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DGN to DWG Conversion Table
NotesAutoCADMicroStation
system variable. The acad.fmp file can be used
to map SHX text fonts to DGN text fonts.
TrueType fonts and SHX fonts in AutoCAD
are exported to MicroStation V7 as Engineer-
ing. This can result in many visual differences.
Text Objects,
Text Styles
Cells that represent tables in DGN are impor-
ted as blocks.
TablesTables
The size, spacing, style, and shape of dimen-
sions may vary slightly. Dimension associativ-
Dimensions, Di-
mension Styles
Dimensions, Di-
mension Styles
ity is maintained whenever possible, and the
correct dimension values are always main-
tained.
In general, fields are translated as static text.
The exceptions are fields that behave
FieldsFields
identically in both products. This includes the
Date fields CreateDate, SaveDate, and Plot-
Date, and the Document property fields Au-
thor, Filename, and Filesize.
Fields are converted to text when “Explode
Text Nodes to Text Elements” is checked in
the Import DGN Settings dialog box.
These image file types: .bmp, .cal, .tif, .png,
.tga, .jpg, .pcx, .gif, .rlc, .bil, and .pct are sup-
ported. All other image file types are not.
Raster ImagesRaster Images
.dwg and .dgn file types are supported. Other
non-DGN file types such as .cel, .h, .s, .d, .rdl,
and .cgm are also supported.
DWG ReferencesDGN References
The selected design model in a DGN file is
converted into a DWG file.
DWG ModelDGN Design Mod-
el
Only the sheet models that reference the
primary design model are imported. DGN
DWG LayoutDGN Sheet Model
sheet models are translated as layouts in a
DWG file.
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