When I originally posted (nearly 2 months now), I was hoping to avoid some of AcadE's catalog utilities, and instead build on top of the older program when these parts were required. The output parts could be conveniently configured to reflect different subsets of our (now just for replacements) inventory. Basically, it has a mostly text based frontend that manages a library of parts auto-magically. The legacy program is not mainstream, and I am not even sure what drives the dxf creation underneath. Is this a limitation of DXF R12, or is it a limitation with my legacy program? Does anyone know of third-party utilities, Acad scripts, or even some documentation that addresses these points.
The legacy program can be configured to build an electrical part from scratch as AcadE expects it, but it is much more difficult to fix a broken part (or to utilize un-supported features!) Its when I try to export from Autocad into the legacy program, make modifications, and then import back that I have problems.
If I build a block from scratch in the legacy program, it will import into AcadE pretty smoothly although I lose the ability to assign preset values since my text entities must match expected tag names. If they match it will use them as expected, but if I need invisible attributes, named attributes with a preset value, or if there are attributes that have no value (wire connections) I seem to be losing this information by the time the wblock has made a round trip.
For generic electrical parts, AcadE will match the text entities to expected attributes. My legacy program seems to have no support for attributes (all attributes are turned to text). I am using a legacy program that is heavily customized (it only works with DXF though).ĭoes anybody have experience/references related to DXF compatibility with Autocad Vertical programs? I am using Acad Electrical, but I think this may apply to several of the vertical programs.
A subset of my component library would be better served if I could use DXF's instead of DWG's.
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