Creating tiles from a big DWG

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have a really big DWG file and want to tile it into 4 smaller files. Is there a function for that?

kind regards Kai

[dmfrazier]

It's not clear what you mean by "tiling".  Do you want to literally break the large file into four individual files?  Or do you actually want to create four "sheets", each showing a different portion of the overall DWG?

What you're describing could be done by XREFing the large DWG into each of the four other DWGs, and then using XCLIP to "hide" all but the portion you want showing in each of those files.  That would result in four smaller files, but they would each be dependent on the larger file (unless/until you bind the xrefs).

Otherwise, you could get essentially the same "tiling" effect by creating four layout tabs in the one DWG file, with a viewport open to each.  This would avoid the need to maintain four (or five) separate files.  

[Anonymous]

Hi,

i really want to have 4 smaller files. it is necessary, because i want to import it into another software.

[dmfrazier]

In that case it seems that neither of my suggestions would work for you.

What is the other software you will be importing into?

[3wood]

Do it manually: Define the tiling rectangles and then use EXTRIM and ERASE.

[dmfrazier]

You might also be able to use the EXPORTLAYOUT command (assuming four layouts created in the one DWG).

[Anonymous]

I Have no command Extrim.

Its the german version 2012

[Patchy]

EXTRIM is a command from Express Tools, you have to install ET