CAD Import/Export

Importing 2D DWG files into AGi32
IMPORTING 2D BACKGROUNDS: Confirm that the “Units Specified In CAD File” are correctly set. If there are question marks around the current selection, AGi3...
Thu, 12 Jul, 2018 at 3:32 PM
AGi32 CAD Import does not fully support curve fitted polylines
Issue Polylines in AutoCAD are specified as a set of vertices defined by the user (or an external program).  The default AutoCad behavior is to create a st...
Thu, 12 Jul, 2018 at 3:24 PM
Importing 3D DWG files into AGi32
IMPORTING 3D MODELS: Confirm that the “Units Specified In CAD File” are correctly set. If there are question marks around the current selection, AGi32 wa...
Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 at 2:40 PM
Check your DWG Import for Issues
AFTER COMPLETING THE IMPORT PROCESS AND BEFORE ADDING ANYTHING TO THE MODEL Check Drawing Extents:  If nothing appears on the screen, look at the coor...
Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 at 2:27 PM
Prepare an Autocad File for AGi32 Import
Eliminate XREFs.  The goal of steps 1a-1c is to end up with a single DWG file free of any references to other files. Unload and Detach all image XREFs f...
Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 at 2:44 PM
AGi32 Version 19 fails to import MText entites with consecutive Line Breaks
Description: AGi32 v19 can crash when attempting to import DWG files containing MText entities with consecutive line breaks. Work-Around: Option 1:...
Tue, 14 Aug, 2018 at 1:20 PM
Revit-Exported Models and AGi32
Generally speaking, we recommend that models done in Revit stay in Revit and ElumTools is used to run lighting calculations. The reasoning behind this is th...
Wed, 10 Mar, 2021 at 10:39 AM
AGi32 -- CAD Import Font Recommendations
Issue  AutoCAD supports at least 2 types of fonts; True Type (a native Windows format) and shx (an Autodesk format). More Info. When AGi32 imports MTex...
Mon, 21 Jun, 2021 at 3:26 PM