Exporting MasterMap data from Map 3D as a dwg.

[mintyfresh]

Hello and good afternoon/evening to all.

 

Ok.....so...

 

I have been trying to export to a dwg from mastermap for some time now. Its not that I cannot do this it is that my data appears as one giant black blob. Now, I have made it past this and how? is described below.

 

I have created 2 import profiles 'linework.ipf' & 'hatching.ipf'. I import the hatching and then the linework as I want the linwork to appear above the hatching. When I then export some of the layers that should be seperated have merged. eg. building hatching and lines become one layer instead of two seperate, they also become the same colour (linework changes to that of hatching, this should be red).

 

I am about to attempt to export the linework and hatching as 2 seperate dwg's and then merge them in AutoCAD vanilla to see if this corrects my problem although this does not seem like the most straintforward and direct answer, more of a work around.

 

I make this post in the hope that there are others out there with experience in this field who may be able to offer advice/a few words of wisdom.

 

With regards,

 

MF

[mintyfresh]

Exporting lineword&text and hatching as seperate dwg's did not work. It still required the user to manualy change the colour of and re-name certain layers to prevent them merging and distinguish them from one another.

 

I have followed this guide http://www.autodesk.co.uk/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=452932&id=7292811 and the results when viewing in Map 3D are exactly what I want.

 

Now for the most essential phase of the task - getting this data into a dwg. This is where things get messy - everything exports weirdly, lots of black shapes and layers which logically should be seperate are merging. - I believe I need to set up some sort of export file to get this to function as I wish it too? Or is the error earlier in the process - with importing?

 

Help?