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Conversion Notes
When exporting Arbortext IsoDraw files, some of the elements will be converted into several DXF elements, since DXF cannot recognize e.g. ellipses with blends. The following table summarizes how the element types are assigned.
Arbortext IsoDraw element
is converted to
Layer
Layer
Line
LINE
Rectangle
LINE
Ellipse
ARC (elliptical arcs with individual coordinate system, blends as polylines) or POLYLINE
Bézier path
POLYLINE (3D or 2D)
Inner thread
As several ELLIPSEs
Outer thread
As several ELLIPSEs
Polygon
LINE
Marker
No conversion
Text
TEXT
Arrow
SOLID (Arbortext IsoDraw decomposes arrows during export)
Point
CIRCLE
EPS documents
No conversion
Image elements
No conversion
Callout (consisting of several separate elements; e.g., text, line, polygon, rectangle, and ellipse)
Each Arbortext IsoDraw element in a Callout is converted to its corresponding DXF element listed above.