Getting rid of ADT baggage

[Paul Sweet]

I just installed ACAD 2005, and I'm using it as plain AutoCAD, without Architectural Desktop, so that I can save drawings in ACAD 2000 format to exchange with consultants.

I copied a plumbing fixture or something from a drawing which was done in Architectural Desktop, and apparently it brought a lot of ADT baggage along with it. When I open the drawing now, all the AEC extensions are loaded first, and the when I saved it the file size has doubled.

I tried WBLOCKing everything into a new drawing, but all the ADT baggage came right along with it. Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of this ADT baggage, or should I just be careful in the future not to copy from anything which was done in ADT?

[Kate M]

It's not an AEC object, is it? If it is, try exploding it before you take it over into plain AutoCAD. If not...well...maybe somebody with ADT knows. :-)

[f700es]

I just installed ACAD 2005, and I'm using it as plain AutoCAD, without Architectural Desktop, so that I can save drawings in ACAD 2000 format to exchange with consultants.

I copied a plumbing fixture or something from a drawing which was done in Architectural Desktop, and apparently it brought a lot of ADT baggage along with it. When I open the drawing now, all the AEC extensions are loaded first, and the when I saved it the file size has doubled.

I tried WBLOCKing everything into a new drawing, but all the ADT baggage came right along with it. Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of this ADT baggage, or should I just be careful in the future not to copy from anything which was done in ADT?

Have you tried the Export to AutoCAD option?
File - Export To AutoCAD

http://mars.walagata.com/w/f700es/ADT2004-ACAD2004.jpg

I have yet to load ADT2005 but should be similar. I did a test file from ADT2004 to Acad 2004 and it seemed to remove all of the ADT settings on my initial view. Good luck :)

F7

[Paul Sweet]

Thanks for the help.

Kate, I did explode it, but that was after the damage was done. I'll have to try to be more careful to explode objects before copying them in the future. Live & learn.

F700es, opening the drawing in ADT then exporting to ACAD 2000 worked.

I have a related new problem - my Layer Manager seems to have become "contaminated" with ADT. If I open a drawing which was done in plain ACAD and click the Layers toolbar, all the ADT extensions start loading!