After exporting a drawing to AutoCAD®, it cannot be opened in AutoCAD® or the AutoCAD® commands are extremely slow.

Before exporting to AutoCAD®, there are some steps you can take to explode the DesignCAD blocks.

1. Save the drawing under a different file name so you not destroy the original.
2. Turn on all of the sprinkler arc layers (720 - 726) so that you can select the sprinkler symbols.
3. Select all of the sprinkler symbols and select Group Explode from the Tools menu in DesignCAD. This separates the arc patterns and attribute numbers from the actual sprinkler symbols.
4. Using the Layer command from the Options menu in DesignCAD, select each of the sprinkler layers (712 - 718) that have something drawn on them one at a time. For example, start by selecting layer 712 and proceed to the next step.
5. With a sprinkler layer selected, choose Selection Edit from the Edit menu in DesignCAD.
6. In the Selection Edit menu, click on Convert and then click Explode. This explodes the sprinkler blocks.
7. Go back to step 4 and select the next sprinkler layer and work through to step 6. Do this for each sprinkler layer that has something drawn on it.
8. Go back to step 4 and select layer 758 Irrigation Symbols and proceed through to step 6.
9. Turn off the sprinkler arc layers if necessary.
10. Export to AutoCAD®.

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