Converting multiple layout drawing file to separate individual drawing files

[Anonymous]

Does anyone out there in Autocad land have a quick easy way to convert a multi-sheet drawing to single drawing files?  I have a drawing with multiple layouts on it with a separate drawing on each layout that I need to put into a format in single drawings that I can add to my project in Autocad Electrical 2015.  Anyone know the best way to do this?

[Anonymous]

export layout?

[Anonymous]

God bless you!  that just saved my life!  I haven't used model space/paper space in a while, so I forgot about that one.  Awesome!  Thank you so much.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

FYI exportlayout will export each layout to separate file, but it will move your layout information into modelspace.

Attached is a lisp routine you an load which will automatically separate all layouts in drawing to individual cad files (layouts remain in paperspace)

each file will will have the name dwg_layoutname.dwg for the format. It's been very handy for me.

[Manicbala]

Many Thanks Thereal.. It 's saves our time.

[Anonymous]

you can try with Layout Manager which is a free tool availabele to download from Autodesk Exchange store , gives more contorl on export layout, like save version, location and file naming etc.

watch the below video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIitx6gtUIM

[Anonymous]

I have been looking for something like this. This great, you saved me a ton of work, Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

You are genius TherealJD! You saved hours of work for me! 🙂 Thank you so much!! 

[Anonymous]

Very helpful,

great lisp

Thank You

[draftsman2020]

Ty sm it was very helpful to me 

[Anonymous]

Hi! Will this copy any xrefs as well? 

[c.haynes-BM]

Hi I'm looking for the exact opposite of this ...

I know right-click from template method - but I have 10 files I would like to combine

Does anyone know of a LSP for importing multiple individual sheets into one multiple-layout file?

[pendean]

This post is about creating modelspace drawings from layouts.

Do you have 10 modelspace files that you want to automagically become 10-layouts in a single DWG file?

Or do you have 10-modelspace files with a single layout in each and you want to add the modelspace content into one DWG file then automagically create a layout for each and every one?

Or do you have paperspace only content in 10 dwg files that you want to transfer to layouts in a single DWG file?

[ericrussell1987]

Great Tool!!

[c.haynes-BM]

Hi, very late reply: This one

"Or do you have 10-modelspace files with a single layout in each and you want to add the modelspace content into one DWG file then automagically create a layout for each and every one?"

The model space content is the same in each file, I want to consolidate each layout in the multiple files down to one file with multiple layouts - keeping the names of each layout within each file

[pendean]

Nothing built-in quickly does all of that: you can use XREF or INSERT command for the modelspace content 'combining" task, then ADCENTER or LAYOUT command's TEMPLATE option to import all the layouts from other DWG files into the one (and you'll likely need to recreate the viewports). The layout names remain as is if they are unique, you already know AutoCAD will not allow layouts with the same names in one DWG file. It's a process.

I wonder if you really just need to adopt and use SSM (SheetSet Manager) instead of all of this. Explore it.

HTH

[riswanthespy]

I have 1000 plots drawn as a single layout. like a whole layout of a area. now i have to draw as individual layout for 1000 plans as plot 1,2,3... etc. now do i need to draw 1000 individuals or is there any shortcuts

[maratovich]

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@riswanthespy  написал (-а):

I have 1000 plots drawn as a single layout. like a whole layout of a area. now i have to draw as individual layout for 1000 plans as plot 1,2,3... etc. now do i need to draw 1000 individuals or is there any shortcuts

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No problem, use this - Revers 

[irajaD8V24]

This is what I am looking for... I'm grateful. It helps me save a ton of time.

[Amriya_Exe]

Thank you For that LIPS.