DBUG> importing ACAD files

[Mark Wilhelm <markw@grazadovelleco.com>]

TT Fonts, yeah, that is a problem.  Can't say I'm too happy with the way 
Dcad translates fonts and text, either export or import, even with the 
DC12 improvements.  Nothing stays the right size.   Several of the 
engineering drawings I've received wind up with most text either *much* 
bigger or *much* smaller than in the original Acad drawings.  Annoying.  
Hasten to say I'm really happy that Dcad is trying to deal with mtext 
and such, but not with complete success yet.

I admit I've traced some surveys - simple house lots with few topo 
issues - rather than try to get the surveyor to clean up his drawings.  
Not worth antagonizing the doofus.  Wouldn't do that for a complex site, 
tho.

Regards,
Mark


Nick Pyner wrote:

>Yes I have and am looking at one right now. It is one of the first I have
>seen with TTfonts and they are all over the place but it is otherwise
>manageable. I am not advocating tracing, but if that is what is needed,
>then the way to do it is over an XRef. Indeed, I submit that XReffing the
>ACad is usually the first option, no matter what shape the file is in.
>
>Sometimes, like the job I have at the moment, the information actually
>needed is so little that tracing would be a fair option. It could be
>simpler to do that than try to explain the problem to the idiot who sent
>you the junk in the first place. This particulalrly applies if he/she is
>using something other than plain-vanilla AutoCad.
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