I was put right in a post recently when I assumed you could not export from LO to DWG. I have just tried to do just that and have hit a snag. There doesn’t seem to be an option drop down menu. I can export to PDF only. Is it cos I is Mac? Here’s a screenshot of what I see: [56]

[image] simoncbevans: Is it cos I is Mac? Partly. It’s because of the way the export window works in LayOut. My Mac is being recalcitrant at the momemnt so I can’t make a screen shot but I think you need to click the up arrow to the right of Save as: at the top of your screen shot. (this is f…

[image] sjdorst: I’m not Mac based, so this is a guess: Perhaps it’s an option under the huge “Options …” bottom of the file list? Uh… No. Nice try. Thanks for playing.

[image] simoncbevans: screenshot That’s nailed the pesky little so and so. Thanks again, Dave. As usual riding to the rescue of this “damsel” in distress!

[image] simoncbevans: of this “damsel” in distress! Please! Not while I’m drinking my coffee. :smiley: :smiley:

Whoa there Sir Lancelot, it worked but not quite as well as I hoped. Look what I got: [50]

Cool! It’s art! It seems to me that text thing was reported before but I disremember the solution. I’ll see if I can find the thread.

Maybe this is the thread: [image] [REQ] Export to DWG with correct CAD formatting for texts LayOut Following on this topic: I’ve got a consultant saying that the CHSPACE command isn’t working because when it’s applied to texts in paperspace it sends them to modelspace …

Thanks. I have just sent the DWG to a colleague. He said: “It didn’t work. I can see text and references to png files.” Getting a seamless transfer from LO to a DWG with things in Paperspace and Modelspace as you would expect seems to be a bit of a Holy Grail (see what I did there?).

I did see what you did there. I’m not sure about the idea of exporting images with DWG files. I think of them more as the vector stuff. What is your colleague going to do with your file once he gets it? [shubbery]

Hi all, a few things on this topic. A bug was introduced with 2018 with multi-line text and tables so it is a bit different than the Model Space / Paper Space discussion described in that thread. Tables: If the table is exploded before the export the text and format of the table will be closer to…

[image] trent: it is a bit different than the Model Space / Paper Space discussion described in that thread. Which thread? [image] trent: Multi-line Text: This one will export large as we do not have a way to explode it to single line text, but once in Acad or other, selecting the text …

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