Thought I would use Smart WAlls in my project and now I can't get them to clean properly and they are just acting squirrelly as compaired to the 2 1/2 d Lines I am use to. How can I convert the Smart Walls to 2 1/2 d so I can complete this project with some sanity. I am sure these Smart walls and entities are cool but I think I need more training. Is there a good place to find tutorials on the Smart Wall?
Click on "Extract 2D/3D" in the "Tools" pull-down menu. The "Extract" menu appears on the side. Leave "Extract 2D" toggled on to extract the 2D information from the smart objects, and leave "Extract 3D" toggled on to extract 3D information. You may toggle one or the other off if only 2D or only 3D information is needed.
Place an area box around all of the smart entities you wish to extract the information from, and then click "Continue" to proceed. DataCAD extracts the 2D and/or 3D information, depending upon the settings you configured previously.
The 2D information is placed on new layers that have the same name as the original layers, but with a "_2d_" suffix added. The 3D information is places on new layers that have the same name as the original layers, but with a "_3d_" suffix added.
This process is not destructive, so the original smart entities remain. Turn off the original layers and then turn on the new layers to edit the 2D and/or 3D information extracted from the smart entities.
There is a document titled "Smart Entities Tutorial" located in the DataCAD\Help\ folder on your hard drive that you can use to learn more about using smart entities.