One of our government (Corps of Engineers) projects requires us to convert our Civil 3D dwg sheet files to Microstation dgn’s. After doing some research ( ), it looks to me like Civil 3D 2010 is capable of doing this without exploding Civil 3D objects or realigning/rescaling the notation. I was able to bring up the Export to DGN dialogue box, so the "Subscription Advantage Pack"; referenced in the article must be installed.
I was able to get a file converted by ignoring the external references, but when I selected the options to translate or bind the xref’s the command terminated without doing anything, or giving me an error message telling me the reason it couldn't complete the command.
This project was originally done in Civil 3D 2008 (version 2007). The sheet files were copied to an independent folder where I've been opening them individually in 2010, attempting to convert them to Microstation V8. The copied sheet files are still referencing the original version 2007 backgrounds. I tried Microstation's batch conversion, but it didn't recognize the Civil 3D objects, and reorientated the annotation to true north instead of aligning and scaling with the view.
I didn't find anything specific to v2010 In searching the discussion boards, but it looks like the civil 3d objects had to be exploded before conversion in previous versions.
[http://bimontherocks.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/exporting-autocad-civil-3d-2010-to-dgn.html]
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric
Edited by: jepps on Apr 22, 2010 4:18 PM