i've inherited an autocad drawing, that @ first glance looked normal. however, i've soon realized to my utter horror that the person who created this drawing really fucked it up! somehow he managed to create a drawing that when looked @ in plan view looks normal. however, a problem arose when i was trying to measure the distance between two pionts and when trying to fillet. when i orbit around the drawing in 3 dimensions, there are lines everywhere! is there some way i can "flatten" this drawing so that all lines are on the 0 z plane? does this make sense to anyone? or am i just rambling incoherently? i've asked a couple of friends and the best advice they gave me is to just start over. is this drawing doomed? help!!!
it's not necessarily someone's intentional fault though. it happens at our firm though we keep our own 2d and 3d drawings separate. the problem usually comes from consultants that draft in 3d that give us drawings. someone assumes that it's a 2d drawing and xrefs it or blocks it in and once people start snapping to points, it just snowballs.
yeah, i know he didn't do it on purpose, but it was kind of weird because the person who drew it is an excellent draftsman. i don't even think i could screw up a drawing like that on purpose!
autocad help!
i've inherited an autocad drawing, that @ first glance looked normal. however, i've soon realized to my utter horror that the person who created this drawing really fucked it up! somehow he managed to create a drawing that when looked @ in plan view looks normal. however, a problem arose when i was trying to measure the distance between two pionts and when trying to fillet. when i orbit around the drawing in 3 dimensions, there are lines everywhere! is there some way i can "flatten" this drawing so that all lines are on the 0 z plane? does this make sense to anyone? or am i just rambling incoherently? i've asked a couple of friends and the best advice they gave me is to just start over. is this drawing doomed? help!!!
this has been covered before.
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=P19988_0_42_0_C
oh shit, muchisimas gracias jeffe. i had searched through the discussions but i guess i overlooked this. thanks again.
Step 1: Use the "flatten.lsp" tool.
Step 2: Be sure to clean up any overlapping lines resulting from Step 1, or else your OSNAP functions will be totally f****d.
Step 3: Find the person who created the drawing, and drag him out into the street and shoot him.
ha ha ha, yeah, thanks living in gin. thank god for the flatten.lsp tool. saved me a huge headache. i was about to kill someone!
it's not necessarily someone's intentional fault though. it happens at our firm though we keep our own 2d and 3d drawings separate. the problem usually comes from consultants that draft in 3d that give us drawings. someone assumes that it's a 2d drawing and xrefs it or blocks it in and once people start snapping to points, it just snowballs.
yeah, i know he didn't do it on purpose, but it was kind of weird because the person who drew it is an excellent draftsman. i don't even think i could screw up a drawing like that on purpose!
just type "flatten"
yeah, it's been fixed. thanks. this thread can be "disappeared" now...
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