
Exporting DXF files

The following are not exported to dxf files.

Text
Colors and patterns
Line thicknesses
Line types (dotted line, dashed line etc)
Dimension lines


Arcs are exported as a series of very short lines. These will appear and print as arcs when imported.

Layers and layer names are exported. The base layer is exported as layer "0".


Importing DXF Files

The DXF file will be imported into the layer above the highest layer currently in use. Therefore if you are only using the Base layer, the imported DXF file will be imported into Layer 1.

The following are not imported in dxf files.

Text
Colors and patterns
Line thicknesses
Line types (dotted line, dashed line etc)

Arcs are imported as a series of very short lines. These will appear and print as arcs.

Layers are imported as separate layers. The first layer will be imported into the layer above the highest layer currently in use. Therefore if you are only using the Base layer, the imported DXF file will be imported from Layer 1. If the DXF file is multi-layered the layers will be imported separately into successive Ez-Architect layers. If the  imported file has more than 9 layers, layers 10 and higher will be merged with the ninth layer.

Scale
The scale of the original diagram is not included in the DXF data. The file will be imported at a size  that displays comfortably in the Ez-Architect window. The DXF data will be displayed as one grouped object. However if the dxf file is multi-layered the layers will be displayed as separate objects in each different layer. 


To adjust the size of the diagram with the mouse while maintaining the vertical and horizontal ratio of the diagram, follow these instructions.

1. Draw a square (hold down the Shift key while drawing with the Rectangle tool) around the entire diagram.
2. Choose "Select All" from the "Edit" menu to select the square and the diagram.
3. Choose "Group" from the "Arrange" menu to group the square and the diagram into one object.
4. Select the "Mouse Pointer" tool.
5. Adjust the size of the square by moving the bottom right handle with the mouse while  holding down the Shift key.

To restore the diagram to the original scale you need to have a section of the diagram which you know the correct length of. Then you just need to draw a line of that length in Ez-Architect and adjust the size of the diagram until the section whose length you know, is the same length as that line.

