I have a coworker who is converting a Civil 3D drawing down to "plain" AutoCAD.
In the orignal drawing, there are wipeout frames that are turned off, but when you open the converted drawing, they are turned ON.
Is there anyway to ensure the frames will be turned off in the converted drawing without having to open the drawing? I have a theory that the AECTOACAD command must use a particular template file when converting the drawing down, and that it would be a simple matter of making sure the frames are OFF.
Have you tried the _AecExportToAutoCAD command on Application Menu>Export>AutoCad dwg?
I believe it's the same command.
When I do it that way I also end up with wipeout frames turned on. I'd be interested if there was an easy prevention for this, but we always open up the ACAD drawing and do some cleanup in there anyway.
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada