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Break apart model space to separate dwgs

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:25:12 GMT

Does anyone know how to break apart or separate model space drawings into separate drawing files? I have an autocad drawing that has several drawings in one model space with multiple title blocks around each drawing in model space. I would like to separate these individual title blocked drawings in model space into separate autocad drawings if possible. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks.

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

gotphish001 — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:35:58 GMT

Select one of the drawings then use command WBlock. It will ask you to name it and then where to save it. Repeat for every drawing you want to separate. They will be separate but you will also still have the original. They will not be linked to each other though. As in if you make a change to the original it won't change in the separate wblock drawing you made. Probably not an issue but just a heads up.

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

rkmcswain — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:37:37 GMT

Another way would be to copy this file X number of times (X = the number of individual files you want).

Name them with a unique name.

Now open each one and erase everything except what you want to keep in that one file.

Purge, and Save.

Move on to the next one.

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

john.vellek — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:02:54 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

@gotphish001 and @rkmcswain have great suggestions for performing this action. Once you have done one or both of these methods, do you need help in setting up paperspace layouts? If you would like to share your file I am happy to take a look so I might help with further suggestions to make the drawings more useful.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

john.vellek — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:03:27 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I am checking back to see if my post or others helped you with your problem. Please mark a post or posts as accepted solutions if they resolved the issue or give me a bit more detail on this issue so we can continue to work towards getting this solved.

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Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

vladimir_michl — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 08:56:02 GMT

If the frames are evenly spaced, you can use the PlotDWGarr utility (freeware) to split them into separate DWG files in one go, with the wbDWGarr command. See:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/plotting-a-series-of-drawing-frames-composed-in-a-dwg-drawing-tip7585

Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz www.cadforum.cz

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

MikeKovacik4928 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:26:56 GMT

If the frames are not evenly spaced,

another method in addition to wblock or making multiple copies and deleting,

is to open a new blank drawing, and then copy with base point from your drawing with multiple copies,

one of the multiple copies,

and paste to original coordinates in your newly opened blank drawing.

Delete what you have copied from your original drawing, and repeat the process again for

each of the multiple copies.

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Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

ccjenogwe — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:01:29 GMT

I have various drawings in one file in my autocad drawing. When I selected one drawing to edit all other drawings responded at the same time. It has become difficult to separate them.

Re: Break apart model space to separate dwgs

Kent1Cooper — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:00:47 GMT

@ccjenogwe wrote:

I have various drawings in one file.... When I selected one drawing to edit all other drawings responded at the same time. ....

That could be -- my first guess -- that you have borders/title-blocks as Blocks or maybe Xrefs around different content, and you're editing the Block/Xref, so all references to it change in the same way. If that's the issue, with Blocks, separate them as suggested above and then edit the Block within each resulting file. If with Xrefs, you will probably need to do the same, but also Bind the Xref into each drawing before editing it, so as not to affect other drawings that reference the source drawing.

But I can imagine there might be other reasons for your issue. Post a [small] sample drawing that behaves as you describe.