AutoCAD Attributes into Draft Attributes
- Last UpdatedFeb 09, 2023
- 2 minute read
The table below shows the mapping from AutoCAD attributes into Draft attributes. Any AutoCAD attributes not mentioned in the table are ignored, and will not be represented in the Draft database.
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AutoCAD Attribute |
Draft Attribute |
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Linetype |
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Draft preconfigured GT linestyles |
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GTSOLID |
NLSTYLE SOLID |
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GTDASH |
NLSTYLE DASHED |
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GTDOT |
NLSTYLE DOTTED |
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GTCHAIN |
NLSTYLE CHAINED |
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GTLDASH |
NLSTYLE LDASHED |
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AutoCAD standard linestyles |
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Centre, Dashdot |
NLSTYLE CHAINED |
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Dashed, Hidden |
NLSTYLE DASHED |
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Dashedx2, Hiddenx2 |
NLSTYLE LDASHED |
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Dot |
NLSTYLE DOTTED |
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Border |
NLSTYLE DDASHED |
(colour 1 only) |
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Divide |
NLSTYLE DDOTTED |
(colour 1 only) |
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Phantom |
NLSTYLE DCHAINED |
(colour 1 only) |
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others |
NLSTYLE SOLID |
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Draft new linestyles (loaded as part of forms-and-menu interface) |
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GTDDASH |
NLSTYLE DDASHED |
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GTDDOT |
NLSTYLE DDOTTED |
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GTFDOT |
NLSTYLE FDOTTED |
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GTDCHAIN |
NLSTYLE DCHAINED |
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GTTCHAIN |
NLSTYLE TCHAINED |
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Width |
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= 0 |
No change to the line style |
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¹ 0 |
Make the style THICK |
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Line Colour |
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1 - 255 |
the closest match in the PDMS colour table |
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Text |
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Height |
CHEI |
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Width (for fitted text) |
No mapping |
Width (for fitted text) |
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Angle |
ADEG |
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Font |
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PDMS HORTXT font |
FONT 1 |
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PDMS HTXnn font |
Draft Equivalent - Font nn |
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PDMS HTX-nn font |
Draft Equivalent extension character - Font nn |
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HTX63 font |
Draft Symbolic character |
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Roman |
FONT 3 |
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Italic |
FONT 4 |
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TrueType font (style TTFNnn) |
FONT nn |
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other |
FONT 1 |
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Vertical alignment |
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Top |
ALIG TB |
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Middle |
ALIG HB |
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Bottom |
ALIG BB |
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Baseline |
ALIG BASE |
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Horizontal alignment |
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Left, fit and aligned |
JUST L |
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Centre |
JUST C |
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Right |
JUST R |
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Oblique forwards |
Forward slope font variant |
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Oblique backwards |
Backward slope font variant (not supported for TrueType texts) |
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Generation flags |
Always normal |
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Text Colour |
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1 - 272 |
the closest match in the PDMS colour table |
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