Kurt Magness Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Is there a easy way to strip uneccessary info out of a vwks 12 file for consultants. Like my structural engineer only needs 2d plans/ sections, etc. Since all my plans, live sections, elevations, etc are viewports of a 3d model on sheet layers, they do not translate well back to previous versions of vwks. Also the file is enormous and does not email well because of scanned backgrounds, textures, 3d symbols , etc I used for early presentations. He only needs 2d information. Is there a way to convert viewports with their annotations to 2d, like copy to lines ? Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Export to DWG? Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 If a viewport is rendered and updated, convert to group(Ctrl K) will covert the viewport to 2d, but you will lose your annotations. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Kurt, How's my beloved Santa Barbara this summer ... ah .. the memories ... sweet memories ...really great times at UCSB ... The Ranch ... Channel Islands ... Montecito ... you know what they say , "When you die you don't go to heaven ... you go to Santa Barbara " Easiest > Print2PDF then upload to FTP server. Or export to JPG then upload to FTP server. Fast and efficient ... that's what we do. or do the DWG conversion & compression dance and then upload to FTP. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Oh christ ... I forgot about the summer of never ending fires ... sorry bout that ... imon Quote Link to comment
Kurt Magness Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yeah I do the pdf export. It works good if you do not want to stay in vectorworks. Dwg export seems to loose so much formatting, fonts etc. I use the free service yousendit.com for those over 10mb files. I love the new BIM format of vwks, viewports, live sections, etc. but its a real bummer when all you want is 2d info. My engineer wants to manipulate the framing plans without having all that 3d stuff, classes, etc. I will try the convert a copy to group but loosing the annotations is not good. Oh and Islandmon, ahh the USVI, , white sand, tropical breezes, trips to the BVI, local brewed rum on Tortola, winding up & down the steepest streets I've ever been on. I spent some time in you neck of the woods too, Got married with my feet in the water at Megans Bay, honeymooned at the Bitter End Yacht Club. You need a draftsman ? Maybe we can JV some projects. Quote Link to comment
MartyC Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 You may want to take a look at a tool called "Optimize Drawings", which might help. Go to http://www.vectorbits.com/_VB12_site/index.html It is the last item on the left side. Quote Link to comment
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