topic Re: Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale in AutoCAD LT Forum

Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale

FoodMarketDesigns — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:09:58 GMT

I have multiple layout sheets in our drawing sets (titleblock, scaled viewports, etc) and need to export certain individual sheets from time to time for collaboration purposes. My layout sheets are viewports with layers frozen as necessary to give the data I need visible (electrical, plumbing, lighting, etc). When I export using EXPORTLAYOUT, the exported DWG file created is at that viewport scale and not 1:1. Is there a way to get this to happen during export? Scaling after export becomes tedious. Dimensions don't scale properly when I need to do this with layouts containing dimensions.

The "workaround" this far has been to "maximize viewport" in the layout, copy the data, create a new blank DWG and paste that data in the new blank DWG. That way, I'm copy/pasting 1:1 data.

Re: Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale

pendean — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:44:04 GMT

LAYOUTs are not 1:1 (unless your modelspace is very small to fit on a stock size sheet of paper): so exporting a layout would not automagically rescale your drawing, it will remain as you set the layout. That's just how it works.

Either your layout scale need to be fixed (maximizing the viewport is not accurate), or you don't know that WBLOCK command works in modelspace to export a portion of your content at the 1:1 scale that you draw in modelspace to a new DWG file.

Which is it my friend?

Re: Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale

steven-g — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:46:48 GMT

The way you are doing it sounds about right, that's just how 'exportlayout' works, there is no option to scale during the process.

Re: Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale

FoodMarketDesigns — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:26:04 GMT

WBLOCK looks to be the functionality I was looking for. Thanks for the reminder. Can you elaborate why expanding the viewport isn't accurate? If I expand the scaled viewport in question and WBLOCK that out, it seems to work as expected.

Seems like it could be programmed into EXPORTLAYOUT to have the user select/confirm the viewport's scale and also select an output scale of 1:1. AutoCAD performs much more demanding tasks already that this doesn't seem out of reach for their programming .Or perhaps merge WBLOCK and EXPORTLAYOUT into something more robust?

Re: Exporting Layout to new DWG at 1:1 scale

pendean — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:30:21 GMT

You are comparing Apples to Oranges as they say: if you'd like to offer up a suggestion to Autodesk, you can do so here https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback

HTH