DWG export with predefined layers

[stekicar]

My customer requires that all documentation come in DWG with their title block and layering scheme. This means that everything must be placed into predefined layers. There is a layer for solid lines, dahsed lines, center line, etc. I tried to make layers in Pro/E drawing and to name those layers per customer request. I was able to make rules (per layer) for dimensions, axis, annotations, but I cannot make rules that will place all solid lines into one layer, all dashed lines into another one, etc.
Also, although I select that colors should be "per layer" for given items in DWG export window, when I open DWG file, every line's, circle's, etc. color is defined separate instead of per layer.
Does anyone knows how to solve this?

 

[stekicar]

I found a solution for it by setting "intf_out_layer" to "part_layer" which makes standard set of layers:

DXF/DWG Layer Name - Entities

<part_name>_Dxf_Axis - All axes
<part_name>_Dxf_Continuous_Line - All continuous lines
<part_name>_Dxf_Hidden_Line - All hidden lines
<part_name>_Dxf_Dimension - All dimensions
<part_name>_Dxf_Text - All text
<part_name>_Dxf_Hatching - All hatching
<part_name>_Dxf_Table - All tables
<part_name>_Dxf_Balloon - All balloons
<part_name>_Dxf_Format - All format entities

And then, make a dxf_export.pro file like this:

! This is a DXF/DWG export mapping file example.
! It should be used as a reference for mapping
! color/layer/linestyle/text font functionality
!===================================================================
map_color BACKGROUND_COLOR 186
map_color DIMMED_COLOR 9
map_color LETTER_COLOR 2
map_color HIGHLIGHT_COLOR 2
map_color EDGE_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR 2
map_color GEOMETRY_COLOR 7
map_color HIDDEN_COLOR 8
map_color SHEETMETAL_COLOR 7
map_color CURVE_COLOR 7
map_color VOLUME_COLOR 7
map_color SECTION_COLOR 5
map_color PRESEL_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR 7
map_color SELECTED_COLOR 7
map_color SECONDARY_SELECTED_COLOR 7
map_color PREVIEW_GEOM_COLOR 7
map_color SECONDARY_PREVIEW_COLOR 7
map_color DATUM_COLOR 2
map_color QUILT_COLOR 2

map_layer DXF_AXIS 1
map_layer DXF_CONTINUOUS_LINE 2
map_layer DXF_HIDDEN_LINE 3
map_layer DXF_DIMENSION 4
map_layer DXF_TEXT 5
map_layer DXF_HATCHING 6
map_layer DXF_TABLE 7
map_layer DXF_BALLOON 8
map_layer DXF_FORMAT 9

map_line_style solidfont bylayer
map_line_style phantomfont PHANTOM
map_line_style ctrlfont CENTER
map_line_style hiddenfont HIDDEN
map_line_style bylayerfont bylayer
map_line_style dashfont bylayer
map_line_style ctrlfont_s_l bylayer
map_line_style ctrlfont_s_s bylayer
map_line_style ctrlfont_l_l bylayer
map_line_style dashfont_s_s bylayer
map_line_style phantomfont_s_s phantom
map_line_style ctrlfont_mid_l bylayer

map_font font simplex.shx
map_font filled bigfont.shx
!map_font isofont arial.ttf
map_font isofont isocp.shx

Problem that I have now is that every layer has a file name in it and I do not know how to get rid of it.