Export just one view?

Have any of you ever seen or heard of a macro or add-in to export just one
view on a drawing to dwg or dxf? I know that there's many ways that I can
do it manually, but this is something I need to do quite often, and if I
could simplify this to a few clicks, that would be extremely productive.
Let me know... thanks!

Brian

 

No, but I recently wrote one that snags the model & config in a selected
view. If you do decide to write it, you might want that part of the code to
start.

WT

 

Brian, do you need dimensions or do you just need the lines of the model?
It makes quite a difference to have all the dims you will have to copy the
view to another sheet then export it. If you want the outline for say a CAM
system I recall mention of a macro that some of the sheetmetal people here
use to export their data to a CAM readable format. Maybe DXF. If all else
fails I could write you one relatively cheap to fit your needs.

Corey

 

A quick way to accomplish this is to place all other items on your
drawing on a layer (for example the title block and all annotations).
Then hide the views you do not wish to export, then save as a dxf.
This will only dxf out the visable view. Then turn the layer back on
and show the other views on the drawing.

This could be accomplished very easily with a macro, that would do all
this using a selected view.

JP

 

Corey--I only need the model lines. For different reasons--sometimes for
CNC, sometimes to create templates to make parts by hand. Same idea.

Jeff--I've tried using layers, but (hidden or unhidden) the layers show up
in the resulting DXF file. Is that something that I have control over? I
didn't think so.

Thanks for the help,

Brian

 

I now see what you mean about the layers. We just have the CNC
software setup to not read pre-defined layer numbers.

For you, another thought I had was to create a second sheet on the
drawing and copy and paste the view you would like to export to this
sheet. Just make sure the sheet has no titleblock on it. You could
automate the dxf process, but it is already fast to saveas a DXF.

 

There's a FREE utility on my site, www.KentContract.com/swmacros.shtml,
that will export the selected view to dxf or other 2D type. You can
download it if you wish.

Kent