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We have some clients who want deliverables in plain AutoCAD -- they do not have C3D. We want to be able to deliver clean AutoCAD drawings to them. I'd rather not have to do a separate install of AutoCAD to do this if possible. Civil 3D as AutoCAD still inserts proxy objects.
That doesn't fully work. That will explode the C3D objects in the model space to core AutoCAD objects, but it still leaves the styles and settings. What that means is, when you Export to AutoCAD with AEC exploded objects, the person on the other end still gets a message about the drawing having civil objects even when none are visible.
The only way I can think of to solve this is do a save as of your drawing, do and export to dwg (or explode/extract everything) and then do a dxfout which should remove everything C3D related..... Just dont open the new dumb drawing with C3D as ACAD, because then it will put the some civil objects back in the drawing.
Rick Jackson
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What I ended up doing was to Export to AutoCAD from C3D, then open that exported drawing in C3D as AutoCAD and create a new, blank drawing. After that, do a COPYBASE from the not-quite-really-exported drawing into the new, blank drawing.
Thanks for the great work-around suggestions -- they can effectively convert a Civil 3D drawing to a "vanilla" AutoCAD drawing. But the bottom line is that Civil 3D As AutoCAD is not really Civil 3D as AutoCAD. It is Civil 3D that looks like AutoCAD, but is not functionally identical to AutoCAD.
We will solve the problem by deploying AutoCAD to the computers. All our multi-user seats are AECC, so that doesn't pose a licensing issue for us. I was just hoping to not have to deploy both products.
Some context for the discussion: all entities are objects, but not all objects are entities. Entities are what you see on the drawing - lines, circles, text, and vertical-specific ones like surfaces. Objects may be something other than entities, since they can also be data structures specific to Civil3D, such as styles. These are attached to the drawing file, or in some instances to entities in the drawing file. So when there is a warning about "objects" in the drawing file that is meant literally; its not limited to entities you can see in model or paper space.
I had a similar problem, but it was because the DWG I received was created with a newer version of C3D. Everything else I tried (Export to ACAD, Export to DXF, etc) either failed to create a file or did not remove the proxy objects. First I selected and exploded all proxy objects, then I QSELECTed all proxy objects Exclude from new list, QSELECTed all objects and append to current list. With the current list selected, which now excludes all proxy objects, Shift+Ctrl+C and 0,0,0. Open new drawing with same drawing settings and Shift+Ctrl+V and 0,0,0. The new drawing does not contain any proxy objects.
That is a very useful technique; thanks for the link. I will probably try it on my next outgoing request for AutoCAD only files. For my case, I received the Civil 3D file from a surveyor using a newer version and I could not work with it. I only needed to remove the proxy objects but leave all the other data in place with no scaling or translations.
Hi everyone. I know this is an old post but it's worth mentioning. After a combination of the commands mentioned already. We use the free ZombieKiller app from the Autodesk App store to remove the leftover Civil 3D Proxy objects/entities.
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