We’ve tried 3 methods to export our work to dwg. Export VA Plan or Section View to dwg and Opening it in AutoCAD Importing PDF printed through Rhino Layout in AutoCAD Importing PDF printed through Rhino Layout in a new Rhino file and saving it as dwg Method 3 is described in the thread linked bel…

Hi @archist97 , [image] archist97: The problem is that we use dynamic plan and section through layout Do you mean real-time views of the model in plan and section? Unfortunately, the resulting pdf doesn’t keep the sub-layers right now. The only way to export the drawings to AutoCAD keeping t…

Yes. I mean real-time plan and section and I’ve already participated the survey. Sorry, but I feel confused a lot. If it’s not possible to keep layers through the method, I don’t understand why you recommend we should use real-time method? If it’s not possible to share layers with consultants, we s…

[image] archist97: Importing PDF printed through Rhino Layout in a new Rhino file and saving it as dwg Method 3 is described in the thread linked below This method should keep the layer structure! doesn’t work that for you? [image] archist97: If it’s not possible to keep layers through…

Method 3 does not keep sub-layers. It keeps only parent layer. I’ve tested it with VA 2.12.1.1543. Does it work in your file? I think we should not use real-time method, if it doesn’t work, because it will lead to double work… We have to work on both creating real time view through layout and cr…

You are right, it works for geometry in blocks but not for components in VisualARQ objects. We will try to fix this. I’ll keep you posted.

How to Keep Sub-Layers of VA Objects When Importing PDF

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archist97 (Archist97) January 13, 2022, 10:13am 6

Method 3 does not work. You can that in the video.
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How to Keep Sub-Layers of VA Objects When Importing PDF

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