Importing of files can be done in two ways:
Importing using drag & drop method
If we import into an active a 2D floor plan with the drag & drop method, the drawing will be imported to a given drawing. This way the unnecessary increasing of the number of 2D floor plan windows can be avoided.
If we import into an active 3D window, the drawing will be loaded into a newly created window.
Importing using File menu –Import command
If we import into an active a 2D floor plan / 3D window with the File menu – Import command, the Merge to current drawing option is the default setting. This way the unnecessary increasing of the number of 2D floor plan windows can be avoided.
The program is capable to process the latest DXF, DWG and DWF file formats and to load these files into your own project either as part of your project or as external references.
&See chapter 11.11. External Reference.
If a DXF/DWG file is imported and the file is placed in a new window, the floors are not available in this window. This way the number of real floor plan windows is not increased when a DXF/DWG file is imported. Architectural elements cannot be placed in this window, of course.
If the goal is to place the DXF/DWG drawing as a base and build the model on it, when the file is imported, switch on the Merge to current drawing option. The drawing will be placed in the real floor plan window, the design can be continued.
&See the Chapter 4.4.1. Importing of ASC file into a project – using File menu –Import command.
At DXF/DWG drawing import you can choose the following settings in the dialog. With these settings you can make the display of the imported drawing correct and fast.
Disable gradient hatch creation
Importing of gradient hatches can slow down the displaying of the imported drawings in ARCHLine.XP® . To avoid this problem, it is possible to have all gradient hatches displayed as solid hatches.
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2Gradient hatch is analogous to the Shade option in ARCHLine.XP® .
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Explode dimensions
With this option you can load the dimensioning exploded, so these will be handled as general drawing elements instead of real dimensions. The advantage is that the look will be identical with the AutoCAD® display. The drawback is that you lose the dimensioning properties.
Explode dimensions with user arrow
The look of dimensioning with user-defined arrows in ARCHLine.XP® is not the same as in the original AutoCAD® drawing. That’s why you have the possibility to explode these dimensioning. The advantages and drawbacks are the same as it was described above.
Use line weight display setting
In the File menu - Preferences - General - Other dialog there is a Linewidth ON switch. By selecting this option, lines will be displayed with their own thickness, otherwise all lines will be displayed with zero (the thinnest) thickness.
In AutoCAD® drawings you can also apply the lineweight settings.
At file import it is possible to take over this setting. With this setting you will overwrite the Linewidth ON option found in the File menu - Preferences - General - Other dialog, and this option will be applied to the whole project. For this you have to select the Use lineweight display setting option, so the program will use the AutoCAD® setting.
2If we have imported several of drawings into the project, the settings applied in the last drawing will be in force in the whole project, of course.
Color table handling
A higher level of color table handling is available in the imported drawings, too.
The program is able to recognize the original AutoCAD® colors of the elements in the imported drawings, which can be modified later in the specific color table. When you export a drawing like this, there is no need to convert the colors because the drawing uses the same AutoCAD® color table.
&See chapter a Color handling.
Import 3D points / lines / circles / arcs
By selecting this option, the points / lines / circles / arcs are created in the 3D.
In this way the visualization measure up to the AutoCAD®
The AutoCADÒ DWG files can contain 3D surfaces, which are created by drawing out lines, arches, and polygons in 3D, by determining the so-called Thickness of the elements.
You can also create such surfaces in the ARCHline.XP® 2009 (see in 3D extension of line nature elements chapter), and the program can import the AutoCADÒ DWG files containing these elements.
2 The AutoCADÒ creates a surface from the straight lines that it draws out the line into the space perpendicularly to that plane, on which it was designed.
