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Import/export using 2D DXF

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Last UpdatedNov 28, 2025
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Import and export of 2D DXF format can be done on drawings. During export, the system entities are converted in the following way:

AVEVA Marine entity	DXF entity
Point segment	Point
Line segment	Line
Arc segment	Arc
Contour	Polyline
Text	Text (standard font is used)
Hatch pattern	Block of lines
Symbols, notes	Exploded into single entities
Linear, Radius and Angle dimensions	Linear, Radius and Angle dimensions
Chain and Staircase	Divided into single dimensions
Other dimensions or edited dimensions	Exploded into single entities
Color	Translated by color code
Line types	Translated by a line table and name (line thickness not implemented)
Layer	Layer according to control file (see below)

The resulting entities will belong to layer 0. The DXF post-processor converts a DXF file to a General drawing. The link is based on R12. There is also partial support of R13 if a drawing is saved with the command SaveAsR12 in Autocad before exported to the system.

For import, the DXF file is converted in the following way:

DXF entity	AVEVA Marine entity
Point	Point
Line	Line segment
Arc	Arc segment
Circle	Contour
Text	Text (standard text font is used)
Polyline	Contour
Linear, Radius and Angle dimensions	Linear, Radius and Angle dimensions
Solid	Approximated to the boundary contour
Block	Results in a component
Color code	Colors 1-7 are translated, 8-255 results in default colors
Line type	The most common line types are recognized
Layer	Integer number layers are translated

The following remarks can also be made:

It is not distinguished between the different kind of states for a layer.
Only 2D information is handled.
It is possible to scale the text. However, the height and length are proportional.
DXF does not use line thickness. This is normally realized by different colors.
Attributes are not handled since they normally only has a meaning in the originating system.
Note that lines having a complex line type will be drawn only as solid lines. See COM.

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