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This task lets you quickly see how to import or to insert
the 2D geometric data contained in a DXF file into a CATDrawing document. Once imported, the data can be handled and edited just as if they had been created in a Drafting session using 2D geometry creation commands. The table entitled What about the elements you import ? provides information on the entities you can import. You can find further information in the Advanced Tasks:
Statistics about each import operation can be found in the report file created. |
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Open your session (Open your CATDrawing document if you want to insert a DXF file.). | ||
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Import of multiple viewports and layoutsThe default behavior has been improved for better results. |
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Viewport with a not null twist angle (group code 51) are not correctly handled during import. | ||
FormatV5 determines systematically and automatically the most suitable format
(A0 ISO, A1 ISO, etc.)
Information on what has been determined automatically is written in the report file: For more information on Formats, |
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Code pagesDBCS (Double Byte Character Set) Supported Code Pages are:
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949 (Korean) is not supported. | ||
CustomizationImport of a DXF/DWG file can be improved by customization: DXF/DWG specific import settings are:
The definitions of dimensions are not the same in V5 and AutoCAD. |
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After the recovery of DXF/DWG files, the system generates:
This file is created in a location referenced by
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Always check the report file after a conversion ! Some problems may have occurred without been visually highlighted. |
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Version 5 supports the import DXF/DWG formats version 12,13, 14 and AutoCAD2000, AutoCAD2000i, AutoCAD2002, AutoCAD2004, AutoCAD2005, AutoCAD2006 and . |
To make sure the elements you need to handle in your session are those you
expected,
here is a list presenting the DXF/DWG data supported when imported into a
CATDrawing file.
DXF/DWG element | DXF/DWG sub-type | V5 element | Notes | |
Geometry |
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point |
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Point |
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line |
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Line |
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ray |
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None |
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xline |
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None |
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circle |
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Circle |
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arc |
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Arc |
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ellipse |
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Ellipse |
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polyline/2D polyline/ lightweight polyline |
non adjustable width, made of line segments |
Polyline | Not editable in V5 | |
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non adjustable width, made of line and arc segments |
segments and arc with no structure |
Structure is lost | |
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adjustable width | Filled area (pattern) | Structure is lost | |
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fit curve | Polyline |
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mline |
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Lines | Structure and closing attributes are lost | |
spline |
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NURBS | Not editable in V5 | |
3D face |
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none |
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3D solid |
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none |
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Annotations |
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text |
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Text |
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mtext |
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Text | Changing fonts, changing attributes and line break are not taken into account |
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Arc aligned text |
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none |
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rtext |
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none |
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dimensions | aligned, linear and rotated, radius and diameter, angular, ordinate (x or y) |
According to option:
dimension or details or geometry+texts |
See
dimensions
In a few "dimensions" cases, the text of the In all "dimensions" cases, the geometry support is |
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leader |
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Line + text | DXF Leaders are imported as simple lines. The arrow head and the line under the text are lost |
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tolerance |
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none |
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hatch | non-associative | Filled area (pattern) | ||
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associative | Filled area (pattern) | The contour of the hatch is created in the No Show and the associativity is created with this hidden contour. |
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solid |
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Filled area (colored) |
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block attribute |
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Text |
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block |
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Detail (2D component) |
The details are created in a new Detail Sheet named "Imported Details". |
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insert (Block Reference) |
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Ditto (instance of 2D component) |
If the insert is defined with different scales, on x-axis and y-axis, no detail instance is created but only the geometry is transferred. |
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external reference | not supported | |||
group |
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none | The structure of the group
is lost whereas its contents is transferred |
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viewport |
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View | see above | |
Layout (paper space) | Sheet | see above | ||
OLE frame |
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none |
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region |
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none |
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color |
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Color | see Standards | |
Line weight |
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Line thickness | see Standards | |
line type |
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Line type | see Standards | |
point markers |
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Point type | Markers may be different since V5 and AutoCAD do not have the same markers. |
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layer |
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Layer | Invisible layers are gathered in a filter named Invisible Imported Layers. Visible layers are gathered in a filter |
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layer name | When an AutoCAD layer has a name that corresponds to
a number between 0 and 999, this layer will be imported as a V5 layer with
the number associated:
If the AutoCAD layer has a name that does not match any number in the available range, the layer is mapped on the first existing V5 layer that has the same name, or a new one is created on the first available V5 layer number with the AutoCAD layer name. |
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font |
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Font | see Standards | |
Pattern |
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Pattern | Automatic mapping | |
BYBlock attribute |
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Attribute | The value of the attribute of the block is set to a default value |
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BYLAYER attribute |
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Attribute | The value of the attribute of the layer is applied to each element imported |