Save layout to DWG or DXF

[Rene van der Velde]

Please help me out.

Is there a way to save or to plot the contents of a layout to a new DWG
file?
My drawings are very complex and consist of several layouts in ONE drawing.
As soon as i need to exchange a part of the drawing with orther parties, i
would like to be able to share only THAT layout and not the complete
drawing.
At this moment every time such a question is there, i need to completely
strip the drawing of all unwanted items and layers, which takes a lot of
time.

Does anyone know a tool or workaround to to this job?

If possible please share this answer in tghe newsgroup AND mail the answer
to ver...@lat.nl, please.

Kind regards,

Kees Verbunt
ver...@lat.nl

[Jim Patrick]

In alt.cad.autocad, Rene van der Velde wrote:

>Is there a way to save or to plot the contents of a layout
>to a new DWG file? My drawings are very complex and consist
>of several layouts in ONE drawing. As soon as i need to
>exchange a part of the drawing with orther parties, i would
>like to be able to share only THAT layout and not the
>complete drawing. At this moment every time such a question
>is there, i need to completely strip the drawing of all
>unwanted items and layers, which takes a lot of time.

1) DXB. You'll have to play with it a little, because DXB is a
'print' from the parent file; but DXB out and then import into a new
drawing. You can export the model to one file (model.dxb), and the
layout to 'paper.dxb'. In a new drawing, from modelspace import the
'model.dxb' and scale it correctly; in paperspace import and scale the
'paper.dxb' Adjust the layers.

[It might be a bit easier if you WBLOCK some of the original file
first; this will copy over some of your dim settings, layers, etc.
Also note that DXB is a 2D format only; no +/- Z will come through ]

2) Conversely, the 'strip-the-drawing' approach may be easier. In
modelspace Erase, All, Remove [what you want to keep]. In the layout
you want -Purge, All, *. Now Saveas (newname.dwg) in r13 format.

Of the two methods, DXB is far more anonymous while Saveas is more
friendly to retained dimstyles, layers, etc.

[Terry W. Dotson]

> Is there a way to save or to plot the contents of a layout to a new
DWG
> file?

If you were to consider third party software, take a look at the 'Save
Layouts to DWGs' function in ToolPac 6.0 from http://www.dotsoft.com.
It includes an easy to use dialog
[http://www.dotsoft.com/images/tplayosf.gif] that allows you to simply
select the layouts you wish to export, along with other options such
as drawing format. It proceeds to quickly make separate drawings of
each selected layout, containing only that layout so it becomes 'the'
paper space of the drawing when opened in previous versions.

Terry