Salutations.
I got a request from a client to "flatten" the 3d drawing so he can use it as a "base" map. Problem is he sees it in 3d and wants a 2d.
I'm kinda new to Carlson (2 months now) and I can't seem to find any posts on this. If anyone has a suggestion I'd love to hear it.
TIA.
I believe you can go into the Edit pulldown menu, select Change -> Elevations -> Absolute -> and enter zero, and select everything. I believe that will put everything at zero elevation.
I have used this method when trying to make everything have a zero elevation, and it works for me.
There may be a better way.
Depending on his view is in 3rd or looking down in 2d. Change view in the view menu. To put all line work flat... do you have express tools?
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Make a copy of your drawing, then use the Flatten command. All objects that you select will be converted to 2d.
Did AutoCAD fix FLATTEN? Last time I used that was in 2009 and the blocks all went wonky. Perhaps there is some setting I missed.
Carlson has 3d2d which works well at setting elevations to an elevation like 0.
spledeus, post: 352060, member: 3579 wrote: Did AutoCAD fix FLATTEN? Last time I used that was in 2009 and the blocks all went wonky. Perhaps there is some setting I missed.
Carlson has 3d2d which works well at setting elevations to an elevation like 0.
In Autocad 2013, for small drawings the flatten is able to do it no problem. However for large files, the flatten command gives me wonky results.
Uh, Guys, he's using Carlson.
Go to the EDIT tab. Click on it. On the drop down menu select the third item from the bottom, "3D ENTITY TO 2D". Use the window or crossing box to select all of the drawing. Follow the prompts.
All done.
I agree with Stephen about making a copy. Something as simple as saving as the same name with 2D at the end. If you need the 3D drawing later, you've screwed yourself.
As for making it 2D, there's a bunch of ways to do it. I use the way cptdent and spledeus do it. That converts your 3D polylines to 2D polylines. It's simple. You can also select lines, open the properties dialog box, and change the Z value to zero for lines and polylines.
You can plot the points and symbols on zero elevation. I'm not sure if simply checking the box in the point settings will change them, or if there is a tool to do it, or if you have to check the box and redraw all of the points.
cptdent, post: 352077, member: 527 wrote: Uh, Guys, he's using Carlson.
Go to the EDIT tab. Click on it. On the drop down menu select the third item from the bottom, "3D ENTITY TO 2D". Use the window or crossing box to select all of the drawing. Follow the prompts.
All done.
This is what I use as well when needed. It works great as it keeps all the level annotations correct while making them 2d.
Thanks all!
I just posted the question before nap time and I am amazed at all of the responses.
Will try them a bit later, but confident something will work.
ssorcbor, post: 352087, member: 1963 wrote: I agree with Stephen about making a copy. Something as simple as saving as the same name with 2D at the end. If you need the 3D drawing later, you've screwed yourself.
As for making it 2D, there's a bunch of ways to do it. I use the way cptdent and spledeus do it. That converts your 3D polylines to 2D polylines. It's simple. You can also select lines, open the properties dialog box, and change the Z value to zero for lines and polylines.
You can plot the points and symbols on zero elevation. I'm not sure if simply checking the box in the point settings will change them, or if there is a tool to do it, or if you have to check the box and redraw all of the points.
You can save a second copy OR take all the 3d stuff and do a "copy to layer" after you have created a "2D" layer, then convert that layer from 3D to 2d.