Command Window for Exporting DGN

Export-DGN can also be run from the Model command window by the export command.

Choose Seed File

Export-DGN needs a "seed file" which is a .dgn used as a header for all the generated dgn files, and contains settings such as the units to be used in the dgn file.

Supply Export-DGN with a seedfile for use from the command window, in any one of three ways:

• Use the export option 'seedfile' '<filename>' command in MODEL to set the path of the seed file (note that the path of the file is needed, not the path of the folder, as in the case of the environment variable). For example

  export option 'seedfile' 'C:\seedfiles\seed1.dgn'

  If different seed files are used for different exports, this is particularly useful.

• If the export option 'seedfile' is not set, then ExPLANT-I looks for a file named seed3d.dgn in a folder or search-path set in the environment variable SEED3D_DIR.

• If neither of the above is set, then ExPLANT-I looks for a file named seed3d.dgn in a folder or search-path set in the environment variable AVEVA_DESIGN_EXE. Such a seed-file is installed there with the product.

  The latter two options are particularly useful if the user always wants to use the same seed-file. In that case the user can place the file in a location in their AVEVA_DESIGN_EXE search path, or set SEED3D_DIR in their .bat file.