topic Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing. in AutoCAD Forum

How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

john.vellek — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:47:35 GMT

Do you keep getting a popup when you open your drawing that indicates that you have proxy objects in your file?

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

john.vellek — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:47:55 GMT

You can turn off the notification by setting the system variable PROXYNOTICE to 0.

If you aren't round-tripping your drawing with a vertical such as AutoCAD Civil 3D or AutoCAD Architecture you can certainly get rid of the proxy objects. The easiest way to to do this is to use the -EXPORTtoAUTOCAD command.

This command has several options that you can set before saving the file to a new, plain AutoCAD file:

Filename
Format
Bind
Prefis
Suffix

This command can be a fast and easy way to resolve proxy issues in your drawing files.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

clindner — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:04:11 GMT

I never thought of posting a question, then posting the answer, and then marking it solved! Lol! Not a bad idea, actually.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

pendean — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:21:09 GMT

John is "Autodesk" and he posts a lot of user tips, these forums only allow solutions to be tagged on replies, not original post.

This is an easier solution than the one posted IMHO if you are not stuck with AutoCADLT https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=1498235021060360128&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

clindner — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:36:35 GMT

I know, I'm just "bustin' his chops" a little. 😉

I just never thought of posting a question I already had the answer for, then post the answer, and then mark it as the solution to boot! Nice way to bump your post/solution counts. Not a problem, just an observation.

Thanks for the Zombie Killer link. Nice tool. Just wish it had a "batch" option.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

pendean — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:41:18 GMT

It sure can be since there is a commandline name for the tool... .

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:37:31 GMT

You can use DWGCONVERT as a batch converter, if you have the OLE object enablers installed there should be a "Convert to xxx version with OLE objects exploded" option.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:56:54 GMT

@pendean wrote:
It sure can be since there is a commandline name for the tool... .

I don't see any reference to that feature in the documentation.

I tried:

-KILLZOMBIES

and

(command "KILLZOMBIES")

but both display a dialog box.

What's the secret?

Thanks,

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:58:08 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

You can use DWGCONVERT as a batch converter, if you have the OLE object enablers installed there should be a "Convert to xxx version with OLE objects exploded" option.

Interesting. Good idea. I don't see the "Convert" option.

Thanks, though.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:04:46 GMT

Well... apparently it exists (though I don't have it on my version, @cadffm says he has it on his).

Civil 3D has a batch converter if you have access to that software, command in Civil 3D is CIVILBATCHCONVERTER

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

cadffm — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:21:27 GMT

Hi,

the "convert" option is just the fileformat option.

Are you running the DWGtrueview DWGconvert?

You see the fileformat option?

But not the Autocad dwg **** with exploded AEC Object Option?

Have you installed the C3D ObjectEnabler?

Sebastian

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

shallowhead — Sat, 23 May 2020 00:34:53 GMT

You know, I tried the -exporttoautocad command and the resulting file still has the proxt objects.....

why would that be?

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

cadffm — Sat, 23 May 2020 00:43:55 GMT

The program needs to know what kind of object it is (you need this program, add-on or an object enabler).

If it is a Proxy object, your program doesn't know what it is and how to "convert".

If you need help, we need to know the missing program.

Open the file while proxynotice is ON.

Read the pop up about proxys(scroll down, there are more than one i guess).

And what program is running on your side? Command ABOUT shows the product name and version.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

shallowhead — Sat, 23 May 2020 15:27:06 GMT

OK, Thanks.

Here's a screenshot of what the proxy objects are:

I'm running Autocad map 3d 2010. My system is windows 7, 64-bit.

I'm thinking that I dont have an obj. enabler for civil 3d, but I can't find one?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

cadffm — Sat, 23 May 2020 17:08:46 GMT

1. The creator should use -ExportToAutocad

If not possible(why?)

Install DWG TrueView

also the OE

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads

Start DWG TrueView and use the DWG Convert tool.

Set up the convert settings to DWG 2010 without AEC Objects or ??? (You have to look what the program offers)

I can not run a test for you, so HTH

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2020 07:57:58 GMT

Hi @shallowhead ,
I believe that each year-version of Civil 3d has slightly different object enablers, so if you can find out which version of Civil 3d was used to create the drawing, (maybe ask the person who sent it to you) that might speed things up as you can then just only install the relevant one.
Here should be all the object enablers so you can look and find which one you need: Autodesk object enablers

If you want to keep the civil 3d objects and their associated meta data, then just install the object enabler and you'l be able to view them (but not do too much else to them). If you want to "explode" them, then use the EXPORTTOAUTOCAD command.

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

mehrabi.m.k — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:53:24 GMT

Lol

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

shallowhead — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 14:36:36 GMT

Thanks Marianne!

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

ahansonEXZYU — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:53:17 GMT

What do you mean round tripping? Because that seems like what I might be trying to do. I basically setup a template in Plant 3d using project manager sensitive fields and then realized I have civil 3d proxies. I installed the object enablers and still no joy. The proxies persist. I don't want to have to redo all the fields; is there any way to avoid saving down to a autocad dwg?

Re: How to get rid of Proxy objects in an AutoCAD drawing.

RobDraw — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:07:51 GMT

@ahansonEXZYU wrote:
I basically setup a template in Plant 3d using project manager sensitive fields and then realized I have civil 3d proxies.

You should try posting in the Plant 3D forum so other P3D users can possibly give you solutions that can't be done with vanilla AutoCAD.