Publish to DWG

Use this to send a plan presentation in the model to a DWG file where the original presentation settings are as well-preserved as possible. CAD DWG drawing files (.dwg) are used in architecture, civil engineering, design, and mapping industries. Use this to send a plan presentation in the model to a DWG file where the original presentation settings are as well-preserved as possible. 

Use this procedure:

1. Follow the general steps in Publish to File.

2. Specify DWG options described below or in Publish Settings. 

3. Click Finish.

Select a Color strategy to define what color the CAD features, not the CAD layer, will be drawn with:

• Use ByLayer Color - Draws all CAD features with 'ByLayer' colors. 'ByLayer' refers to the color defined in the CAD layer.

• Use Global Color - Draws all CAD features with the same color. Choose the color to draw from the color palette below the drop-down list.

• Set Color to Object - Draws the CAD features based on the 'Fill Color' defined in the drawing rule found in the Presentation Setup.

Warning about what defines a CAD layer color:

The CAD layer names are defined in the Layer Standard - Mapping, mapping each drawing rule found in the Presentation Setup to a specific CAD layer name. If a drawing rule has data to draw, then a CAD layer name will be created and the color on the layer will be set to the 'Fill Color' found in that specific drawing rule.

Make a special note that when two or more drawing rules, that contains data to draw, draws to the same CAD layer name, then the the 'Fill Color' of the first drawing rule will define the color of the CAD layer.

Select if you would like the data to be drawn as 3D data.

If not, all DWG entities will be drawn with z-value = 0.

Select a schema for the Layer Standard - Mapping.

This option is only available when what to draw is based on a pre-defined Plan Presentation, or the active view is a Plan Presentation.

• The drop-down list shows the schemas available

• Press the cogwheel for the 'Layer standard - mapping' (only available when the selection is a predefined Plan Presentation).

In the Layer standard - mapping dialog, it is possible to make connections between the Presentation Setup used, and the layer name to use in DWG.

DWG-specific Notes

• When objects in a model are connected to their respective process codes, you can use this intelligence in the model when publishing to DWG. For this format, you can set up multiple combinations of Code and Description found in classifications so that DWG layer names and LandXML object names are named according to classifications.

• When you Publish to DWG, you can use attributes to create CAD layers. In the example below, the added attribute is Feature Name, meaning that the CAD layer for the selected point will be “TerrainPoint 21”. You can create CAD layers based on all feature types and

• When publishing to DWG, you can use the … Setting to exclude features that do not belong to any classification tasks.

• When you Publish to DWG, use Annotative symbols and Annotative text to …

• In Publishing to DWG, when a presentation rule is saved to the plan presentation task, then the layer mapping is selected.

• When you import a DWG, the height offset applied is remembered when doing new imports.

• Published DWG includes symbols in Geotechnics boreholes presentation.

• By conversion, we mean to translate the information from one structure to another one. The conversion rule defines the source information of a given category should become the target features of a given category. Simply said: A polyline in a DWG drawing, placed on a layer named GuardRail, should become a GuardRail feature type in the model.

Export of objects with classification codes

• When objects in a model are connected to their respective process codes, you can use these when exporting to DWG and LandXML. For these formats, you set up combinations of classification and description, so that, e.g., DWG layer names and LandXML object name is named acc. classifications. 

To produce a DWG file with process codes in the layer name, you must start the function export to DWG on the delivery menu. This functionality is only available in Classification.