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Exporting the Active Sheet to a New Drawing

Use the ExportSheet command to export the active sheet entities to the Model space of a new drawing. The command creates a new drawing with a visual representation of active sheet Viewports and all other layout sheet entities.

Note: This command is available in Sheet mode only. Also, you cannot export sheets while editing Blocks and referenced drawings.

Entities that are not exported:

  • Entities on layers that are frozen or turned off.
  • Entities that are not visible in a layout viewport.
  • Dimensional Constraints
  • VoiceNotes
  • VoiceRecordings
  • PictureRecordings
  • Stamps
  • Lights
  • Masks
  • OLE objects and Proxy entities

Changes to exported entities

Some entities transform into a different type of entity or are modified to maintain layout fidelity:

Entity Type Representation in the Exported Drawing
Simple geometric entities Simple geometric entities (such as Lines, Arcs, Circles) that exceed the boundary of the layout viewport are trimmed.
Complex geometric objects Complex geometric objects (such as Polylines, Centerlines, Hatches, Patterns) that exceed the boundary of the layout Viewport are exploded into simple geometric entities and trimmed.
Dimensions Dimensions that exceed the boundary of the layout Viewport are exploded.
Annotative entities Non-annotative entities in current scale.
Standard or dynamic blocks Standard or dynamic blocks as well as References that exceed the boundary of the layout Viewport are converted to an anonymous block.
Clipped References Clipped References are converted to blocks appearing in clipped state.
Layout Viewports Layout Viewport are represented by a Polyline.

Notes:

  • Entities general properties such as. Layer, LineColor, LineStyle etc. are carried into the exported drawing.
  • 3D entities (Solids, Surfaces) that are exported from 3D view, appear the same in 2D view as in the original drawing.
  • Entities in perspective view are exported as in parallel view.
  • Due to the conversion, some entities are displayed differently in the view drawing in certain cases.

To export the active Sheet to a new drawing:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Type ExportSheet.
    • On the menu, click File > Export > Export Sheet.
    • On the ribbon, click Sheet > Export Sheet.
  2. In the dialog box, navigate to the folder where you want to store the file.
  3. In File name, type a name for the file.
  4. Click Save.
  5. In the dialog box, specify whether to open the exported file in the same application session.

Access

Command: ExportSheet

Menu: File > Export > Export Sheet

Ribbon: Sheet > Export Sheet

Parent Topic

Exporting

Import and Export Tools



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