Autodesk® Batch Drawing Converter Beta
For those of you that have consultants that are to cheap to upgrade Autodesk has a new version of there Autodesk® Batch Drawing Converter - it converts any AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based drawing file to AutoCAD Release 14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, and AutoCAD 2006 file formats. Autodesk Batch Drawing Converter allows conversion of pen widths to lineweights and the addition of page setups.
It is a pre-release beta for the new Autodesk Batch Drawing Converter. The only difference from the existing Batch DWG Converter at
http://www.autodesk.com/migrationtools is this version does not require any AutoCAD to be on the machine it is installed on. So now you can install on a machine with no AutoCAD on it and convert DWG files back and forth between R14 and the current versions of DWG used by AutoCAD 2006 using a native Autodesk tool.
Flatten ADT drawings using AutoCAD 2006
I come across a new command in AutoCAD 2006 called "ExportToAutoCAD" that enables you to convert the custom objects to plain AutoCAD entities.
Since AutoCAD 2004 was released there is no longer the need to install a custom object enabler. Architectural Desktop objects will now display in vanilla AutoCAD. However, if you have to have a flat 2D object, then this new command enables you to convert the custom objects to a plain AutoCAD entities. It even contains the Express Tools Flatten and Overkill to clean up the data.
Pline(s) hollow after fillmode set to "1"
IF you have a drawing that has Pline(s) with a width and the pline is showing hollow in layout space and plot preview.
You need to set the "TARGET" system variable back to 0,0,0:
click on the viewport then.
- Enter dview on the command line.
When prompted to select objects, enter all and press ENTER to complete the object selection.
- Enter points (PO) on the command line.
- Enter 0,0,0 when prompted for the Target.
- Enter 0,0,1 when prompted for the Camera.
Press ENTER again to complete the DVIEW command.
Use Zoom Extents to see the entire drawing again.
Print or preview the drawing to verify the results.
