DWG/DXF Options

Click Tools > Options > DXF/DWG to access DWG/DXF options.

The DWG/DXF Options command allows you to save your CC3 drawing to a specific version of AutoCAD’s native DWG or DXF file formats. When you use the Save As command to save to a DXF or DWG format, it will save to version you specify here. The option you select is saved in the registry, so it will persist in future CC3 sessions.

To set the AutoCAD® SAVEAS version, click to expand the drop list, select the desired version, then choose the OK button.

By default, CC3 saves to the AutoCAD release 11, 12 or LT file format specifications. This version offers the most versatility since newer releases of AutoCAD can successfully import this drawing format. However, you can specifically direct the output to release 13 or release 14 file formats. AutoCAD releases earlier than 11 are typically not in use, but CC3 gives you the option to saving to release 2.5, 2.6, 9, and 10 specifications.

Expand specified extents by 1% to insure all edge-bounding lines are received by the receiving program.

Check this option if edge entities are not displaying properly (i.e., they are not visible) after importing into another program. This instance may occur when your image is brought in as DXF clip-art to a non-CAD application.

Explode dimensions for exact visual similarity to the original drawing.

Check this option to explode dimensions to component text, lines, arcs, polys, etc

Optimize text width scaling based on the assumption that text originated in CC3

Whether a drawing’s text entities were created in CC3 or another CAD program can have some effect on appearance characteristics after conversion. This is primarily due to basic construct and presentation differences between Windows True Type fonts (as CC3 uses) and true vector-generated fonts. By default, this option is set to convert text that was originated in AutoCAD.

Text equivalent: ACADOPT