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Bob O

2D Allen Bradley drawings..

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Does anyone know where to get 2D drawings of the AB product line? I/We use the abecad that loads a 3D drawing into two space but it is difficult to work with. Don’t get me wrong, something is better then nothing, but I would just like a 2D of the part for panel layout. Thanks, Bob

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RAISE.....eCADWorks http://www.rockwellautomation.com/en/e-tools/ Just select copy and then paste into AutoCad or other drawing package, is thr only thing that I am aware of. That if you do the install all the drawings are on your machine. Edited by Stupidav

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Aren't these still 3D drawings or is there a setting somewhere to use 2D drawings? Insert a drawing off of eCADWorks, then go to View > 3D Views > Left. You should see the side view of the object. I get the feeling Bob sometimes has the same troubles I do. You draw a line from one component to another, then try to draw something to that line. I end up getting an error that the objects are not coplanar. If there is not a way to get 2D objects, is there a way to completely turn off the Z axis in Autocad or some type of "Flat" command to force everything onto 0.0 of the Z axis?

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My AutoCAD skills may not be the best but I have tried a number of different methods to flatten the blocks and nothing has worked. Tim, I tried putting 0 in for the Z-axis and no go. Thanks for the help, Bob O.

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Haven't tried it, but if you explode the block first, there are several routines on the net to flatten everything to zero on the z axis.

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I have tried to explode and then the built in commands in AutoCAD to flatten plus a custom lisp to flatten but nothing has worked so far. Maybe it is my CAD skills. Thanks Again.

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'I wasn't telling you to try, I was asking as I have the same problem I'm debating on whether to try migrating to something like Visio to make things simplier. All I need to do is make panel layouts and wiring diagrams. Let me know if you figure anything out

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The command is FLATSHOT

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Doesn't work for me.

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Here is a old method. I have used this method but the flatened drawing is a bear to clean up. I think Rockwell ABECAD Knowledgebase also showed this method at one time but I could not find it today. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?...&id=2694189 Bud

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It is nice to know I am not the only one with troubles. :) I have tried FLATSHOT, FLATTEN and OVERKILL and they will flatten it but it is a mess to clean up. It may be quicker to just redraw/trace the part and move on. FYI I am using ACAD 2008 here at work. Thanks, Bob

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I use the FLATTEN command in AutoCAD (version 2004)

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I am using http://www.ab.com/e-tools/index.shtml works for me...

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