The Import Configurator controls the translation process and mapping of configurable entities in the DWG/DXF Translator. You can change the default settings using the Import Configurator.
To use the Import Configurator,
1. Click File > Settings > Import DXF/DWG.
The Import Configurator dialog box opens. This dialog box has two tabs; Advanced and Configure.
2. Click theAdvanced tab in the Import Configurator dialog box.
3. Under Model & Layouts Selection, click the Read all layout data check box to enable DXF/DWG >MI translation.
a. Click the Model Space or Translate paper space check boxes for model space or paper space translation.
b. Click Layouts under the Model & Layouts section, to create files with more than one paper space.
c. Click the Side by side layout view check box for better visualization. It controls whether to show overlapping or side-by-side layouts.
4. Under Units, the DXF/DWG box shows the units of the selected DXF/DWG file. The following table lists the scenarios for the Custom Units check box.
Custom Units
Multiplier
Result
Cleared—The Multiplier box is not visible.
Not applicable.
The units of the imported DXF/DWG file are translated to the MI file as follows:
• Imperial units are translated using UnitsScale as 25.4 and units as inches.
• Metric units are translated using UnitsScale as 1 and units as mm.
Selected—The Multiplier box is visible.
No—The Scale Factor box is not visible.
The DXF/DWG file is imported with the same geometrical units.
For example, a DXF/DWG file that contains a line measuring 5m is imported as 5000 mm.
Yes—The Scale Factor box is visible.
The DXF/DWG file is imported with the geometrical units multiplied by a user-defined scale factor.
For example:
• If a DXF/DWG file contains a line measuring 5mm, and the scale factor is 10, the line is imported as 50mm.
• If a DXF/DWG file contains a line measuring 5ft, and the scale factor is 10, the line is imported as 50ft.
The general rule for importing a file is:
source dimension x scale factor = measured dimension
Where, source dimension is the dimension of the geometry in the source DXF/DWG file, and measured dimension is the final dimension after importing the file.
5. Under Mapping, map the elements.
a. Click the Font tab in the Mapping section to view or edit the font settings such as source font name, destination font name, width ratio, line spacing, and vertical line spacing.
b. Click the Arrow Head tab to view and edit the arrow settings such as names of the arrows, arrow scale, and arrow fill.
c. Click the Line Type tab to define the mapping of AutoCAD linetypes to MI linetypes. The first parameter is the AutoCAD linetype name and the second parameter is the corresponding Creo Elements/Direct Drafting linetype name.
6. Click the Configure tab in the DXFDWG Configurator dialog box.
7. Under General Settings, do the following:
a. In theStart section, DXF to MI Translator is displayed by default.
b. Click the Kanji translate check box to translate kanji characters.
c. Click the Keep attributes with part check box to create additional subparts for each block containing attributes. The attributes are kept with the part to which they belong.
d. Click the Translate DXF invisible entities check box to translate invisible entities to DXF visible entities.
e. Click the Record by layer info check box to add special informational text to every entity for color, line types, each layer, layer’s color, and status (visible, frozen and locked).
f. Click the Translate invisible layers check box to translate AutoCAD layers that are “Frozen” and “Off” to an MI file.
8. Under Hatch, do the following:
a. Type a value in the Minimum hatch spacing density box. Typical values should be greater than 0.001mm or 0.0001 inches. The default value is 0.0.
b. Type a value in the Contour snap gap box, which specifies the maximum distance between two entities in a hatch contour. The default value is 1E-12.
c. Click the Hatch close contours check box to close the hatch contour. Clear the check box to close the hatch contour depending on the Contour snap gap value.
d. Click the Hatch to contours check box to convert DXF/DWG hatches to contours. Clear the check box to translate DXF/DWG hatches to MI hatches.
e. Click the Create manual hatch check box to create manual hatches. Clear the check box for automatic hatches.
9. Under Dimensions, do the following:
a. Click the Recompute dim block check box to re-compute the dimension data structure and update it to latest dimension data structure for correct translation.
b. Click the Explode DXF dimensions check box to translate dimensions to geometric elements, Clear the check box to translate dimensions to dimension elements.
10. Under Lines and Curves, do the following:
a. In the Translate DXF pen line size box, select a value to define the DXF/DWG linesize conversions.
b. In the Polymarker type box, select a value to define the default polymaker for DXF/DWG/SVG points. The default value is 2.
c. Click the Spline control point translation check box to convert a spline using its control points and knots. Clear the check box to convert a spline using its fit points.
11. Click Reset to revert to the default settings.
12. Click OK to save and apply your changes.
13. Click Cancel to close the import configurator dialog box without applying your changes.