topic Re: DXF Import Shifts Text in Collaboration with other software

DXF Import Shifts Text

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:02:45 GMT

After importing a DXF drawing, all the text seems to have shifted up slightly, as if the import is changing the original center of the text to be anchored at the bottom. (In the attached picture, the gridline numbers/letters are centered in the circles in the original.)

Any thoughts on how to keep the text as it is in the original? Thanks!

Re: DXF Import Shifts Text

Erika Epstein — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:50:30 GMT

Some fonts in archicad sit 'high'. Would mapping the font in the dxf translator to one that behaves as you want work for you?

Re: DXF Import Shifts Text

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:02:44 GMT

You'll need to choose another font and in Mac we have it worse since it depends on the font and the tool. Same font different tool (Dim, Grid or Title) and different results. Then you upgrade your OS and you have to verify again that they have not moved.

Re: DXF Import Shifts Text

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:26:00 GMT

Thank you, Erika & Eduardo. I have been trying to do this with a drawing "Merge" process, which doesn't allow me to choose a target font, or at least I haven't figured out how to do this. I can get the translator with a "File Open", and will have to play around with this.

I guess the original DXF file is using a RomanS.shx, or something like this. What's kind of maddening is that I can bring the file into Chief Architect just perfectly, and text doesn't move, and converts perfectly to Arial automatically.