CLI Reference Guide

Importing or Drawing Floor Details 111
Importing a Drawing
of a Floor
You can import a drawing of your floor plan into 3WXM. 3WXM
supports the following file types:
 AutoCAD drawing (DWG), a native binary format used by AutoCAD.
You can import the following versions: R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if
available.
 Drawing Interchange Format (DXF), an ASCII-based interchange
format used for multi-vendor interoperability. You can import the
following versions: R12, R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if available.
 Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) (.gif)
 Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) (.jpeg, .jpg)
3WXM cannot import files in Visio format. However, you can export a
Visio file to a DXF or JPG file, then import that file into 3WXM.
You can also draw a floor plan in 3WXM if you do not have a drawing of
your floor in one of the supported file formats.
File Recommendations
For optimal results, use a DWG or DXF drawing. These types of drawings
are made of vector graphics line objects (lines), which you can easily
convert into RF obstacles after importing the drawing into 3WXM. In
addition, the drawing objects are usually grouped together and
organized by layers, enabling the display and manipulation of similar
objects such as walls, doors, and windows.
Drawings in DFX format sometimes import more easily into 3WXM.
However, 3Com recommends that you obtain copies of the drawing in
both DWG and DXF formats if possible, so that you can try the other
format if the first format you try does not import easily.
A GIF or JPG file is a raster graphics file (a screenshot or background
image), which is not made of lines. To add RF obstacle information, you
must manually draw the obstacles on top of the image.
For optimal performance, use files that are around 1 MB in size or less. (A
DXF file is generally about 3 times the size of a DWG file for the same
drawing.)
You can reduce the file size for a drawing by pruning unneeded
information from the drawing, as described below.