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2003-11-04 06:15 PM
Thomas wrote:XML can be crated in any text editor. Simply by saving it with the extention .XML.
The key is of course the font conversion table.
What Graphisoft should do is to let users set up a tab-delimited text file table (easy in Excel, or any text editor) with the required data and make Archicad read that instead of the XML one.
The XML format lets you do many things, but it's not easy to create without dedicated tools.
Djordje, should I cross-post this one in the wishes section?
2003-11-04 06:49 PM
afpina wrote:No.
In this case, If I understand it rigth I'll have to have an Autocad licence to correctly convert to dxf or dwg?
Now, obviously when someone in any kind of different activitie asks me for a dwg , and since I don't own a copy of autocad, I don't see myself spending hours, asking that person to make a template, and send it to me so maybe I can get my files right for him to see them.That person SHOULD send you his average AutoCAD file, WITH the fonts (eTransmit in AutoCAD 2000 and newer, Pack and go before) if he wants to get anything like what he does. That is true even in AutoCAD-AutoCAD translation. Oh yes, there is such a thing!
Either archicad is dwg compatible (standalone) or is not. I need of course font-font conversion.It is
2003-11-04 10:34 PM
Djordje wrote:Let me throw some fuel on the fire, because this is a topic that I have never figured out to my satisfaction and I don't think I'm alone.
That person SHOULD send you his average AutoCAD file, WITH the fonts (eTransmit in AutoCAD 2000 and newer, Pack and go before) if he wants to get anything like what he does. That is true even in AutoCAD-AutoCAD translation. Oh yes, there is such a thing!
2003-11-05 08:54 PM
Karl wrote:Yes it is. Users don't do it. Volo View AFAIK does not use True Type.
1. Is it not possible for AutoCAD to use TrueType fonts?
2. If it is possible, why don't our AC fonts go across as we have used them? If it is not possible, then how will it ever be possible to truly exchange documents via dwg?Because they are not on the recipient's machine, that's why. If the True Type is not there, it cannot be displayed, and therefore your drawing is ... not censored , but not looking properly.
2003-11-06 06:45 AM
Djordje wrote:Thanks, Djordje. So, VoloView is part of the problem when I examine the dwg's on my machine (which of course has the fonts) before sending them... perhaps the fonts really are referenced in the dwg.
Volo View AFAIK does not use True Type.
Forget using any fancy font if the DWG is going to the consultant(s) - Arial, preferably narrow, that's it.
2. If it is possible, why don't our AC fonts go across as we have used them? If it is not possible, then how will it ever be possible to truly exchange documents via dwg?Because they are not on the recipient's machine, that's why. If the True Type is not there, it cannot be displayed, and therefore your drawing is ... not censored , but not looking properly.
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