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Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File
ArtiosCAD Export adds the item Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File to the Structural
Design menu. Only ARD files can be included when exporting to a new ArtiosCAD file.
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Select the contours to export to the ARD file and choose File > Structural Design > Export
Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File.
The Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File dialog opens.
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Save selected objects in
You can choose to save the selected objects in the Main Design Layer or in Annotation Layers.
If you save them in Annotation Layers, an ARD file will be created with annotation layers with the same name as the illustrator layers.
Next to this, you can choose Layers based on ArtiosCAD Line Type swatches. If the selected objects are stroked with a swatch color with an ArtiosCAD line type name (e.g. cut, crease, bleed), then this option will create layers depending on the stroke color name:
• Cut and crease lines will go to a Main Layer
• Outside Bleed lines will go to an Outside Bleed Layer
• Outside Coating lines will go to an Outside Coating Layer
• Dimensions and text will go to a Dimension Layer
• All other linetypes will go to an Annotation Layer
For convenience, a swatch library ArtiosCAD Line Types is included with the plug-in. You can display the swatch library by selecting Window > Swatch Libraries > ArtiosCAD Line Types.
In this swatch library, all ArtiosCAD design line types have been predefined.
Include a copy of ****.ARD
You can choose to include a copy of the ARD file that was loaded in the Illustrator document.
The resulting ARD file will contain the selected objects AND what is in the CAD layers in
Illustrator.
Remove lines
It is possible to remove some lines of the original ArtiosCAD file. This is meant to modify cutout windows. Do not attempt to remove fold lines with this tool. If you do this, the original fold angles will be lost.
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Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document
If you switch this option on, the resulting ARD file will be placed in the Illustrator document. It will replace the structural design file that was loaded originally.
Preview
In the preview window, you see a preview of what will be saved. You can highlight the selected contours by toggling on Highlight Selection. You then see the distinction between the contours that are newly added to the resulting ARD file and those contours that come from the original
ARD file.
If you click Save As, the Save As dialog opens.
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If you have an ArtiosCAD file loaded in your Illustrator document, the software suggests as file name the name of the loaded ArtiosCAD file followed by _copy.
We recommend you not to overwrite the original ARD file as some functionality of the ARD file will be lost: graphics layers are not copied and it will not be possible to rebuild the created ARD file and text will be contourized.
Note:
Placed EPS objects and/or pixel-based objects cannot be copied to an ARD file. The fill color of the selected contours is not maintained in ArtiosCAD. Rather, the stroke color of the contour determines the line type in ArtiosCAD. If the selected contour is in the Main Design layer, the pointage of the contour will be 2. In all other cases, the pointage will be 0.
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