import from Vectorworks - Capture - Forum

Mary T

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Posts: 0

4/4/2018 9:53 PM

Please advise -
I am able to export model and data, except for the fixture drawing block, which displays as 2D rather than 3D. In VW DWFG export options, 3D settings are selected. Is there a 2D setting that should be deselected?

Lars Wernlund

Staff Member

Posts: 954

4/8/2018 2:00 PM

Hi,

I'm not sure what exactly you are trying to accomplish and how it fails?

Lauri Sirén

Basic Member

Posts: 30

4/9/2018 11:25 AM

If you're exporting from VW as .dwg, you need to do the export while you are in a 3D-view in order for hybrid objects to export their 3D-parts, and not the 2D.

Also check that you DO NOT have a tick on "export as flattened 2D graphics" in the VW export window. You probably also dont want to "triangulate solids to preserve fills", as this just creates extra lines, that are of no use in Capture, just making the model heavier.

I have noticed that for some reason some symbols don't export correctly from VW 2018. In these cases I have exported the problematic parts of the model as a Cinema 4D file.

I hope this helps,
-Lauri