Hello everyone,
I have request from our customer for DXF files for their review our project. But, dgn files contains attached raster image (tiff) as reference, additionally border in the drawing is another dgn reference file. My question is - when I export this drawing to DXF format, will these references be present or they will disappear from dfx drawing? I don't have DXF Viewer installed on my computer to make sure file is correct, as expected. Thank you all in advanced!
DFX, or DXF?
If it is DXF, MicroStation is capable of opening DXF files. IYou can open and view them in AutoCAD or maybe a good AutoCAD viewer.
I have heard that AutoCAD can also open DFX files, so their viewer may also be able to.
The AutoCAD Viewer is free and available from https://viewer.autodesk.com/
MaryB
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Sorry, it is DXF file
Igor Soaltys said:I have request from our customer for DFX files
Does your customer want DFX or DXF?
DXF is an AutoDesk specification for Drawing Exchange Format. MicroStation and AutoCAD can read and write DXF files. I don't know what DFX is.
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Yes, I just opened this DXF file, and I can see all raster (tiff) is gone. :( Any solution how to convert it without losing references?
Igor Soaltys said: I just opened this DXF file, and I can see all raster (tiff) is gone
Does DXF support raster attachments (XREFs)? As it's AutoDesk's file format, you should first verify on an AutoDesk forum whether their product supports raster.
If the DXF specification does not support raster, then your customer can't expect a file exported from MicroStation to include those TIFF files.