#3ds to Autocad
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Has anyone out there had any experiance creating something in 3ds (in our case
a scenic set) and then exported to autocad for working drawings?
We seem to be having a problem dimensioning the geometry..
We would apprieciate any help!
Thanks Dan 🙂
Importing a 3DS mesh for orking drawings – ouch!
Yes, I've done it. You'll probably want to transform the PFACE meshes to
2D or you will be waiting quite a while for onsaps and getting very different
Z distances. One technique is to set up your views and plot to a DXB file
(with Hide on) and then DXBIN the result – instant 2D drawing elevations and
plans of your mesh (which is still intact).
– Phil
Thanks Phil…We'll give it a try!
-Dan
Trying to dim 3ds geometry eh? Kids theese days<g>. I think what may be the
problem is 3ds meshes come into acad as pfaces. A pface is delux 3dpoly. You
have tried osnap end when diming? It may not work unless the UCS is aligned
right. First to try ucs;e for entity alignment. If that won't work maybe use
projenct.lsp, in the acad\samples dir (or was it acad\bonus?). This routine
will project a 3d scene onto the ucs. The thing to do is align the ucs to
front, side etc., run project, and dim the results.
I am curious to know how things work out, if not at all, give me a holler and
maybe I can help more.
——–beak