topic how to flatten 3d file to 2d while keeping the positions in AutoCAD Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13269192#M5114 <P>hi please help me. my autocad has a zaxis even though its in drafting mode. and i have done all my floor plans on it only to realise the lines are all now floating about due to the zaxis. someone please help me flatten this file or something because i am in urgent need to import the 2d drawing file to my software to make my 3d models and all. please. thank you.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:07:39 GMT 2400693d 2025-01-18T15:07:39Z how to flatten 3d file to 2d while keeping the positions https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13269192#M5114 <P>hi please help me. my autocad has a zaxis even though its in drafting mode. and i have done all my floor plans on it only to realise the lines are all now floating about due to the zaxis. someone please help me flatten this file or something because i am in urgent need to import the 2d drawing file to my software to make my 3d models and all. please. thank you.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:07:39 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13269192#M5114 2400693d 2025-01-18T15:07:39Z Re: how to flatten 3d file to 2d while keeping the positions https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13269254#M5115 <P>Does the <STRONG>FLATTEN</STRONG> command do what you want?&nbsp; Be in the World Coordinate System before you use it [read about the <STRONG>UCS</STRONG> command in Help].</P> <P>All drawings have a Z axis, whether or not you ever do anything off the XY plane.&nbsp; If things with non-zero Z coordinates happened because of Object-Snapping to existing things like that, you can prevent that with the <STRONG>OSNAPZ</STRONG> System Variable.</P> Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:21:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13269254#M5115 Kent1Cooper 2025-01-18T16:21:48Z Re: how to flatten 3d file to 2d while keeping the positions https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13300800#M5116 <P>If the regular FLATTEN command doesn't help, try the <A href="https://sites.google.com/site/avcplugins/flat?authuser=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AVC Flat</A> plugin.</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:12:09 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-flatten-3d-file-to-2d-while-keeping-the-positions/m-p/13300800#M5116 AVCPlugins 2025-02-05T09:12:09Z