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4 In the Select Seed File dialog box, navigate to the location of the seed file
to use and select the file.
NOTE Be sure to specify a seed file designed for the version of DGN you
specified in the Export Location dialog box. You cannot use a DGN version
8 seed file when exporting to DGN version 7.
5 Click Open.
To change the default seed file
1 Open the mapexport.ini file using a text editor such as WordPad.
This file is in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D\R17.2 folder.
2 Find the section labeled [DGN_V7] or [DGN_V8]. This is where the default
seed file is specified.
3 Specify the new default seed file.
For example: Driver:RUNTIME_MACROS=_SEED,"C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Autodesk Shared\GIS\ImportExport\4.0\design\seed3d_ft.dgn".
4 Save and close the .ini file.
To export drawing objects to MicroStation Design (DGN)
1 In the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace, click Output tab Map Data
Transfer panel Map 3D Export.
2 In the Export Location dialog box, select the MicroStation File V7 or V8
file format and a location for the exported files.
3 In the Export dialog box (page 1704), specify how to export objects. To use
settings that you stored previously, click Load and select the profile
containing the settings.
4 On the Selection tab, specify the objects to export.
To select a subset of objects, click Select manually and choose either
Select Objects or Quick Select.
To filter the selection to export only objects on specific layers or in
specific classes, specify the layers and classes to include.
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