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how do i change symbols into a format I can work with
Posted:
Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:21 pmby jlane
I have been mailed some floor plans that are identified as symbols. I need to be able to trim lines, stretch etc. I tried exploding the drawings from the 3D menu, but they still can not be treated as seperate entities.
help
thanks in advance
Posted:
Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:05 pmby joshhuggins
You may need to do a zoom extents, with free zoom on or off, then use explode several times untill the cords/hints bar say there are no more symbols to explode. You may be dealing with whats called nested symbols. Symbols can be save into other symbols. So when you explode a symbol once, it may have several other symbols inside it. Let us know if this works for ya. Also make sure the explode menu is set to symbol explode.
Posted:
Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:26 amby Neil Blanchard
Greetings,
If you ID them after exploding, what are they now?
If they are 3D lines, then you'll need to use the 3D Line Convert macro -- it may already be in your Toolbox or you can download it for free from DataCAD's web site.
well, the good news is that was as simple as making sure the
Posted:
Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:47 amby jlane
was on symbol in the explode menu. They are still indetified as 3D lines so I will attempt to convert them to 2D after I download the Macro.
Thanks again to all who responded
Posted:
Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:07 pmby Neil Blanchard
Hello,
Before using the macro, you should Change\Z-Base and Z-Height to 0 -- then use the macro. That way, if any of the 3D lines were sloped, then this flattens them -- and then the macro can do it's job. (It only works on "flat" 3D lines...)