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DGN to DWG Conversion Table
NotesAutoCADMicroStation
For the correct display of linetypes, the Micro-
Station .rsc (resource file) that is referenced
LinetypesLine Styles
by the DGN file must be available on your
computer in a valid AutoCAD Support File
search path when you import or attach the
DGN file.
Dynamically scaled line styles (Standard DGN
Line Styles 1-7) are converted into fixed-scale
linetypes. The resulting linetypes take into
account the current zoom factor in a view in
the DGN file when they are imported or at-
tached as a DGN file into AutoCAD.
NOTE To import standard V7 line styles cor-
rectly, you must “Fit View” and “Save Set-
tings” in MicroStation first.
Cells are converted into blocks. Tags that are
associated with cells are converted into con-
stant-mode block attributes.
BlocksCells
Missing SHX text fonts are converted into the
AutoCAD text font specified in the FONTALT
Single-line Text
Objects, Multiline
Text Elements,
Text Styles
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
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