Summary of Switches and Rules to Control DGN Export

OutPutFileName

[‘output.dgn’]

Pathname for DGN export file.

SeedFileName

[internal default seed file]

Pathname for seed file used to create DGN export file.

Units

Ratios of Master Units to Sub-Units and of Units of Resolution (Positional Units) to Sub-Units. Can also specify descriptions (max. two characters) for Master Units and Sub-Units.

ScaleFactor

[1.0]

Scaling factor applied to entire DGN file.

ShiftX

[0.0]

Horizontal shift in Master Units applied to the entire DGN file.

ShiftY

[0.0]

Vertical shift in Master Units applied to the entire DGN file.

ExcludeBack

On

Suppresses transfer of Draft Backing Layer to DGN file.

[Off]

Draft Backing Layer transferred to DGN file.

ExcludeOlay

On

Suppresses transfer of Draft Overlays to DGN file.

[Off]

Draft Overlays transferred to DGN file.

ExcludeSheetFrame

On

Suppresses transfer of Draft Sheet Frame to DGN file.

[Off]

Draft Sheet Frames transferred to DGN file.

ExcludeFill

On

Suppresses transfer of Hatching (including solid fill) to the DGN file

[Off]

Hatching and solid fill transferred to DGN file.

ExcludeSolidFill

On

Suppresses transfer to the DGN file of Solid fill

[Off]

Solid fill transferred to DGN file.

ExcludeArrowFill

On

Suppresses transfer to the DGN file of fill for Dimension-line and Leader-line terminators

[Off]

Fill for Terminators transferred to DGN file.

MapLineWeights

[1‑11:0‑10]

MicroStation has 32 line weights (0‑31); Draft has 11 line weights (1‑11).

MapLineStyle

[Solid:0,

Dashed:2,

Dotted:1,

Chained:4,

LDashed:3

DDotted:6]

Maps Draft's line patterns to nearest equivalent MicroStation line style, ignoring line pictures and glyphs. Any unmapped line styles default to Solid lines.

MapLineStyleByPen

Maps Draft's pen numbers, which can define combinations of line pattern, line thickness and glyphs, to MicroStation line styles.

MapColour

Maps Draft colour numbers to MicroStation colour numbers.

MarkerSize

[1.0]

Sets size of a Draft marker in mm (at scale = 1).

MapFont

[11‑46:105, SYMBOL:105]

Maps Draft font numbers (11‑16, 21‑26, 31‑36, 41‑46, SYMBOL) to MicroStation font numbers.

FontSlopes

[On]

Translates Draft font slopes to MicroStation text slants.

Off

Ignores Draft font slopes.

LevelDefault

[1]

Sets default level to be used by MicroStation if no other switches or rules apply.

LevelPen

Map items associated with specific Draft pen numbers to MicroStation levels.

LevelBack

Sets MicroStation level to be used for backing sheet (and items within it).

Level Rules

A set of rules that assign specified Marine element types to MicroStation levels. Can use R (repeat) and D (default) syntax to set up level pools.

GroupSymb

On

Creates single MicroStation group for each Draft symbol if no other group is active.

[Off]

Does not automatically create group for Draft symbols.

GroupFill

On

Creates single MicroStation group for each Draft hatch/fill pattern if no other group is active.

[Off]

Does not automatically create group for Draft hatch/fill patterns.

GroupFrame

On

Creates single MicroStation group for each Draft view frame if no other group is active. (Group will contain frame line, but not frame content.)

[Off]

Does not automatically create group for Draft view frame.

Group Rules

A set of rules that assign specified element types to MicroStation groups. Any attributes included in group definitions will be attached to groups as MicroStation tags.

LogFile

On

Creates log file to record error messages generated during creation of DGN file.

[Off]

Log file is not created.

LogFileName

[%PDMSUSER%\DRAFT_DGN_LI_log.txt]

Pathname for log file (if LogFile is set to On).