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3. Enter the Faceting Factor (the value must be greater than 0). The higher the value, the more
NavisWorks will facet rounded entities and therefore the smoother they will appear. See Faceting
Factor for more information.
4. Enter the Max Facet Deviation. This will facet entities to within the specified tolerance. See Max
Facet Deviation for more information.
5. Select the Convert Hidden Items check box if you want to read hidden entities from the .dgn file.
They will be converted but hidden in NavisWorks.
6. Select the Show Hidden Items check box if you want to show all entities in the .dgn file whether they
are set as hidden or not. This option will only work if Convert Hidden Items is also selected.
7. Select the Convert Lines and Arcs check box if you want to read lines, splines, curves, arcs, circles
or ellipses from the .dgn file.
8. Select the Merge Lines and Arcs check box if you want to reduce the complexity of the model as
seen in the selection tree by interpreting adjoining lines etc. with the same color, level and parent as
a single item. Clear this check box if you want to leave these elements as separate items in
NavisWorks.
9. Select the Convert Text check box if you want to read text from the .dgn file. Text will be converted
into smart tags in NavisWorks.
10. Enter the Shape Merge Threshold into the box. See Shape Merge Threshold for more information
on Shape Merge Threshold.
11. Select the Convert References check box if you want to read reference files from the .dgn file.
12. Select the Ignore Unres. References check box if you want to ignore unresolved reference files
from the .dgn file. If this check box is cleared, then you will be presented with a dialog to find any
unresolved reference files at a run time.
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