The function File > Import > DXF/DWG can be used to import drawings saved in DXF or DWG format. Drawings imported with this option can be handled only as 2D drawings, there is no link to the CADMATIC Hull construction database.
The possibilities of this import function are as follows:
- Multiple DXF/DWG files can be imported in one session.
- Big jobs can be stored and executed later with batch jobs.
- Configurations can be used to put the contents of layers or entities with a specific color in specific fragments or change colors of entities.
- CADMATIC Hull can import DXF/DWG files compatible with the DXF/DWG file format of AutoCAD versions up to 2002.
AutoCAD entities which will not be imported are:
- Acis objects
- Attribute definitions
- Construction lines
- Hatches generated by AutoCAD.
- Leaders
- Multi lines
- Rays
- Shapes
- Some kinds of splines, polylines containing spline fits
- Views, Viewports
When very large DXF/DWG files have to be imported it can be necessary to split the result of the import into smaller models, because of the handling speed. This can be done with the 2D-Contek option Tools -> Divide Model into Views.