DWG export creates blocks out of Hardscape and Landscape areas

[TeeMuki]

Hi,
Our office mainly provide our files to other designers etc. as dwg files. 

 

The dream file for sharing would have symbols as blocks, then surface borders as polylines and surface areas as hatches.

When we export Hardscape- and Landscape-objects into dwg-files, they convert into blocks. We would definitely prefer that they would convert to polylines and hatches. 

 

Because the file includes a lot of different blocks, the process of exploding all the hard- and landscape-areas takes time.

 

Which settings should we use that they don't convert into Blocks?
It is a huge problem when the objects are not converted in the right way into dwg and consumes our time when we clean the files in autocad before sending!

[Jeff Prince]

58 minutes ago, TeeMuki said:

The dream file for sharing would have symbols as blocks, then surface borders as polylines and surface areas as hatches.

When we export Hardscape- and Landscape-objects into dwg-files, they convert into blocks. We would definitely prefer that they would convert to polylines and hatches. 

 

That's how it works currently.

Symbols export as nested blocks.

Hardscapes export as blocks composed of a hatch, a hatch polyline boundary, and an object polyline boundary... all of which is classed.

You can get rid of the extra polyline boundary by deleting the objects on that class.

Of course you need to be organized in Vectorworks in regards to how you use classes for this to be a quick and easy process.

 

1 hour ago, TeeMuki said:

Which settings should we use that they don't convert into Blocks?

 

You probably want groups and symbols to convert to blocks.  The first level of block is named "parametric object..."  You can filter a selection set in AutoCAD for blocks named "Parametric object*" to select them all and then explode.  Plant export first into containers named "parametric object...", once you explode them to their nested block, it is named after the plant.  Most objects follow the same logic.  So, exploding that first level container symbol is a one step process for you entire drawing.  The next step in AutoCAD is to simply filter for objects the container class(es) for your hardscapes and delete that.  You will then be left with an outline and hatch for your hardscapes.

It's like a 2 minute process for the largest of drawings, when you have an organized class system in Vectorworks.