In this tab you specify the special settings for DXF / DWG import.

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Initial directory:

Specify the initial directory for the import here or click to select it interactively.

You can use the Insert path variable popup menu item to branch to the dialog Select path variable where you can select one of the available path variables.

Assignment to EPLAN pages:

DXF / DWG files are sorted in the order they are transferred from the file selection window. You can change this order under the Numeric or Alphanumeric options:

• Numeric: The files will be numerically sorted according to file name. All files with names that are not numeric will be attached in alphanumeric order to the numerical sorting.
• Alphanumeric: DXF / DWG files will be sorted alphanumerically (ASCII) according to the file name.

Generate pages:

Specify the following in this group box:

• Start page: In this field you select the page number under which the imported page should be created in the project page navigator, minimum is 1 and maximum is 99,999.
• Increment: If you import more than one file you can specify the increment for the page numbering here.

Ignore frozen layers:

With this check box you control the behavior of the import if the DXF / DWG file to be imported contains layers that have the "Frozen" setting in AutoCAD. In AutoCAD the elements on these layers are invisible and cannot be edited.

If the check box is activated, elements are not imported to these layers.

If the check box is deactivated, the elements on the frozen layers are imported, but the associated layers are invisible by default in EPLAN and are blocked for editing.

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Scaling group box

The additional settings in this group box allow you to influence the drawing size when importing:

Scaling dialog:

If you would like to revise the automatically determined drawing limits, select this option. The Specify drawing limits group box will open and you will have to specify the default parameters for determining the drawing limits. The following options are available:

• Based on drawing header: The drawing limits are taken from the drawing header.
• Based on drawing coordinates: The coordinates from the entire drawing are checked whereby the smallest and largest coordinates found are automatically used as the drawing limits.
• Based on largest drawing element: The drawing limits are taken from the drawing header. Then the coordinates for the entire drawing are checked and the values from the largest drawing elements are automatically used.

Fixed scaling:

Select this option if the automatic correction should be based on the values specified in the following fields:

• Horizontal / vertical scaling: In these fields, you define the horizontal and vertical scaling factors for the drawing. Enter the desired decimal value here, the default is "1".
• Horizontal / vertical position: In these fields, you define the coordinates of the lower left corner of the drawing. Enter the desired decimal value here, the default is "0.00".

Adapt page scale:

Activate this check box if you want to import DXF / DWG diagrams with very large extensions (hall layouts, site plans, etc.). The DXF / DWG import is adapted as follows so that correct line thicknesses and dimensions can be generated at such drawings:

• The drawings are imported without scaling in a scale of 1:1.
• The drawing contents is centered in the EPLAN plot frame after the import.
• The page scale of the generated EPLAN page is adapted automatically to the drawing size.

See also

Dialog Settings: DXF / DWG export and import

Dialog Import formatting