Command ImportDXF

Menu: File > Import DXF

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Description: Imports a DXF file to be selected. The correct drawing scale and the natural unit must be specified in advance since this information is not stored in a DXF file.

It should be noted that the current drawing is not automatically cleared before the import.

From the TABLES section the STYLE, LTYPE and LAYER tables are imported to CADEMIA.

From the ENTITIES section the following types are imported into CADEMIA: ARC, ATTDEF, ATTRIB, CIRCLE, DIMENSION, ELLIPSE, HATCH, INSERT, LINE, LWPOLYLINE, MTEXT, POLYLINE, SOLID, TEXT and VERTEX. INSERTs are resolved from the referenced block in the BLOCKS section.

All other entity types as well as invisible entities are skipped. ImportDXF keeps track about the imported entities and shows a report at the end of the command.

DXF distinguishes between model and paper space. CADEMIA contains a model space but not a paper space. ImportDXF yields best results for entities stored in DXF model space. The user can define how paper space entities should be handled: They can be ignored or they can be imported to CADEMIA, the latter often yielding suboptimal results.