Export Layout crashes

[StumpMasterFlex]

FYI, I have a Civil 3D project with piping networks, grading etc.  The servicing and grading plans are on layout tabs (5 of each 10 in total).  When I would go export layout Civil 3D would go into not responding mode and crash.  This caused quit a bit of stress as we had to get the drawings out to meet a deadline.  

After investigating this issue, we identified that we had save our layer states in the layer manager.  Delete the viewport on the layout tabs, draw a new viewport and then reinstate the layer states for each layout.  This resolved, the crashing issue. 

Hope this helps someone in the future.

Kindest Regards,

Michael

[Joe-Bouza]

Have you tried Designe center to move the layouts to another drawing? I have never tried export a layout but have always had trouble with importing a layout and DC center add layout has worked without incident.

[StumpMasterFlex]

I tried design center.  It looks slick but it only brings over the paper space info.  It did not bring the model space info.  Export Layout exports all.  Do you know of way to use design center to export everything the way your drawing looks when you print it (model and paper in design center)?

Thanks for introducing me to Design Center.  I definitely see it is going to save us a lot of time in drawing setup etc.

[Joe-Bouza]

I missed that part. hmmm....Maybe try opening in ACAD for civil3d and try there? I have a hunch it does'nt work with c3d objects though, it might but i'm skeptical

[StumpMasterFlex]

k thanks

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Kindest Regards
Michael Stempfer

[AllenJessup]

I hadn't ever used Export Layout so I decided to try it. It not only crashed Civil 3D but Bluescreened my computer. I think I'll stay away from that one for a while.

Allen Jessup


Civil 3D 2012 SP 3 / IDSP 2014
Dell Precision T7400, Xeon CPU 3.16 GHz
Win 7 Pro, 64-bit,12 GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX 4600

[StumpMasterFlex]

Sorry to hear about your misfortune Allen, however it does make for good Civil 3D satire.

You said you never used Export Layout.  How are other people sending paper space drawings to clients as a (wblocked , trimmed) model space drawing?

[AllenJessup]

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@StumpMasterFlex wrote:

Sorry to hear about your misfortune Allen, however it does make for good Civil 3D satire.

You said you never used Export Layout.  How are other people sending paper space drawings to clients as a (wblocked , trimmed) model space drawing?

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No big deal. It's time for a new computer. The request for the PO is going in this morning.

The simple answer is We Don't. We either send the whole drawing or a PDF plot of the layout. This is made easier by the fact that we're always the client.

Allen

[StumpMasterFlex]

Oh I see. Yeah we have to send the client digital files. It must be nice
being top of the food chain.

I find the export layout works when you
Bind all Xrefs
Clean drawing, purge audit etc.
You have not edited viewports, have not clipped viewports etc. You may
have to recreate the viewport.

Should you want to try using it again (which I think is doubtful), you will
have to edit the export layout for things such ddptype, ltscales, surfaces
and any extraneous data.

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Kindest Regards
Michael Stempfer

[troma]

If you export to acad first, does the export layout command work better in the exported drawing?

[AllenJessup]

I used to work for a smaller firm where we did have to do this. This was before Export Layout was available. What I would do is to use Chspace to move the VP and TB to Model Space. Then I'd use EXtrim to trim out everything outside of the Viewport. After that I would WBlock what was left to a new file, undo and start the next layout. That was the best we could work out at the time.

Allen

[StumpMasterFlex]

I tried that last week.   However I found it changed object sizes, annotative text scales, resized and  repositioned object labels.  It was not pretty at all.   Maybe I had something set up wrong?  So much to learn.

[troma]

C3D objects rotate, change size etc. per viewport. When they are exploded they turn into an acad object that only exists at one size, one rotation, one location. Not pretty is normal.