I'm here hoping I can get some info on a good procedure for importing VW files into AutoCad.
I am an AutoCAD 2010 user and I'm currently working on a job where several previous people have created work in VW. I imported a test VW .dwg export, and it came in the wrong size. (Well actually it imported into model space in 1/4" scale.)
I have been reading, and if I understand correctly, VW does not draw in full scale like in Autocad. In AC we draw in full scale and print to paper scale--1/4" etc--in our viewports/layouts. It seems that VW draws to a set plot scale on different pages. An import to AC from VW must then be re-sized for 1:1 to be used in AC.
In addition, the VW drawings were done all with black & white and line weights. The export/import into AC turned the layers into colors and all line weights were reset to default.
Are there any settings in VW export that I should know that would make the export/import go more smoothly? A VW friend/user mentioned "all layer to same scale"?
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CalypsoArt
Hi,
I'm here hoping I can get some info on a good procedure for importing VW files into AutoCad.
I am an AutoCAD 2010 user and I'm currently working on a job where several previous people have created work in VW. I imported a test VW .dwg export, and it came in the wrong size. (Well actually it imported into model space in 1/4" scale.)
I have been reading, and if I understand correctly, VW does not draw in full scale like in Autocad. In AC we draw in full scale and print to paper scale--1/4" etc--in our viewports/layouts. It seems that VW draws to a set plot scale on different pages. An import to AC from VW must then be re-sized for 1:1 to be used in AC.
In addition, the VW drawings were done all with black & white and line weights. The export/import into AC turned the layers into colors and all line weights were reset to default.
Are there any settings in VW export that I should know that would make the export/import go more smoothly? A VW friend/user mentioned "all layer to same scale"?
Thanks
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