Switches and BLOCK Rules to Control DXF and DWG Export

PrimitiveThickness

[ ON ]

Allows primitive thickness to be represented by Polyline width in AutoCAD.

OFF

Prevents primitive thickness from being represented in AutoCAD. All entities are generated using Lines, Arcs and Text with no Polylines.

PlineWidthFactor

DEPRECATED: this option is no longer in use and will be ignored.

ViewNumberPrefix

ON

Adds a unique numeric view prefix value to the beginning of each AutoCAD Layer name created from Draft views.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses any numeric layer name view prefix.

LayerZone

ON

Creates a unique layer for each Design ZONE and places all design information from that zone onto the layer.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses zone layering.

LayerSite

ON

Creates a unique layer for each Design SITE, and places all design information from that site onto the layer.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses site layering.

LayerBack

ON

Creates a unique layer for the backing sheet and places the backing sheet information on that layer in AutoCAD.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses backing sheet layering.

LayerOlay

ON

Creates a layer for each overlay and places the overlay information on that layer in AutoCAD.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses overlay layering.

LayerNote

ON

Creates a layer for each note and places the note information on that layer in AutoCAD.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses note layering.

LayerLaye

ON

Creates an equivalent layer in AutoCAD matching Draft annotation layers and places information from the Draft layers onto subsequent AutoCAD layers.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Draft layer to AutoCAD layer mapping.

UseLayerRules

[ ON ]

Allows rules to set to new layer being created.

OFF

Prevents rules to set to new layer being created.

LayerDEFAA

layer Name|layer colour

Example:

MajorEquipment|GREEN,0.7mm,DOTTED

Defines named layers - refer to Layer Export Settings

Layer

Layer rule and layer layer name

Define layer rules - refer to Layer Export Settings

FontMapping

[ ON ]

Maps Draft text styles using AutoDRAFT equivalent AutoCAD font styles.

OFF

Uses the standard AutoCAD "STANDARD" (txt) font style for all fonts in AutoCAD.

LinetypeMapping

[ ON ]

Maps Draft linepattern definitions onto equivalent AutoCAD linetype definitions contained within the DXF header.

Unsupported or undefined linepattern names are exported to AutoCAD using an equivalent Draft style name, with a standard dashed representation.

OFF

All Draft linepatterns are represented by the default "CONTINUOUS" linetype, mapped using "BYLAYER" in AutoCAD.

ColourMapping

[ ON ]

Draft colours 1 to 15 are mapped to equivalent AutoCAD colour numbers. Colour numbers above 15 are mapped directly to AutoCAD colours in the range 1 to 254.

OFF

Suppress colour mapping and assign all Draft colours to AutoCAD colour "BYLAYER".

IncludeZCoordinates

ON

Uses explicit X,Y and Z co-ordinate values in the DXF export file.

[ OFF ]

Uses explicit X and Y co-ordinate values in the DXF file, where Z is assumed to be 0. If Z is not equal to 0, it will be output explicitly.

GraphicsOnlyDXF

ON

Exports minimal DXF header information and omits all R13 specific data, including Objects, Handles, AcDb markers, dictionaries and table information; Except: Layers, Linetypes and Styles.

This switch can be used to produce AutoCAD release 12 compatible DXF files and can be used to minimize DXF information in terms of file size and production time with the following switches set to OFF:

LinetypeMapping,

ColourMapping, IncludeZCoordinates

The following switches are forced OFF when the GraphicsOnlyDXF switch is ON: EntityAcDbMarkers and Include DXFHeaderEntities

All Group switches are ignored when this option switch is used although blocking is permitted!

[ OFF ]

Exports DXF information using a well defined full AutoCAD release 13 DXF format.

EntityAcDbMarkers

ON

Exports AutoCAD release 13 AcDb object markers in all entities in the DXF file. This option may be required for less tolerant DXF interpreters.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses AutoCAD release 13 AcDb object markers in all entities. Suppressing AcDb markers in the DXF file can significantly reduce the resulting DXF file size.

NestedBlocks

ON

Allows hierarchically related blocks to be nested into a single block hierarchy in AutoCAD.

[ OFF ]

Prevents hierarchically related blocks from being nested together in AutoCAD. Block definitions that contain multiple sub-component blocks will be represented by a collection of individual blocks as opposed to a single block definition. These individual, yet hierarchically related blocks can be grouped together using the GroupBlocks switch.

BlockBack

ON

Creates a single Block definition for the Draft backing sheet.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses blocking of backing sheets.

BlockOlay

[ ON ]

Creates a single Block definition for each Draft overlay sheet.

OFF

Suppresses blocking of overlay sheets.

BlockSymb

ON

Creates a single Block definition for each instanced Draft symbol.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses blocking of symbols.

BlockFill

[ ON ]

Creates a single Block definition for each Draft hatch/fill pattern.

OFF

Suppresses blocking of hatch patterns.

BlockGraphicFile

ON

Creates a single Block definition for each occurrence of a plot spool file used to represent backing sheets or overlays.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses blocking of Graphic plot spooled files.

GroupDims

ON

Groups dimensions into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of dimensions.

GroupNote

ON

Groups notes into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of notes.

GroupVnot

ON

Groups view notes into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of view notes.

GroupFrame

ON

Groups frames into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of frames.

GroupGlab

ON

Groups GLAB labels into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of GLAB labels.

GroupSlab

ON

Groups SLAB labels into unique AutoCAD release 13 groups.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of SLAB labels.

GroupBlocks

ON

Groups together hierarchically related blocks, generated from blocking structures and sub-structures or sub-frameworks. This switch should only be used when the NestedBlocks switch is set to OFF.

[ OFF ]

Suppresses Grouping of related Blocks

FontFilePath

‘/search/path/¼’

Specifies the search path used to locate AutoDRAFT font shape files. This value is appended to the beginning of all font style records created in the DXF file.

[ OFF ]

If the search path is set to off, no directory path is appended to the start of font style records. This option can be used if the relevant AutoCAD shape files are located in the ACAD support directory path.

UseShiftJISFonts

ON

OFF

This option is still accepted for backwards compatibility. However it has no effect; AVEVA fonts encoding is always SHIFTJIS for Japanese Kanji and EUC for other far eastern languages.

IncludeDXFHeaderEntities

ON

Allows drawing information contained within the DXF header file to be merged with the exported Draft drawing information. Under normal export circumstances, this switch should be omitted or set to OFF.

[ OFF ]

Ignores all DXF entities in the ENTITIES section of the DXF header file.

HeaderFileName

[‘%PDMSEXE%/draft_dxf_li.dxf’]

Specifies the DXF header file name, which will be read into Draft and used as a backbone template for generating the DXF information. If a header file name is specified, it must be a valid AutoCAD release 13 DXF file, based on the default ‘draft_dxf_li.dxf’'

OutputFileName

[‘output.dxf’]

Specifies the output DXF file name produced when exporting DXF file information.

IgnoreBlockRules

[ ON ]

Allows the DXF export application to ignore all BLOCK rules in the configuration data-set, used to speed up processing of non-blocked DXF export.

OFF

Allows the DXF export application to search and compare configuration data-set BLOCK rules against database information in order to block components in the DXF export file.

ScaleFactor

Positive Real

No.

(default 1.0)

Scale Factor applied to entire DXF File to enable Full scale Design units to be output in the DXF File

[ 1.0 ]

Scale Factor 1.0 - DXF File in Annotation units