AutoCAD 2014 and PipeDesigner layout drawings

[derrick.lambrecht]

Any ideas on how to generate layouts in pipe designer? I tried using "base view" under the layout tab, but only my autocad items show up in the viewport. (pipe is missing).

I am currently using the viewports command under the layout viewports  tab and adjusting what i dont want by freezing my layers within each viewport.

I could spool the drawings but i want to keep everything in the same file.

Is there a better way to create drawing views within the two programs?

Thanks for the help

[zalant]

Hopefully, we can get someone in here who has experience with using both softwares.  

• Are you able to view the PipeDesigner content on the Model tab, but not within a viewport on a layout tab?

I would think that if you have PipeDesigner installed, you wouldn't need anything like an additional object enabler from them to see the content within a viewport.

Have you also posted in QuickPen's (Trimble's) forums about this?

[derrick.lambrecht]

Correct. I can see everything in my model tab, but I can not see the AutoCAD items in the layout.

I have spoke to a representative of Tremble, but I have not posted anything on their forum. The lady I spoke with said she thought that it was an AutoCAD issue.

I agree, hopefully someone with experience with both softwares will be able to help out.

[zalant]

To clarify, it is only the AutoCAD items which you can see within the viewports on layout tabs? You cannot see the PipeDesigner objects within viewports, correct?

[derrick.lambrecht]

Correct. The AutoCAD entities and the pipe both show in the model so I can select them for a view in layout. After I finish the command in layout, the pipe items disappear in the paperspace.

[zalant]

When you say "After I finish the command in layout," which specific command are you referring to?

Are you trying to view the content through normal rectangular viewports on a layout tab, or are you trying to create model views with the newer layout tools (VIEWBASE, VIEWPROJ, etc.)?

[derrick.lambrecht]

I was trying to use VIEWBASE.

When I use the normal rectangle viewports everything is there. I just have to freeze the layers i dont want in each viewport.