3D to 2d Flatshot. "There are no solids or surfaces that can be projected."

[CalypsoArt]

I do all my 3D modeling in Sketchup, and 2d drawings in AC. Perusing our new 2012 Architecture I decided to give the 3D tools a try. It would be great to do 2D & 3D in the same program. I did a simple drawing where I used the wall tool and and inserted a door. I selected the objects in plan view and ran the flatshot command. I got the "There are no solids or surfaces that can be projected." result. I assumed I could just use these tools, wall, door, windows etc, then flat shot for a 2d drawing for plan and elevation views to dimension. Is this not the case. Is it that these tools do not create the right kind of 3d to use Flatshot?

[irneb]

You don't need the flatshot for that. In ACA the plan is already shown in 2D - it's more like a set of linked views than simply a cut through the 3d model. The plan/section is like a live flatshot already, yet a 2-way live to the 3d model, that's the "beauty" behind using ACA (or even better Revit). The FlatShot / SolProf commands are only intended to convert a 3dView to its 2D linework.

 

You could go and "exportlayout" to have the entire layout (incl. title block) on a DWG's model space, but to me that's a bit of useless :wink:.

 

If you want to convert the "walls", "doors", etc. to just be normal lines, look at the ExportToAutoCAD command. Though remember, as soon as you do that they become "dumb" linework.

[CalypsoArt]

ExportToAutoCad is exactly what I was looking for at this point.