LIEXEC export doesn't work in Draw 2.1?

Hello experts,

I have a modified my_full_dxf.mac file with defined blocking and layering rules etc, which I run via

LIEXEC /draft_DWG_li 'R24' ConfigData 'my_full_dxf' OUTPUTFILENAME 'C:\DUMP\myfile.dwg'

In Draw E3D 2 it seems to be entirely ignored: it runs fine; displays no errors; does not list the set of rules as in previous versions and exports a .dwg file with some (default?) settings that don't even correspond the ones set through the E3D GUI.

If I run it in older versions (aveva 5 and E3D 1.1) the script works as it should. When I run it it displays the list of set rules

Rule 1 : SWITCH USELAYERRULES ON
Rule 2 : SWITCH LAYERDEFAA PIPING|YELLOW,CONTINUOS
Rule 3 : SWITCH PrimitiveThickness 'ON'
etc

and gives expected results in the resulting .dwg file.

I tried adding the line
liload /Draft_DXF_LI
before
dlicon /my_full_dxf

This doesn't fix the problem in 2, but errors out in older versions.

Is there a known way to enable this for 2? My precise version id 2.1.0.32[Z21032-8]. I would prefer using scripting to GUI for batch exports and ease of transfer to other users.

Very grateful for any help!

Adrijana Radosevic over 2 years ago in reply to Jesus Moreno

Yes, you're right, I haven't done this in a while so I forgot about the
dlicon /macro_name line... sorry.
$* are just comments I think.

As for the definition, I had similar problems in the past and using custom styles mostly fixed them.
Possibly try inserting all of the information in the order indicated in the manual, even if it's superflous, eg:

'Piping|0.3mm,GREEN,DASHED'

One clunky way of figuring out the rules is setting everything up througjh GUI, turning the aveva off and on, and then studying the resulting xml file.

Good luck and cheers!
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Kiran Bachhav over 1 year ago in reply to Adrijana Radosevic

Hi,

I have done like this but while export using LIEXEC /draft_DWG_li 'R24' ConfigData 'my_full_dxf' OUTPUTFILENAME 'C:\DUMP\myfile.dwg' this command not showing color as defined in full_dxf

what is wrong?

$* $Id: full_dxf.mac,v 1.4 2000/11/08 14:35:43 mjt Exp $
$* Should correspond to UI 'full' configuration (PDMSUI/dflts/dra-dxf-full.pmldat)
dlicon /full_dxf
switch USELAYERRULES 'ON'
switch LAYERDEFAA 'ANCI|0.3MM,MAGENTA'
switch PrimitiveThickness 'ON'
switch ViewNumberPrefix 'ON'
switch LayerZone 'ON'
switch LayerSite 'ON'
switch LayerBack 'ON'
switch LayerOlay 'ON'
switch LayerNote 'ON'
switch LayerLaye 'ON'
switch FontMapping 'ON'
switch LinetypeMapping 'ON'
switch ColourMapping 'ON'
switch IncludeZCoordinates 'OFF'
switch GraphicsOnlyDXF 'OFF'
switch EntityAcDbMarkers 'ON'
switch NestedBlocks 'OFF'
switch BlockBack 'ON'
switch BlockOlay 'ON'
switch BlockSymb 'ON'
switch BlockFill 'ON'
switch BlockGraphicFile 'ON'
switch GroupDims 'ON'
switch GroupNote 'ON'
switch GroupVnot 'ON'
switch GroupFrame 'ON'
switch GroupGlab 'ON'
switch GroupSlab 'ON'
switch GroupBlocks 'OFF'
switch FontFilePath 'OFF'
switch IncludeDXFHeaderEntities 'OFF'
switch HeaderFileName '%PDMSEXE%/draft_dxf_li.dxf'
switch OutputFileName '%PDMSUSER%/output.dxf'
switch IgnoreBlockRules 'OFF'
switch ScaleFactor '1.0'
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'PIPE' ) NEQ 0 ), |PIPE|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'MECH' ) NEQ 0 ), |EQUIPMENT|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'STRU' ) NEQ 0 ), |STRUCTURE|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'CONC' ) NEQ 0 ), |CONCREATE|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'SUPP' ) NEQ 0 ), |SUPPORT|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'EIC' ) NEQ 0 ), |ELECTRICAL|
LAYER ALL ZONE WITH ( MAT ( ATTRIB PURP OF OWN OF ZONE  , 'HVAC' ) NEQ 0 ), |HVAC|
LAYER all VOLM, 'VolmLayer'
LAYER all CWAY, 'CWayLayer'
LAYER all CABLE, 'CablLayer'
LAYER ALL ANCI, 'ANCILAYER'

exit
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