I am a Carlson (Icad) user.?ÿ I have a need to accept a topo drawing that was generated using Civil 3D (2018) into Carlson 2017.
Can anyone help me with what the Civil user needs to send me and what I must do to import it into Carlson?
DWG trueview (I think that??s what it??s called- if you search that it??ll find it)- free software from Autodesk. Open it in there and convert it back- easy as pie.
Have them save to the earlier dwg version, and create an xml file for you to import.
TrueView will convert the drawing, but it'll hose all the C3D entities in the process.?ÿ The approach JPH describes is preferable.
jim's right- though if they didn't generate the contours into those funky whatevermacallems, they'll convert fine in trueview.?ÿ that's all i ever care about anyways- all that embedded aecc shape file garbage can stay just that as far as i'm concerned- garbage.?ÿ
I'm a Civil 3D user.?ÿ If you were asking me for a file, I would either do an Export of the drawing (not a Save As) to an earlier version or I would do an eTransmit to an earlier version.?ÿ Either command gives you the option to specify that C3D entities are to be exploded.?ÿ This would make the smart objects regular Autocad entities.?ÿ As others have stated, I would also include all applicable XML files for your use.?ÿ You would be able to open the drawing file, then import the XML files.
As BlitzkiegBob says,?ÿ get the C3D drawing exported to standard acad entities and surfaces exported as xml.?ÿ Carlson has a converter that works most of the time, to extract various C3D objects, i.e. surface, centerlines, profiles, points.?ÿ Open the C3D drawing and type C3D_All.
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