2) Layers may or may not translate "cleanly".
>
> OK, I just fired up CA 6 and tried to im****t a simple dwg into it.
> It asked how to this, it gave me 2 options. I Tried both. Each time it
took
> about 10 mins to *convert* the layers.
> Disappointing.
Not unusual.
> I don't play that *color/lineweight* thing, I draw with all polylines,
> WYSIWYG, and all of my polylines were changed to lines. gasp.
> I use *dots* for arrowheads, they were gone in CA and all of my text
> (graphite - thanks Pierre) was changed to, I don't know what. Maybe some
> sort of generic *city blueprint* or something. All of my blocks are my
own,
> toilets, sinks, etc., were converted to CA except it didn't recognize
some
> and left them out None of my babinets showed up at all.
> All of my layers, about 20 of them in this particular dwg, were put on 1
> layer. WTF!?!?
I've used ADT (Architectural Desktop) and let it figure out the
layers/display representations. Works pretty slick, and ADT 5 is much
better at it too (except they keep messing with the icons so you must
refind
everything). You can WYSIWYG ADT, if you like and it gives almost too
much
control over how things potentially look under different cir***stances.
>
> > 6) Relax...it's a house. There shouldn't be that much. It's not
like
> you
> > have a commerical set of prints to get out. You might be worried more
> about
> > it than it's worth.
>
> Hey now, don't know what type of *houses* you're drawing these days but
my
> standard template has well over 100 layers in it, not for the faint of
> heart.
> The house I'm working on presently is all sticks and its 4 stories high,
> about 8,000 s.f. And yes, its being designed to *island* specs.....
Point is a 2 story, typical house (or even a 2nd story addition) isn't
that
much in comparison to a full set of commercial architecturals. I should
be
relatively straight forward.
Then again, maybe it's a 2nd story addition to a single story 8000 sf
house
built to "island" spec.'s....
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