Re: DBUG> importing ACAD files

[Neil Blanchard <neil.blanchard@verizon.net>]

Hello Ernie,

> OK, I just don't do this enough to know how it works.  I was sent a site 
> plan from an engineer.  I can open it up in DWG TrueView, but I don't 
> know how to import it into a DCAD drawing so that I can actually use 
> it.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

In a new DataCAD file, go the the File/Import dialog, browse to the DWG 
file, and select it.  This brings up a dialog box that lets you set the 
linetype and font conversion, and the scale -- remember that changing 
the scale of a DWG actually changes the size of things!  The line is 10 
units long, so if you choose inches, it will be 10 inches long, and if 
you choose feet it will be 10 feet long, and so on for millimeters, etc.

Are you working in v12, or an earlier version of DataCAD?
--
Sincerely, Neil

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