If you use SmartSketch or AutoCAD, you can save any report in the .dxf format for insertion into a CAD drawing. This option is available when you select to save a document as a file from a Print Preview window. On selecting to save the file in a .dxf format, you can specify the report insertion parameters in the target CAD drawing, define certain display properties, and set the software to include the title block and frame, if needed. If a report has several pages, the software creates several .dxf files. A .dxf file can only contain a single page of a report.
-
It is not possible to save .dxf formatted drawings in batch mode.
-
When saving a multi-page drawing in .dxf format, the software saves each page of the drawing as a separate file sequentially numbered . For example, three page drawing named Area 1 would be saved as Area 1, Area 1 (1), and Area 1 (2).
-
It is not possible to save the multi-tag (SEE LIST) page of a multi-tag spec in .dxf format.
Save a Document in DXF Format
-
With the Print Preview window open, select
.
-
In the Save As dialog, select DXF File.
-
In the Save AsDXF Options dialog, select Include title block and frame with report to save the report with the title block (which includes the logo and generic report data) and the frame.
Clear the check box to exclude the title block and frame from the saved report if
the CAD package has its own frame.
-
Define the report placement parameters and other options.
-
Select OK.
Insertion point
The X and Y coordinates for the insertion point of the report in the CAD file define the displacement from the lower-left corner of the CAD file. The upper-left corner of the report is inserted at this location. This means that if the insertion point is defined as X=0 and Y=0, the report appears outside the CAD drawing frame, under the lower frame line.
Scale factor
The scale factor determines the size of the report so that it will fit into the CAD drawing.
Font height coefficient / Font width coefficient
Font height and width coefficients for the text characters in the report. This option is needed because the software calculates the font size independently of the size of the report, whereas a CAD application scales the font with the report.
Change black report color to
Type the value of the color to be used as a substitute for black. All reports are displayed in black-and- white. If viewing the report in a CAD application with a black background, an alternative foreground color needs to be used. The recommended value is 7.