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2D Data Exchange Settings and the Corresponding Configuration Options
The following table maps the options in the 2D data exchange settings section of the Creo Parametric Options dialog box with their corresponding configuration options. Also listed are the default and alternate values of the configuration options.
2D Setting in the Creo Parametric Options Dialog Box
The Corresponding Configuration Option
Default and Alternate Values
Preferred deliverable for export:
pdf*, iges, dxf, step, cgm, dwg, tiff, medusa, stheno
CGM export format version:
1*, 3
DXF export format version:
12, 13, 14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2018*
DWG export format version:
14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2018*
DXF and DWG Export mapping file location:
The path to the DXF or DWG mapping file.
When exporting, convert spline and hatch entities to:
spline_and_hatch*, spline only, hatch only, none
Export drawing scale to DXF or DWG format
yes, no*
Scale drawing views when exporting to DXF or DWG format
yes, no*
When exporting, support the Unicode encoding for DXF format
yes, no*
Export blank layers
yes, no*
Export Multiline Text notes as AutoCAD MTEXT
yes*, no
Export geometry entities as third-degree B-splines
true, false*
Export drawing view information to IGES format
yes, no*
Export drawing symbol as an IGES symbol
yes, no*
Export draft cross-hatching to IGES format as:
yes (IGES sectioned area entity), no* (separate geometry entities)
Export drawing views and associated 3D models to STEP format:
Export only 2D representation
Export geometry with its associative views
Export geometry with its associative views and view related annotations
no* (only exports 2D representations), as_3d_views (exports geometry with its associated views), as_3d_views_assoc_draft (exports geometry with its associated views and view-related annotations)
DXF and DWG import mapping file location:
The path to the mapping file for the import of DXF and DWG files.
Import blocks as symbols from DXF and DWG format
yes, no*
Imported IGES, DXF, DWG, and STEP files with a variable-sized sheet placed on:
Appropriate variable size format
Standard sized format
yes* (appropriate variable size format), no (standard sized format)
Explode unsupported AutoCAD entities
intf2d_in_acad_expl_unsupp_ents
yes*, no
Create a Multiline Note when importing MTEXT
yes*, no
Associate imported IGES, DXF and DWG dimensions to geometry
yes, no*