Create vector file from a 3d perspective viewport

[Don Roberto]

I create a 3d model of a house in modelspace, and use dview in a paperspace viewport to get a perspective view of the house. I can print the perspective view, and it works great. However, I need to be able to create a 2d drawing from the perspective view. So far, the only way I have gotten around this is to create a HP/GL2 plot file of the perspective, and open the plt file using a product called squiggle. Then I can save the resulting file in dwg format. Is there a better way? I would prefer to do this directly from Autocad. Thanks

[ReMark]

Would FLATSHOT work on a perspective view?

 

You made a "funny". Squiggle. I'm familiar with the program. We go through all the bother to produce a CAD drawing only to use another piece of software to make it look like it was drawn by hand! And this is defined as "progress"?:lol:

[Don Roberto]

Haven't used this command. How does it work?

[ReMark]

Flatshot is used to produce 2D output from a 3D model. It works in model space and can be used for orthographic, perspective and parallel views. The output is a block by the way.

[Don Roberto]

Didn't do the line removal like I get working with a viewport

[ReMark]

Well it was worth a shot and you learned something new. What else can I say?

[Don Roberto]

Yes, I was worth a try. I was able to get the line removal to work, but now the hatching (brick and siding) on the front surfaces disappear.

[Patrick Hughes]

Try DXBOUT then DXBIN. This will create a file that has no intelligence and all arcs and circles are represented with line segments.

[Don Roberto]

Yes, DXBOUT then DXBIN worked great. Makes all same layer, so I need to do it in multiple steps and combine if I need to keep layers separated. Thanks for the tip!