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DescriptionOption
arcs in the complex chain become linestrings, and any link-
ages on the component elements themselves are lost.
Allows you to extract MSLinks and FRAMME attribute linkage
values from the DGN 8 file. For each link, two fields are added
Linkage Extraction
to the object data table: mslinks_n, which specifies the key
value, and entity_num_n, which specifies the table. If you
select FRAMME, the following fields are added to the object
data table: comp_count, comp_num, dgnfile, feat_num,
state_num, and ufid.
Select Create DWG to read all external reference files (xrefs)
attached to the source data set. If the reference file has nested
Read Reference Files
references, they are also imported, but circular references are
not. If you select this option, you specify a location for the
folder for these files. If the folder already exists, you can
choose to replace it (overwrite its contents) or cancel and
specify a different location. The default folder location is the
same as the selected DGN file location.
If you select Ignore, reference files are not imported and you
cannot change the location of the folder.
Other Import Options
You can set several options in the MapForeignFileProperties.ini file. See
Customizing and Automating Import and Export (page 260).
See also:
Customizing the Import and Export .ini Files (page 264)
Importing Objects with Links to an External Database (page 433)
Exporting To MicroStation Design (DGN) Versions 7 and 8 (page 1435)
NOTE Data you import becomes AutoCAD drawing objects in your map. To
convert the drawing objects to a geospatial format, see
Overview of Converting
and Exporting
(page 1405).
To import object colors using RGB (True Color) (page 409)
To maintain a link to external data when you import DGN files (page 409)
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