Export of Interactive Drawings to 3D XML

This topic gives more information about export of interactive drawings to 3D XML with Authoring. When exporting to 3D XML a drawing containing interactive views (regardless of whether the drawing contains links to external content), only the drawing itself is exported.

Note: Interactive drawings are not exported to 3D XML for review.

The table below lists the various cases of external content referenced by a drawing.

Drafting V6 contentV6 Content structureResulting 3D XML content
Interactive view with no external reference

Only the drawing is exported.
Interactive view with a text with attribute link

Only the drawing is exported.
Interactive view containing a 2D component instance referring to a 2D component reference

Only the drawing is exported.
Important: In the case of a drawing containing a text with attribute link or a 2D component instance, the external reference is not exported, but of course, the text with attribute link/2D component will be displayed in the 3D XML. If you need to export the external feature attribute or the catalog or drawing containing the 2D component reference, you can do so explicitly during the export process.