My wish is for a 'Layer Translator' that we could run an Acad import through which would change the layer names FROM the Acad file TO what we have for our normal layers; in addition, I wish that the translator would allow us to translate a DWG export FROM our layers TO a set of Acad layers.
This would facilitate getting drawings FROM our engineers/consultants and giving them TO our engineers/consultants.
The way that this would work is to spend a little time up-front with telling the translator what the import layer should be set to in our Dcad layer. This could also be an inverse for the exporting to the DWG for the engineer/consultant.
There used to be an Acad app called "Layer Translator" that was written as a third-party app that was VERY slick - it worked fast, it worked well, and it worked the way that we (as the architect) needed it to. Autodesk saw it's potential, hired the author (a Fresno, CA engineer), bought the intellectual rights and melded it into Architectural Desktop, and then bloated it up.
I think ... no, I KNOW ... that Dave can do it better, faster and more intuitively. Please?
This would facilitate getting drawings FROM our engineers/consultants and giving them TO our engineers/consultants.
The way that this would work is to spend a little time up-front with telling the translator what the import layer should be set to in our Dcad layer. This could also be an inverse for the exporting to the DWG for the engineer/consultant.
There used to be an Acad app called "Layer Translator" that was written as a third-party app that was VERY slick - it worked fast, it worked well, and it worked the way that we (as the architect) needed it to. Autodesk saw it's potential, hired the author (a Fresno, CA engineer), bought the intellectual rights and melded it into Architectural Desktop, and then bloated it up.
I think ... no, I KNOW ... that Dave can do it better, faster and more intuitively. Please?
Highest Regards,
Alan T. Hendry, RA
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Alan T. Hendry, RA
Intel i7-12700F (2.10 GHz) Desktop, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Win 11 Home 64-bit, DC 23 w/ latest beta
Intel i7-10750H (2.6GHz) Laptop, 16GB RAM, 1.5TB HD, Win 11 Home 64-Bit, w/ DC 22, 23 & latest beta