In this chapter, one example per DWG output option will be explained.
To select one of the DWG output options, open an existing project or create a new one. Then, open the Export Drawing dialog.
Then click on the dialog's Create Drawing button. After the DWG file has been created, start your Autodesk AutoCAD application and open the file.
As you can see, the DWG file was created with the correct layer and prototype DWG (DigiPara Liftdesigner standard) information.
Select the AutoCAD Model & Paperspace output option and the sheets you want to include in the DWG file.
Click on the Create Drawing button. After the DWG file has been created successfully, open it with your Autodesk AutoCAD application.
As you can see, the model space contains all DigiPara Liftdesigner views in the selected sheets, rescaled to 1:1.
The configuration of the paper spaces is equivalent to the configuration of the DigiPara Liftdesigner sheets (view port arrangement, view port scale). One paper space is created per selected DigiPara Liftdesigner sheet.
Add a new dimension to one of the views, e.g. the diagonal distance between the car CP and the CP of the counterweight in the model space. The dimension functions are located in the Annotate tab -> Dimensions group or Home tab -> Annotate group in Autodesk AutoCAD.
Set the new dimension’s dim scale to the view’s overall scale (e.g. 20, 50 etc.). To do so in AutoCAD, click on the dimension -> left click -> and select the Properties item in the displayed window. Change the Arrow size in the Lines & Arrows menu and Text height in the Text menu. Then switch to the appropriate paper space containing the modified view.
As you can see, the view port in the appropriate paper space was updated automatically and the new dimension was automatically rescaled with the scale factor of the view port.
Select the AutoCAD Mechanical Model & Paperspace output option.
You can also select the AutoCAD Mechanical Layer Group configuration for the Sheets object in the properties docking window to set the layers and dimension similar to the default layer configuration in AutoCAD Mechanical.
After the DWG file has been created, open it with your AutoCAD Mechanical application.
As you can see, all views in the model space are embedded in the frames, similar to an AutoCAD Mechanical frame. This frame contains more functionality. Each frame is concatenated to the appropriate view port in the according paper space.
Pick one of the corners of the view frame and drag it.
Draw a circle or something else in the upper right corner. If you want to draw a circle in AutoCAD, it is located in the Home tab -> Draw group.
Switch to the appropriate paper space containing the view port that the edited frame is concatenated to.
As you can see, the concatenated view port in the appropriate paper space still has its original shape. Then double click on the view port’s border and the concatenated paper space view port is updated.
The view port update function also works when you move the model space frames. After moving the frame, switch to the appropriate paper space and then update the concatenated view port (the view port will display the wrong content after moving the concatenated view frame in the model space).
Add a new dimension to one of the view frames in the model space. The new dimension will be added with the correct dimension scale and style.
Click on the Home tab -> Layers group -> Layer Properties button to open the Layer Properties Manager dialog.
Freeze one of the present layer groups, for example, the LDCar layer group.
As you can see, all components/dimensions that have been assigned to this layer group are switched off.
Re-open the Layer Control dialog and unfreeze the LDCar layer group. The car components and associated dimensions are switch on again.
The configuration of the layer groups is equivalent to the function of the components & dimensions toolbar in DigiPara Liftdesigner.
DigiPara Liftdesigner supports exporting the drawing into Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 and 2014 formats. You can easily select the target Autodesk AutoCAD format via the selection box in the Export Drawing dialog. To open the dialog, click on the Export tab -> 2D Drawing Exports group -> DWG button.
The version 2010 file type is compatible with Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 to 2014.