Vworks to DWG changing my geometry.....

[MacDaddyCK]

Hi All,Magicians Box Monitor.dwg

 

Why is it that when I export shapes into DWG, All of my arcs become segmented.  I am designing in Vectorworks 2023 Fundamentals and my draftsperson is using AutoCAD.  We can't communicate designs properly because when I export, I loose important information in the translation.Magicians Box Monitor.dwg

950906118_MagiciansBoxMonitor.vwx

Edited April 12, 2023 by MacDaddyCK
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[Jeff Prince]

I just opened you .dwg in Vectorworks.  It looks smooth to me.  Do you have your Shaded View set to high?

 

What about your Vectorworks Import preferences?

Is 2D & 3D conversion resolutions set to Very High?

 

There does seem to be something wrong with 2023's .dwg export though.  When I export from 2023 and reimport into VWX, there are no objects in VWX but there are in AutoCAD.  Doing the same in 2021 behaves as expected.  I wonder if something is broken in 2023 with regards to 3D export.

[MacDaddyCK]

jeff prince - 

  

It isn't the Vworks file.  It is the DWG export (black background)   

1815560229_MagiciansBoxMonitor.dwg

[rDesign]

I think the DWG export from VW is fine and the issue may be with AutoCAD optimization settings on your draftsperson's end.

1. I opened your DWG in AutoCAD and initially it looked as per your screen cap, with segmented curves; 
2. I changed the VIEWRES variable to 2000 as suggested in THIS post; 
3. I edited this block and the screen cap below is what I saw; it is a 3d Solid, not polylines, but all of the curves look good:

 

Exiting out of that block and it still looks clean with smooth curves:

 

 

[Jeff Prince]

4 hours ago, MacDaddyCK said:

jeff prince - 

  

It isn't the Vworks file.  It is the DWG export (black background)

 

I didn’t say it was the VWX file, I opened your DWG and it’s fine.  See @rDesign’s comment for further clarification.