Is it possible that in 2019 with Rhino 6 we are still not able to export the layout to a .dwg file but the selected geometry only? These feature has been essentially for the last couple of years.
What we can do now is to export layout to a .dwg file with “File->Save as”, but this will export EVERY GEOMETRY from the .3dm file.
What frequently happens is that I have a 3d model from which I create 2d drawings. These drawings then need to be exported as layouts in .pdf and .dwg formats.
Printing to a pdf is not an issue.
Export to a .dwg file is. I do not want to delete my 3d model then run the Save as command, export the layout, then undo the deletion of the 3d model.
I would like to export to a .dwg a layout but only containing the selected geometry.
As the whole process is automated, this is the key of having to use only Rhino for both 3d modelling and 2d drafting and completely forgetting about AutoCAD.
Hi - I’ll have to read a bit between the lines because it is not completely clear to me - your request is that what is visible in a Detail on a layout is exported to the DWG file, right? If so, I’ve added your request to the open YT item - RH-2462.
As a workaround, you could use the ChangeSpace command to move or copy 2D geometry from the model space to the layout. Then select this geometry on the layout and export that to DWG. You might have to scale by your required scale factor to fit the geometry on the layout.
Thank you for the suggestion!
To be honest I was not aware of the new ChangeSpace command.
I just tried your suggesting. The issue is that it exports the geometry scaled. So not in 1:1 ratio.
The opposite might be what I am looking for: copy the 2d geometry from the layout to the model space and then export. The issue that I find with this is that when the text is copied from the layout to the model space the ‘Model space scale’ of the text kick’s in. Even after changing it (now that that the text is in the layout), text’s origin deviates from what it was in the layout.
Another thing that I just realized is that I can scale the header (frame) itself in the model space, and then export the .dwg by selecting it and the geometry.
But the problem is that in that case the .pdf can not be exported (automatically through rs.Command).
Because _-Print _Go does not do anything. This looks like a bug.
Hi,
is this item solved in Rhino 7?
If I create layout drawings of 2D or 3D objects it just has to be possible to export the layout with everything visible there into a dwg format.
Every one of us has to work with different companys and many clients are working with Autocad.
If no one ever has seen this necessity at Mc Neel this would be a true disaster.
Export options are great in Rhino, but what are my layouts good for if I can send them only as pdf?
Any other cad software can export the layout drawings to dwg, This is an industry standard and a true show stopper for Rhino. Why should I have to buy Autocad, export any needed 2D view and create my drawings in Autocad?
+1 not sure if that’s the exact request, but a supported way to export layouts to a file would be really helpful. My workaround is to use the scripts below (just to recreate the layout page) and copy/paste objects manually (layout by layout): LayoutAddFromClipboard.py (222 Bytes) LayoutCopyToClipboard.py (288 Bytes)