3d dwg won't flatten

[skipsophrenic]

i'm working on a converted microstation drawing to acad drawing (dgn to dwg), now when i open it everythings at various points on the z axis, i have tried to use the flatten comand and got nothing but this message

Command: flatten
Select objects to convert to 2d...
Select objects: Specify opposite corner: 2988 found
Select objects:
Remove hidden lines? <No>:
Hatch Pattern Too Dense
bad argument type: lselsetp nil

any ideas??

[Strix]

any idea what that hatch pattern is? can you hide/remove it and re-run FLATTEN?

[smorales02]

Try using the routine CAD64 posted in this post...

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26499

See if that works for you

[skipsophrenic]

strix - no idea, there are over 50 different hatches,

the guy who uses microstation only passed his "I can use microstation" certificate last week and now thinks he knows it all about both autocad and microstation! and he's NEVER used autocad

smorales02 - will try it and let you know how it goes.

[Strix]

If only Jonesy wasn't on holiday

[skipsophrenic]

hope he brings the sun back with him

[Strix]

Him?

[Cad64]

Did that lisp routine work?

[skipsophrenic]

LOL - sorry strix - hadn't had no coffee yesterday!

Cad64, don't know as the engineer was working with decided to keep the drgs that were done in microstation as dgn's in the end so now it back to the person who thinks the paper makes the techie