Import-DGN (Teigha® facilities) Options

To translate a file with Import-DGN (Teigha® facilities), from the Options part of the window, select the DGN V8/V7 (Teigha®), and select the required options in the DGN V8/V7 (Teigha®) tab.

Scale

Enables the imported geometry to be scaled. A number larger than 1 makes the imported geometry bigger, and a number smaller than one makes the imported geometry smaller. A model can be corrected if the units in the DGN file are wrong, missing, or misinterpreted.

Shift (mm)

Shifts the whole model in E, N and/or U by the given numbers of millimetres. The a model can be positioned more conveniently, or simulate the MicroStation global origin.

Create a ... for each DGN file

Choose a Design database element name to be wrapped around the translated contents of each dgn file. The options are ZONE, EQUIPMENT, STRUCTURE, VOLMODEL or no element.

If the user chooses to have a top-level element for each file they can choose to have that element given a name based on the dgn filename.

Create a ... for every ... DGN element(s)

Choose a Design database element name to be wrapped around the translated contents group of top-level MicroStation elements. The options are EQUIPMENT, SUBEQUIPMENT, STRUCTURE, SUBSTRUCTURE, VOLMODEL, SVOLMODEL or no element.

Note:
Certain combinations are invalid, for example, a STRUCTURE cannot own SUBEQUIPMENTS.

Choose the number of top-level MicroStation elements to put in each lower-level Design element. If the dgn file contains a large number of simple elements, these can be grouped together into Design elements. If there are fewer more significant elements, for example, Cells, the user can have each top level element in a separate Design element.

Messages

Choose the number of messages to be written to the Output Summary and the Message file. The options available are Brief, Full or Debug. Debug is very verbose, and is primarily intended to help developers to investigate any issues with the translations of particular files.

Tolerance

Choose to vary the tolerances used when translating some of the DGN geometry. Coarse tolerance gives a smaller, faster, but less precise model.

Note:
Not all DGN geometry is affected by this setting.

Unicode Output

The Unicode Output check box should normally be selected. Do not use this option if the macro is used in with older versions of PDMS.

Query DGN Info opens each DGN file listed, and writes some summary information about each into the Output Summary.