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Table of contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 5
Introducing AX2019 ....................................................................................... 5
Overview ...................................................................................................... 5
What is the Best Format? ................................................................................ 6
Layers .......................................................................................................... 7
Installation ........................................................................................................ 8
Installation .................................................................................................... 8
Linux Installation ........................................................................................... 8
Linux Fonts ................................................................................................... 8
Windows Installation ...................................................................................... 8
Concepts ......................................................................................................... 10
Database Linkages ....................................................................................... 10
Automated Area Linkage .......................................................................... 10
Handle-based Automation ......................................................................... 10
Raster File Search Order ............................................................................... 11
Definitions .................................................................................................. 12
Operation ....................................................................................................... 13
Overview .................................................................................................... 13
Versions of AutoCAD ................................................................................... 13
DWG Versions ......................................................................................... 13
Processing .................................................................................................. 14
Operation ............................................................................................... 14
Command Line Usage .............................................................................. 15
Examples ................................................................................................ 16
Parameters .................................................................................................. 17
Input/Output Parameters .......................................................................... 18
Input File ............................................................................................ 18
Output File .......................................................................................... 19
Font Path ............................................................................................ 19
Output Format ..................................................................................... 19
Log File Name ..................................................................................... 20
License Path ........................................................................................ 20
Layer Table ......................................................................................... 21
Layers Off ........................................................................................... 21
Layers On ........................................................................................... 22
Part Off .............................................................................................. 22
Part On ............................................................................................... 22
Repository .......................................................................................... 22
Treat As ............................................................................................. 23
XPath ................................................................................................. 23
Output Formatting ................................................................................... 24
Create CSV File .................................................................................... 24
High Precision ..................................................................................... 24
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Line Weight Minimum ........................................................................... 25
Line Weight Scale ................................................................................. 25
Margin ................................................................................................ 25
NoExtents ........................................................................................... 26
No Text Scale ...................................................................................... 26
Orientation .......................................................................................... 26
Landscape ....................................................................................... 27
Portrait ........................................................................................... 27
Rotation .............................................................................................. 27
Save DWG ........................................................................................... 27
Units .................................................................................................. 28
Color Parameters ..................................................................................... 28
Background ......................................................................................... 28
Black and White ................................................................................... 29
Greyscale ............................................................................................ 29
Database Linkages ................................................................................... 30
Handle Based ...................................................................................... 31
Room Layer ........................................................................................ 31
Text Layer ........................................................................................... 31
Blank Attributes ................................................................................... 32
Font Parameters ...................................................................................... 32
Codepage ........................................................................................... 32
Default Font ........................................................................................ 33
Default Font Italic ................................................................................ 33
View and Size Processing .......................................................................... 33
Block Name ......................................................................................... 33
Drawing Size ....................................................................................... 34
Extents ............................................................................................... 34
Height ................................................................................................ 34
Layout Name ....................................................................................... 35
Size .................................................................................................... 35
Space Mode ......................................................................................... 35
View ................................................................................................... 36
Multiple View Conversion .................................................................. 37
All .............................................................................................. 38
Basic .......................................................................................... 39
NoLast ........................................................................................ 40
AllPaper ...................................................................................... 41
AllModel ..................................................................................... 42
LayoutsOnly ................................................................................ 43
ViewsOnly ................................................................................... 44
FirstLayout .................................................................................. 45
Width ................................................................................................. 45
PDF Only Parameters ............................................................................... 45
PDF Document Info .............................................................................. 45
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PDF Passwords .................................................................................... 45
Raster Parameters .................................................................................... 46
Autotrim ............................................................................................. 46
Raster Height ...................................................................................... 46
Raster Size .......................................................................................... 47
Raster Width ....................................................................................... 47
SVG Only Parameters ............................................................................... 48
Blocks ................................................................................................. 48
Break By Layer ..................................................................................... 48
Building .............................................................................................. 48
Floor .................................................................................................. 49
Thumbnail Line Weight Minimum .......................................................... 49
ThumbSize .......................................................................................... 49
Miscellaneous .......................................................................................... 49
History ............................................................................................... 49
Output List .......................................................................................... 50
Quiet .................................................................................................. 50
Parameter List ..................................................................................... 50
Technical Support ............................................................................................ 51
Contact ....................................................................................................... 51
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Introduction
Introducing AX2019
Tailor Made Software's® AutoXChange 2019™ (also known as AX2019) is a command-
line interface application designed to convert AutoCAD DWG, DXF and DWF and
MicroStation DGN format files into a wide variety of formats including Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG), Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), AutoDesk's Drawing Web
Format (DWF), JPEG, GIF, PNG and about 50 other formats. It supports any version of
AutoCAD up through AutoCAD 2019 and any recent version of MicroStation.
DXF is employed as the most-commonly used file format for transfer between CAD
systems. As such, almost all CAD systems can produce or read it. This support by a wide
range of CAD systems provides a mechanism for plot image-based file transfer from
almost all CAD systems to the supported output formats.
AutoXchange can be installed and utilized on any server that utilizes one of the following
operating systems:
·Microsoft Windows 10
·Microsoft Window 8 and 8.1
·Microsoft Windows 7
·Microsoft Windows Vista
·Microsoft Windows XP
·Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003 or 2008
·Microsoft Windows NT (4.0) or 2000
·Windows 95 or 98
·Red Hat Linux (v6.1 or later) or corresponding CentOS version
·Debian
AutoXChange 2019 should work on most Linux installations but has only been tested on
the systems mentioned
If need arises, AutoXChange can also be utilized via a scripting application to manually
convert single files or batches of files.
Overview
This User Guide provides information about the features and functions of AutoXChange
2019, an CAD format conversion application that assists in the rapid transformation of
AutoCAD-format drawing files into a large number of other formats.
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We have organized the contents of this help window into the topics you see in the
"Contents" column to the left. Click any of those links to learn more about AutoXChange
2019 and its uses.
What is the Best Format?
We are often asked what the best format is to use. Assuming there are no pre-determined
requirements, then the answer to this question can be one of the most important decisions
made in a project.
Obviously, if there are predetermined requirements, then the best format to use is the one
called for in those requirements, unless you can get them changed.
Raster vs. Vector
AutoXChange 2019 will convert to both raster and vector formats. In a raster (or bitmap)
format the image is comprised of a large grid of colored dots (called pixels, short for
"picture elements"). Since everything has been devolved into individual dots, all semblance
of intelligence is lost when converting to a bitmap. Another drawback of bitmaps is that they
either have to be very large or they lose detail very quickly. When you zoom in on a portion
of a bitmap image the dots get bigger, but the detail is not there. So instead of a nice
smooth circle, you will see a very jagged representation of a circle. As you continue to
zoom in more and more detail is lost.
In a vector format the image is comprised of geometrical elements like lines, circles, text
and line strings (called polylines). While, depending on the format, some intelligence may
be lost, the majority of intelligence is still present in the resulting image. A line is still a line,
not a series of dots. Tailor Made Software has always tried to maintain as much
intelligence as possible in the resulting drawing, so, unlike some of our competitors, text
remains text when we can, circles remain circles and don't become polylines, etc.
The main advantages of vector formats are size and resolution. As mentioned above, when
you zoom in on a raster you see grainier and grainier set of dots. When you zoom in on a
vector image you continue to see a smooth circle or line or whatever. You no longer have to
produce a huge drawing size just to maintain a reasonable degree of resolution like you do
in a bitmap.
Types of Vector Formats
The various vector formats have far fewer inherent advantages or disadvantages than the
various raster formats do. For raster formats most viewers will display a wide variety of
raster formats. For vector formats most systems will only display a few formats and may
really prefer one. Therefore the choice of which vector format to use is really determined by
the system that will use the resulting image, and not by any inherent advantage of one
format over another.
Are there differences? Sure, but they are not usually overwhelming. Uncompressed PDFs
or AI files are huge compared to other formats, but compressed PDFs are very reasonable
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in size. The same can be said for DWFs, although binary DWFs will be smaller than the
equivalent uncompressed PDF.
PDFs, and its PostScript-based cousins like Adobe Illustrator, do have one unusual quirk:
they do not have a circular arc or circle element. Instead all curves are made from Bezier
curves. Mathematically this makes things simple, but it does mean larger files with
elements that can be less precise than normal circular arcs (Beziers can approximate
circular arcs, but can also "wobble" a little in tracing the circular arc path).
Types of Bitmap Formats
Most AutoCAD drawings only have 256 colors defined in them. Therefore, using any format
that defines more than 256 colors is just wasting space. As a result JPEG, which uses
either 24 or 32-bits and allows the definition of millions of colors, is a very inefficient format
for rendering CAD drawings. GIF or PNG, both of which are 8 bit formats allowing 256
colors are great for color images of CAD drawings. Now that the UNISYS patent has
expired there is no real reason to use PNG instead of the more popular GIF.
However, if you do not need to retain colors, then the best raster format to use (if you can)
is TIFF Group IV . This format is a highly compressed format, but is only black and white.
Not all viewers will display TIFF files so you may be forced to use GIF instead.
A second reason not to use JPEG is due to how JPEG files are compressed. JPEG uses
what is known as "lossy compression". Basically it gets large file size reductions by tossing
out some colors and blurring areas together. This works great in multi-million color pictures
where the human eye can't really distinguish that many colors in such a small space. It
works very poorly for line drawings where black lines are "smudged" with large white areas
resulting in fuzzy grey lines. The only way to get around producing fuzzy JPEG drawings is
to create non-compressed JPEGs. However, the resulting file sizes are huge. There is no
good reason to use JPEG for CAD drawings (unless the customer requires them and you
can't change their mind) so stick to GIF or TIFF Group IV if you must use rasters.
Layers
For those formats such as DWF that support layers, AutoXChange 2019 will create a layer
for each layer in the DWG or DXF file that has visible items on it. If the layer does not have
anything visible on it, then no layer will be created. So, it is possible for the resulting file
to have fewer layers on it than in the original file.
AutoXChange will maintain the layer status defined in the original CAD file. So if a layer is
off in the original file then it will not appear in the converted file. Likewise if it is on in the
original file then it will appear in the converted fiile. The layer visibility state can be altered
via parameters (see Layer Table, Layer On and Layer Off).
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Installation
Installation
AutoXChange 2019 can be installed and used on a variety of systems including:
·Windows
·Red Hat Linux
AutoCAD fonts may need to be installed on the system. See "Fonts" for more information.
Linux Installation
AutoXChange 2019 for Linux is shipped as a tar.gz file. The executable is called
"ax2017_LBB_NN_MM_PP" (where BB is the type of Linux (32-bit or 64-bit), NN is the
major version number, MM is the medium version number and PP is the minor version
number - so AX2017 Linux 64-bit V1.00.06 would be ax2017_L64_01_00_06) but you can
rename it to whatever you want.
1. After downloading the executable file, transfer it to the directory of your choice.
2. Rename it if you want
3. You may desire to create a system wide link to this executable from
the /usr/system/bin or /usr/bin directories.
4. Uncompress the files using "tar -xvf ax2017_LBB_NN_MM_PP". This will unpack the
executable and the needed .so (dynamic system object, like a Windows DLL) files
AutoCAD fonts may need to be installed on the system. See " Fonts" for more information.
Linux Fonts
In order to use something other than the built-in stick font in AutoXChange 2019, you have
to have the TTF or SHX file on the system. TTF files on Windows are installed as part of the
operating system and should be loaded that way.
SHX fonts are imported from the directory pointed to by the ACAD environment variable. If
you have AutoCAD on the system then it should already be set up. Otherwise the SHX fonts
need to be put in a directory and the ACAD environment variable should be defined. Under
Windows it is defined under the control panel.
On Linux and UNIX it is defined using the “export” command. For instance: export
ACAD=”/usr/shxfonts/”. You can see if the environment variable is already set using the
“echo $ACAD” command.
Windows Installation
AutoXChange 2019 is usually shipped in a ZIP archive. This is because many companies
have virus scanning software that will not allow .exe file attachments. You will need to
extract the installation program from the Zip archive.
You will then locate and double-click the installer icon ("ax2017.exe").
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When the first Installer wizard appears, proceed through the wizard panes and do the
following:
1. Pick the destination directory for the AutoXChange 2019 software installation, if you
want to install the software in a directory other than the default.
2. Agree to the terms of the end-user license agreement.
3. Click Finish to conclude the installation.
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Concepts
The following describe some of the major concepts used in the development and/or operation of
AutoXChange 2019.
Database Linkages
One of the major abilities of AutoXChange 2019 is to allow the easy linkage between drawings and data.
Especially when using our CadVIewerJS viewer, AutoXchange can automate the creation of linkages based
on data in the drawing or use existing hyperlinks that have already been defined in the drawings.
Automated Area Linkage
Automated Area Linkage is based on the spatial relationship between area polygons (polygons that are
defined in the drawing to outline rooms or other types of areas on the drawing) and some sort of identifying
text or attribute that can act as the key to the database. By "spatial relationship" we mean that the text
(Room Name, Part Number, etc) is preferably physically inside, but at least the closest text to the center of
the room outline, on a given layer(s). Many Computer AIded Facilities Management (CAFM) drawings for use
with the major CAFM systems have been "polygonized" - polygons have been added on a given layer to
define the outline of the rooms.
Automated Area Linkage will automatically match the identifier (henceforth called "Room Name") with the
corresponding area outline (henceporth called "Room Polygon") and create a hyperlink that typically passes
the Room Name to a javascript function whenever the Room Polygon is clicked or hovered over. The exact
mechanism used has a default but usually is customized for each client.
The layer(s) for the Room Name is defined by the Text Layer (TL) parameter while the layer for the Room
Polygon is defined by the Room Layer (RL) parameter. As a result you may hear us use the term "RL/TL
Processing".
Handle-based Automation
Sometimes the key for the database file is either not present in the drawing or is actually the AutoCAD
Handle (the unique identifier that all AutoCAD entities have that remains the same throughout the life of the
drawing). For these drawings we do a variation on Automated Area Linkage where the Database Key is the
AutoCAD Handle and that is what is passed to the javascript (or other) function.
The layer for the area outline ("Room Polygon") is defined by the Room Layer (RL) parameter. In addition the
"HB" (Handle Based) parameter is used to denote Handle-based processing is being used. If the HB
parameter is not used and the Text Layer (TL) parameter is not defined (which would cause Automated Area
Linkage to be used instead) then nothing occurs.
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Raster File Search Order
Raster files (PNG, GIF, BMP, JPG, etc) will often have a path defined when they are referenced into the
AutoCAD drawing (here we are talking about external files that are referenced in the drawing, not raster
images that are placed into the AutoCAD file like OLE Objects). This path will often point to a place on the
user's file system that is not accessible if the AutoCAD drawing is moved to another system. Therefore most
times when AutoXChange 2019 is used any such reference file locations are not valid. Normally the
reference file location is the first place searched for the referenced files, however, the Repository parameter
controls whether or not the reference file location is searched. If the Repository parameter is used then the
reference file location will NOT be searched.
The search order for referenced raster files is:
1. Path listed in reference file name (unless the -REPOSITORY parameter is used)
2. Directory where program was executed
3. File with extension of .png in the Directory where Input File is located (overrides the actual file name)
4. Directory where Input File is located (without the PNG override above)
5. If the raster reference file name was a relative path, then using that relative path under the location of the
input file
A couple of those are not intuitvely obvious, so let's explain.
#3: Sometimes the referenced raster file (usually only occurs when the file is a strange TIFF variant) cannot
be loaded. In that case the raster file can be converted manually into a PNG file and placed in the same
directory as the input drawing (AutoCAD DWG/DXF file). AutoXChange 2019 will use this manually
converted PNG instead of trying to convert the source file (TIFF, etc).
#5: If the raster reference file path is a relative file, for instance, "./somedir/somefile.tif", then AutoXChange
will try to find the file relative to where the input AutoCAD file is located. For instance, if the input file is "c:
\mysamples\one.dwg" and the raster file is the above referenced "./somedir/somefile.tif", then #5 will try to
find "c:\mysamples\somedir\somefile.tif"
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Definitions
AutoCAD Handle The unique identifier that all AutoCAD entities have that remains the same
throughout the life of the drawing. Even if other entities are added or deleted and
the drawing is saved, the Handle persists through the life of drawing. The handle is
a 16 character Alphanumeric identifier.
Database Key The identifier that uniquely identifies data in a Database Table
Room Layer A layer (or layers) that define where area outlines can be found.
Text Layer A layer (or layers) that define where area identifiers (Room Name, etc) can be
found.
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Operation
Overview
AutoXChange 2019 is controlled via the use of an extensive set of command parameters.
The parameters are entered from the command line. The use of the command line is
detailed under " Operation".
Versions of AutoCAD
DWG Versions
AutoDesk does nto change the AutoCAD Drawing File Format nearly as frequently as it
releases new versions, at least recently. In the early days the DWG file format was
changing with pretty much every release, but while the format change for AutoCAD 2013, it
did not change again until AutoCAD 2018, despite yearly releases of the program. So the
same file format was used for AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2014, AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD
2016 and AutoCAD 2017. Similarly the format is identical for AutoCAD 2018 and
AutoCAD 2019.
It is easy to decipher what version of AutoCAD created a given drawing file. Open the file in
a text editor and look at the first six bytes (five in very early files) and match them to the
folowing list. For DXF files this tag is given by the $ACADVER variable in the header. For
instance, if the first five bytes are AC1.2 then it was created by the ancient (April 1983, so
more than 35 years ago) AutoCAD Version 1.2 (or maybe AutoCAD Version 1.3, things
get a little spotty back that far). If the first six bytes are AC1009 then it was created by either
AutoCAD Release 11 or AutoCAD Release 12 as they shared the same format version.
If the DWG Tag value is bold in the table that means the file format changed for that version.
Otherwise the file format stayed the same as in the previous version.
BTW: AutoXChange 2019 can support any version of DWG and DXF back to AutoCAD
2.5. The format changed greatly at that point and we know of no programs that support
older formats. However, that was June of 1986, so the likelihood of seeing a 33+ year old
AutoCAD Version 2.22 or before file is remote at best.
Name DWG tag
AutoCAD Version 1.0 MC0.0
AutoCAD Version 1.2 AC1.2
AutoCAD Version 1.3
AutoCAD Version 1.4 AC1.40
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AutoCAD Version 2.0
AutoCAD Version 2.05 AC1.50
AutoCAD Version 2.1 AC2.10
AutoCAD Version 2.21 AC2.21
AutoCAD Version 2.22 AC2.22
AC1001
AutoCAD Version 2.5 AC1002
AutoCAD Version 2.6 AC1002
AutoCAD Release 9 AC1004
AutoCAD Release 10 AC1006
AutoCAD Release 11 AC1009
AutoCAD Release 12 AC1009
AutoCAD Release 13 AC1012
AutoCAD Release 14 AC1014
AutoCAD 2000 AC1015
AutoCAD 2000i AC1015
AutoCAD 2002 AC1015
AutoCAD 2004 AC1018
AutoCAD 2005 AC1018
AutoCAD 2006 AC1018
AutoCAD 2007 AC1021
AutoCAD 2008 AC1021
AutoCAD 2009 AC1021
AutoCAD 2010 AC1024
AutoCAD 2011 AC1024
AutoCAD 2012 AC1024
AutoCAD 2013 AC1027
AutoCAD 2014 AC1027
AutoCAD 2015 AC1027
AutoCAD 2016 AC1027
AutoCAD 2017 AC1027
AutoCAD 2018 AC1032
AutoCAD 2019 AC1032
Processing
Operation
You can configure a process on your server that makes use of AutoXChange 2019 in two
ways:
1. process single files or collections of files in a single session
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2. use a kron-type application to run AutoXChange 2019 at set times to scan a
particular folder/directory and automatically convert all files loaded into this folder—
storing the converted images in a designated destination directory.
You should note down a list of files you want to convert, record the exact directory pathways
for source and destination directories, and have some idea of which custom parameters
you'd like to apply to the conversion process. (Complete information on the parameters can
be reviewed in "Command Parameters ").
The basic operation is:
1. Enter the command and all relevant parameters
2. Press Return/Enter to start the conversion process.
3. When the conversion is complete, the terminal window will display a status message.
4. Repeat this process to convert other files at this time.
Command Line Usage
The following is the basic AutoXChange 2019 command syntax:
AX2018 -i <INPUT FILE > -o <OUTPUT FILE> -f <FORMAT>
The main elements of every command are (1) the actions, and (2) any parameters that
affect the output.
All command parameters are preceded by a dash (-). Some parameters will be noted as
letters and others will be noted as numbers, while others (such as directory paths) will
follow the dash with a space and then a text string—as shown in the previous example.
Parameters and their values are separated by a space, not by an equal sign as in some
Tailor Made Software converters.
The actions in the above-noted example are indicated by the "-i", "-o" and the "-f", plus the
three placeholders—as detailed here:
<INPUT FILE> This placeholder should be replaced with the name of the input
(source) file—the .DWG or .DXF-format file you want converted. If the
input file is not in the same directory as AX2018, then either the full or
relative directory path must be entered—as shown here:
-i c:/MainDir/SourceDir/OrigFile.dwg
The -i is optional if this is the first parameter listed.
If there are any spaces in the file name, the file name must be
enclosed in quote marks (usually double quote marks on Windows
and single quote marks on Linux/UNIX).
<OUTPUT FILE> This should be the name of the output (resulting) file. If the output file
is not to be created in the same directory as AX2016, then the full
directory path of the destination directory must be entered—as
shown here:
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-o c:/MainDir/DestDir/NewFile.jpg
The -o is optional if this is the second parameter listed and the input
file was the first.
This parameter is optional. If not listed, the output file name will
default to the input file name with the proper extension for the output
type.
If there are any spaces in the file name, the file name must be
enclosed in quote marks (usually double quote marks on Windows
and single quote marks on Linux/UNIX).
<FORMAT> This specifies the format of the output file.
Examples
To customize the conversion of any output files, you can type additional parameters
following the "-o" entry. For example, you may want to customize output as detailed here:
-- Convert a .DWG file to SVG file for display in CadViewerJS:
ax2018 -i <SOURCE_FILE.DWG> -o <NEW_FILE.SVG> -f=SVG -last
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Parameters
Parameters
BBackground
BA Blank Attributes
BW Bi-tonal output (Black and White only)
BL Break By Layer
BLDG Building
BN BlockName
CP Codepage
CSV Create Data File (Comma Seperated Value or CSV)
DF Default Font
DI Default Font Italic
A or US Drawing Size
EN Encoding (Compression Type)
EXT Extents
FLR Floor
HP High Precision
HIS Program History
LAY Layout
LWMIN Line Weight Minimum
LW Line Width Scale
MA Margin
NOEXTENTS No Extents
NOTS No Text Scale
ORNT Orientation
OL Output List
VARIOUS PDF Document Information
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MP and UP PDF Passwords
QQuiet Mode (No messages output)
ROT Rotation
SAVEDWG Save as DWG
SP Drawing Space Mode
LWTMIN Thumbnail Line Weight Minimum
THUMBSIZE Thumbnail Size
TREATAS Treat As
UN Units
VW View
?Parameter List
Input/Output Parameters
Input/Output Parameters
IInput File/Directory Name
OOutput File/Directory Name
FOutput Format
FP Font Path
LOG Log File Name
LPATH License Path
LT Layer Table File Name
LOFF Layers Off
LON Layers On
PARTOFF Partial Layers Off
PARTON Partial Layers On
REPOSITORY Repository
XP External Reference Path
Input File
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PARAMETER i
Purpose This parameter defines the input file name.
Notes You can use wildcards to perform multiple file conversions. * will
match any remaining character(s). ? will match any given character.
Example -i "c:\temp files\my file.dwg"
-i c:\temp\*.dwg
Use With all graphic formats
Output File
PARAMETER o
Purpose This parameter defines the output file name.
Notes This parameter is ignored if wildcards were used in the input
file name .
Example -o my_output.dwf
Use With all graphic formats
Font Path
PARAMETER FONTPATH
Purpose This parameter allows the specification of an alternate location for the
font files. The default is to look for the font file in the same directory as
the executable followed by the directory where the input file is located.
Example -FP=c:\myfonts
Alias -FP
Use With all graphic formats
Output Format
PARAMETER f
Purpose This parameter defines the file type for the output file.
Example -f=SVG
Values SVG Simple Vector Graphics
PDF Portable Document Format
DWF Drawing Web Format *
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PLT HP-GL and HPGL/2 *
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification *
JPEG, JPG Joint Photographers Expert Group
PNG Portable Network Graphics
TIFF Tagged Input File Format
CCITT TIFF Group IV *
? List all output formats
Aliases -PDF -f=PDF
-DWF -f=DWF
-SVG -f=SVG
-JPG -f=JPG
-JPEG -f=JPG
-TIFF -f=TIF
-TIF -f=TIF
-GIF -f=GIF
Use With all graphic formats
* On Request
Log File Name
PARAMETER LOG
Purpose This parameter defines the log file name.
Notes If this parameter is omitted then messages will only be output to the
screen. If this parameter is defined then messages will be output to
both the screen (depending on the value of -q (quiet)) and to the log
file
Example -log="c:\temp files\my log.log"
Use With all graphic formats
License Path
PARAMETER LICENSE_PATH
Purpose This parameter allows the specification of an alternate location for the
License File. The default is to look for the license file in the same
directory as the executable followed by the directory where the input
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file is located. If a valid license is not found then the program runs in
demo mode.
Example -LPATH=c:\mystuff
Alias -LPATH
Use With all graphic formats
Layer Table
PARAMETER LT
Purpose This parameter defines the name for an external file with layer status
information. The format of the file is defined below.
Example -LT
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
Layer Table Format
Each section of the Layer Table Status File will start with a section definition line. The keyword will be
enclosed in brackets:
[ON] : Subsequent lines will define those layers to be on. All other layers will be off.
[OFF]: Subsequent lines will define those layers to be off. The All other layers will be on.
[FORCE ON]: Subsequent lines will define those layers to be on. The status of any other layers will not
be affected.
[FORCE OFF]: Subsequent lines will define those layers to be off. The status of any other layers will
not be affected.
"ON" and "OFF" cannot be used with any of the other commands. "Force ON" and "Force OFF" can
be used with each other, but cannot be used with either "ON" or "OFF".
Sample:
[ON]
0
Text
Offices
Layers Off
PARAMETER LAYERS_OFF
Purpose This parameter controls which Layers are off in the file. All other layers
will be on.
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Example -LOFF=0;LAY1;LAY2
Alias -LOFF
Use With all graphic formats
Layers On
PARAMETER LAYERS_ON
Purpose This parameter controls which Layers are on in the file. All other layers
will be off.
Example -LON=0;LAY1;LAY2
Alias -LON
Use With all graphic formats
Part Off
PARAMETER PART_OFF
Purpose This parameter controls which Layers are forecd off in the file. The
layers status of any layers not listed is unaffected.
Example -PARTOFF=0;LAY1;LAY2
Alias -PARTOFF
Use With all graphic formats
Part On
PARAMETER PART_ON
Purpose This parameter controls which Layers are forced on in the file. The
layers status of any layers not listed is unaffected.
Example -PARTON=0;LAY1;LAY2
Alias -PARTON
Use With all graphic formats
Repository
PARAMETER REPOSITORY
Purpose This parameter controls if original reference paths are used when
trying to find referenced raster files. See Raster File Search Order
Example -REPO
Alias -REPO
-RE
Use With all graphic formats
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Treat As
PARAMETER TREATAS
Purpose This parameter forces the converter to treat the input file as a particular
type of CAD drawing despite what the file extension might be. For
instance, a valid MicroStation file can have the extension .PCF instead
of the normal .DGN. Using -TreatAs=DGN forces the PCF file to be
processed as a DGN file.
Example -TREATAS=DGN
Values DGN - Treat as MicroStation Design file (DGN)
DWF - Treat as AutoCAD DWF file (usually for .W2D file)
DWG - Treat as AutoCAD DWG file (usually for .BAK file)
DXF - Treat as AutoCAD DXF file (for compleness)
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
XPath
PARAMETER XPATH
Purpose This parameter define an alternate path to search for orphaned x-
refs (x-refs where there normal path does not exist).
Example -xpath=c:\temp
Alias -XP
Use With all formats
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Output Formatting
Output Formatting Parameters
CSV Create Data File (Comma Seperated Value or CSV)
HP High Precision
LWMIN Line Weight Minimum
LW Line Width Scale
MA Margin
NOEXTENTS No Extents
NOTS No Text Scale
ORNT Orientation
ROT Rotation
SAVEDWG Save as DWG
UN Units
Create CSV File
PARAMETER CSV
Purpose This parameter forces the converter to create a comma seperate value
format file (CSV) containing an sequence number and text or attirubtes
from a drawing. This output is based on customer specifications so the
CSV processing is a custom feture for a given customer.
Example -CSV
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
High Precision
PARAMETER HP
Purpose This parameter defines whether High Precision mode is used for
DWF and PDF drawings.
For DWF files, normal precision mode the coordinates of the
drawing extend from 0,0 to 32000,32000. In high precision mode the
coordinates extend from 0,0 to 2000000,2000000. Medium
precision is treated as High precision for DWF files.
For PDF files, precision defines the number of places used to the
right of the decimal point. Low precision is none, medium is one and
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high is two. Since each unit in a PDF file is 1/72 of an inch (one
"point"), medium precision is accurate to 1/720th of an inch and high
precision to 1/7200 of an inch.
Notes High Precision should be used sparingly for DWF files. Normal
precision is usually more than adequate for display purposes and
High Precision results in much larger drawings. However, in some
applications where there is a need to see small details on very large,
complex drawings, then High Precision should be used.
On the other hand, low precision should be used sparingly for PDF
files. Accuracy to 1/72 of an inch is usually not sufficient for PDF files.
Values 0 -- Normal Precision Mode
1 -- Medium Precision Mode
2 -- High Precision Mode
Use DWF and PDF
Alias -LOW : Normal Precision
-MED[IUM] : Medium Precision
-HIGH : High Precision
-PREC
Line Weight Minimum
PARAMETER LWMIN
Purpose This parameter defines the minimum width to be used for normal
entities such as lines and polylines.
Example -lwmin .5
Use With all formats
Line Weight Scale
PARAMETER LW
Purpose This parameter defines a factor for scaling the width of lines and
polylines.
Example -lw 2.5
Use With all formats
Margin
PARAMETER MA
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Purpose This parameter defines the margin to leave aournd images in PDF and raster
formats.
Example -MA=5
Alias None
Use With PDF and all raster formats
NoExtents
PARAMETER NOEXTENTS
Purpose This parameter ensures the last saved dimensions of the current view (Model or
Paper space) are converted, not extents of the graphics in the current view. Very
little used parameter.
Example -NOEXTENTS
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
No Text Scale
PARAMETER NOTEXTSCALE
Purpose This parameter turns off scaling for text width. Normally text characters are narrower
than they are tall. Text scaling sets the width to be narrower. However, this will
increase the size of many formats and will slow processing. For instance, to scale a
SVG string the string must be translated to (0,0), scaled and then moved back to its
original point. Otherwise the scaling would be different depending on how far the text
string was from the origin.
Example -NOTEXTSCALE
Alias NOTS
Use With all graphic formats
Orientation
Orientation
PARAMETER ORNT
Purpose This parameter defines whether the output will be in landscape or
portrait orientation.
Values -1: Calculate best fit
0: Landscape
1: Portrait
Example -ORNT 1
Alias -R n
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-LANDSCAPE: -R 0
-PORTRAIT: -R 1
Use With all graphic formats
Landscape
PARAMETER LANDSCAPE
Purpose This parameter forces the output to be in landscape (horizontal)
orientation.
Example -landscape
Use With all graphic formats
Portrait
PARAMETER PORTRAIT
Purpose This parameter forces the output to be in portrait (vertical)
orientation.
Example -portrait
Use With all graphic formats
Rotation
PARAMETER ROT
Purpose This parameter defines the rotation to be applied to PDF and HPGL drawings
Example -ROT=90
Alias -RO
Use With PDF and HPGL output formats
Save DWG
PARAMETER SAVEDWG
Purpose This parameter forces the converter to save the intermediate file
created after the source file has been read. So, for instance, it would
be a DWG version of a DGN file. The output dwg file name will be the
normal output file name with the suffix ".dwg" appended. So, "test.dwg"
converted to PDF would result in a an intermediate file being created
as "test.pdf.dwg".
Example -SAVEDWG
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
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Units
PARAMETER UN
Purpose These parameters control the units defined in DWF drawings
Values IN: Inches
F: Feet
Y: Yards
MI: Miles (also MILE)
MM: Millimeters
CM: Centimeters
M: Meters (also MT, METER and METRE)
Note If only A or US is used, then Drawing Size Mode is ignored
Example -UN=IN
Alias
-INCH: -UN=IN
-INCHES -UN=IN
-FOOT -UN=F
-FEET -UN=F
-YARD -UN=Y
-YARDS -UN=Y
-MILE -UN=MI
-MILES -UN=MI
-MM -UN=MM
-METER -UN=M
-METRE -UN=M
-METERS -UN=M
-METRES -UN=M
Use With all graphic formats
Color Parameters
Color Parameters
BBackground
BW Black and White
GS Greyscale
Background
PARAMETER B or BAC[KGROUND]
Purpose This parameter defines whether the background of the output image
is black or white.
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Values 0: White (Default)
1: Black
2: Grey
White
Black
Grey/Gray
Examples -B 1
-B BLACK
Aliases -BLACK : same as -B 1
-WHITE : same as -B 0
-GREY: same as -B 2
Use With all graphic formats
Black and White
PARAMETER BW
Purpose This parameter selects Black and White only mode. Output will be
Black on a White background
Example -BW
Values 1 or nothing Black and White only
0 Normal Color mode
Default 0 - Normal color mode
Alias -MONO (for "Monochrome")
Use All formats
Greyscale
PARAMETER GREYSCALE
Purpose This parameter selects Black and White only mode. Output will be
Black on a White background
Example -GS
Alternate
Spelling -GREYSCALE
-GRAYSCALE
Default 0 - Normal color mode
Alias -GS
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Database Parameters
HB Handle Based
RL Room Layer
TL Text Layer
BA Blank Attributes
Handle Based
PARAMETER HANDLE BASED
Purpose This parameter specifies that Handle Based Database Linkages are
to be created. The Room Layer (-RL) parameter must be used to
define the Room Polygons and the Text Layer (-TL) parameter must
NOT be used. If TL is defined then an error is output and nothing
happens.
Example -HB
Alias -HB
Use With SVG Only
Room Layer
PARAMETER ROOM LAYER
Purpose This parameter specifies the "Room Layer" for either Automated Area
Linkage or Handle Based Database Linkages to be created. While it
is called "Room" layer, it is actually any layer where closed polygons
are used to define areas to be used for database linkages.
For Automated Area Linkage the Text Layer (-TL) parameter is used to
define the layer to search for Room/Area Names. The Handle Based (-
HB) parameter must NOT be used.
For Handle Based Database Linkages the Handle Based (-HB)
parameter must be used to specify the mode and the Text Layer (-TL)
parameter must NOT be used. If TL is defined then an error is output
and nothing happens.
Example -RL=RM$
Alias -RL
Use With SVG Only
Text Layer
PARAMETER TEXT LAYER
Purpose This parameter specifies the "Text Layer" for Automated Area Linkage
to be created. It is used to define the layer to search for Room/Area
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Names
For Automated Area Linkage the Room Layer (-RL) parameter must
be used to define the layers to search for room outlines. The Handle
Based (-HB) parameter must NOT be used.
Text Layer must NOT be used for Handle Based Database Linkages. If
HB and TL are both defined then an error is output and nothing
happens.
Example -TL=RM$TXT
Alias -TL
Use With SVG Only
Blank Attributes
PARAMETER BLANKATTRIBUTES
Purpose This parameter allows the definition of blank attributes (attributes
that have no text) in the SVG file. Normally blank attributes are
suppressed, but since attributes can be overwritten usign
CadViewerJS, maintaining blank attributes allows those attributes
to be updated on-the-fly.
Example -BATTR
Alias -BATTR
-BA
Use SVG
Font Parameters
Font Parameters
CP Codepage
DF Default Font
DI Default Font Italic
Codepage
PARAMETER CODEPAGE
Purpose This parameter allows the specification of a different code page to be
used for font defintions. The default is the standard Widnows Code
Page CP1252.
Example -CODEPAGE=CP1250
Alias -CP
Use With all graphic formats
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Default Font
PARAMETER FONT
Purpose This parameter controls which font is used when the original font is not
recognized.
Example -FONT=arial
Alias -DF
Use With all graphic formats
Default Font Italic
PARAMETER ITALIC
Purpose This parameter controls which font is used when the original italic font
is not recognized.
Example -ITALIC=arial
Alias -DI
Use With all graphic formats
View and Size Processing
View and Size Processing Parameters
BN BlockName
A or US Drawing Size
EXTENTS Extents
HEIGHT Height
LAY Layout Name
SIZE Size
SP Drawing Space Mode
VW View
WIDTH Width
Block Name
PARAMETER BLOCKNAME
Purpose If the block named by this parameter is processed, then the AutoCAD
Handle is output on the SVG Group (<g>) command using the tag
"cvjs:handle".
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Example -BN=THISBLOCK
Alias -BN
Use SVG Only
Drawing Size
PARAMETER A or US
Purpose These parameters control the output drawing size for PDF documents.
Values A: 0: A0 to 5: A5
US: A: ANSI A to E: ANSI E
Note If only A or US is used, then Drawing Size Mode is ignored
Example -A=2
Alias
-A0: DIN A0
-A1: DIN A1
-A2: DIN A2
-A3: DIN A3
-A4: DIN A4
-A5: DIN A5
-UA: ANSI A
-UB: ANSI B
-UC: ANSI C
-UD: ANSI D
-UE: ANSI E
Use With all graphic formats
Extents
PARAMETER EXTENTS
Purpose This parameter forces the entire extents (all of the graphics) in
the current "space" (Model Space or Paper Space) to be
converted, not just the graphics in the current view.
Example -EXTENTS
Alias None
Use With all graphic formats
Height
PARAMETER HEIGHT
Purpose This parameter sets the height of the output drawing. The size is given
in the default units of the output format (pixels for SVG and points
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(1/72nd of an inch) for PDF).
Example -HEIGHT 792
Alias -HGT
Use With all graphic formats
Note The drawing width is not affected
Layout Name
PARAMETER LAY
Purpose This parameter controls which Paperspace Layout is converted. The
default is "Layout1".
Notes The Layout must exist in the drawing or nothing will be converted and
an error message will be output. If a Layout Name is listed,
Paperspace Mode will be automatically selected.
Example -LAY=Layout30
Alias -LAYOUT
Use With all graphic formats
Size
PARAMETER SIZE
Purpose This parameter sets both the height and the wdith of the output drawing
to the same value. The size is given in the default units of the output
format (pixels for SVG and points (1/72nd of an inch) for PDF).
Example -SIZE 792
Alias -SZ
Use With all graphic formats
Space Mode
PARAMETER SP[ACE]
Purpose This parameter controls whether the Paperspace or Modelspace
portion of the AutoCAD drawing is converted.
Values 0 -- Last Saved View
1 -- Modelspace
2 -- Paperspace
L[AST] -- Last Saved View
M[ODEL] -- Modelspace
P[APER] -- Paperspace
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Note If Layout Name (-L) is used, then Space Mode is ignored. If Space
Mode is set to Paperspace without using the Layout Name command,
then "Layout1" is used as the Layout Name.
Example -SP=1
-SP=M
Alias -LAST -- Last Saved View
-MODEL -- Modelspace
-PAPER -- Paperspace
Use With all graphic formats
View
PARAMETER VIEW
Purpose This parameter controls which Modelspace View is converted.
Notes The View must exist in the drawing or nothing will be converted and an
error message will be output
Example -VIEW=Model1
Alias -VN
Use With all graphic formats
The following define the modes for the multiple view conversions:
VIEW NAME
COMMAND PARAMETER
ALIAS
-VN=*ALL* -all Convert all views including ModelSpace, PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpaceViews plus Paperspace
default and Last Saved View
-VN=*BASIC* -basic Convert all views except ModelSpace, so PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpace Views
-VN=*NOLAST* -nolast Convert all views including ModelSpace, PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpace Views plus Paperspace
default but not Last Saved View
-VN=*ALLPAPER* -allpaper Converts all PaperSpace Layouts plus PaperSpace
default
-VN=*ALLMODEL* -allmodel Converts all ModelSpace Views plus ModelSpace
-VN=*VIEWSONLY* -viewsonly Converts all ModelSpace Views but not ModelSpace
-VN=*LAYOUTSONLY* -layoutsonly Converts all PaperSpace Layouts but not PaperSpace
default
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-VN=*FIRSTLAYOUT* -firstlayout Converts the first PaperSpace Layout only
Multiple View Conversion
The following define the modes for the multiple view conversions:
VIEW NAME COMMAND PARAMETER ALIAS
-VN=*ALL* -all Convert all views including
ModelSpace, PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpaceViews
plus Paperspace default and Last
Saved View
-VN=*BASIC* -basic Convert all views except
ModelSpace, so PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpace Views
-VN=*NOLAST* -nolast Convert all views including
ModelSpace, PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpace Views
plus Paperspace default but not
Last Saved View
-VN=*ALLPAPER* -allpaper Converts all PaperSpace Layouts
plus PaperSpace default
-VN=*ALLMODEL* -allmodel Converts all ModelSpace Views
plus ModelSpace
-VN=*VIEWSONLY* -viewsonly Converts all ModelSpace Views
but not ModelSpace
-VN=*LAYOUTSONLY* -layoutsonly Converts all PaperSpace Layouts
but not PaperSpace default
-VN=*FIRSTLAYOUT" -firstlayout Converts the first PaperSpace
Layout only
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All
PARAMETER ALL
Purpose This parameter forces all views including ModelSpace, PaperSpace
Layouts and ModelSpaceViews plus Paperspace default and Last
Saved View to be converted.
Example -all
Alias -VN=*ALL*
Use With all graphic formats
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Basic
PARAMETER BASIC
Purpose This parameter forces conversion of all views except ModelSpace, so
PaperSpace Layouts and ModelSpace Views are converted.
Example -basic
Alias -VN=*BASIC*
Use With all graphic formats
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NoLast
PARAMETER NOLAST
Purpose This parameter forces conversion of all views including ModelSpace,
PaperSpace Layouts and ModelSpace Views plus Paperspace
default but not Last Saved View.
Example -nolast
Alias -VN=*NOLAST*
Use With all graphic formats
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AllPaper
PARAMETER ALLPAPER
Purpose This parameter forces all PaperSpace Layouts plus PaperSpace
default to be converted.
Example -allpaper
Alias -VN=*ALLPAPER*
Use With all graphic formats
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AllModel
PARAMETER ALLMODEL
Purpose This parameter forces all ModelSpace Views plus ModelSpace
default to be converted.
Example -allmodel
Alias -VN=*ALLMODEL*
Use With all graphic formats
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LayoutsOnly
PARAMETER LAYOUTSONLY
Purpose This parameter forces all PaperSpace Layouts but not PaperSpace default
to be converted.
Example -layoutsonly
Alias -VN=*LAYOUTSONLY*
Use With all graphic formats
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ViewsOnly
PARAMETER VIEWSONLY
Purpose This parameter forces all ModelSpace Views but not ModelSpace
default to be converted.
Example -viewsonly
Alias -VN=*VIEWSONLY*
Use With all graphic formats
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FirstLayout
PARAMETER FIRSTLAYOUT
Purpose This parameter converts the first PaperSpace Layout only.
Example -first
Alias -VN=*FIRSTLAYOUT*
Use With all graphic formats
Width
PARAMETER WIDTH
Purpose This parameter sets the width of the output drawing. The size is given
in the default units of the output format (pixels for SVG and points
(1/72nd of an inch) for PDF).
Example -WIDTH 792
Alias -WID
Use With all graphic formats
Note The drawing height is not affected.
PDF Only Parameters
PDF Only Parameters
VARIOUS PDF Document Information
MP and UP PDF Passwords
PDF Document Info
PARAMETER Various
Purpose These parameters define information that is placed in the PDF
Document Summary. Each of the parameters is a text string that
defines the corresponding information in the document.
AUTHOR Defines the document author
SUBJECT Defines the document subject
KEYWORDS Defines the document keywords
TITLE Defines the document title
Use PDF Only
PDF Passwords
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PARAMETER Various
Purpose These parameters define the Master and User Passwords for the PDF
document.
UP Defines the document User password
MP Defines the document Master password
Use PDF Only
Raster Parameters
The following parameters are just used when converting to raster formats like JPEG, GIF,
PNG and TIFF.
AU Input File/Directory Name
RHT Raster Height
RSZ Raster Size
RWD Raster Width
Autotrim
PARAMETER AU
Purpose Defines whether raster images should be trimmed of excess "white
space" or not. If Autotrim is on any white area around the drawing
image will be trimmed from the image. For instance, if there is a 10
pixel white border around a 200 by 300 image then the resulting
image will be 180 by 280. The rest of the image is not modified in
any way.
Values None
If the parameter is present then the image is trimmed. If the
parameter is not used, then the image is not trimmed
Examples -AU
Use With all raster formats
Raster Height
PARAMETER RHT
Purpose This parameter defines the height in pixels of the output raster image.
Example -RHT=2500
Use With all raster formats
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Raster Size
PARAMETER RSZ
Purpose This parameter defines both the height and the width in pixels of the
output raster image.
Example -RSZ=5000
Use With all raster formats
Raster Width
PARAMETER RWD
Purpose This parameter defines the width in pixels of the output raster image.
Example -RWD=4500
Use With all raster formats
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SVG Only Parameters
SVG Only Parameters
BLOCKS Blocks
BL Break By Layer
BLDG Building
FLR Floor
LWTMIN Thumbnail Line Weight Minimum
THUMBSIZE Thumbnail Size
Blocks
PARAMETER BLOCKS
Purpose This parameter controls whether blocks are created in the SVG file (as
group codes) or whether a "flat" file is created with no block structure.
Example -BLOCKS=IGNORE
Values Ignore/Off/No : Turns off block creation
On/Yes/"Blank": Turns on block creation (Default)
Alias None
Use SVG Only
Break By Layer
PARAMETER BL
Purpose This parameter forces the converter to output each AutoCAD Layer as
a seperate output file. The files are all defined in the same definition
space and, if overlaid, will form a composite drawing equivalent to the
drawing created if this parameter is not used.
Example -BL
Alias None
Use With SVG Only
Building
PARAMETER BUILDING
Purpose This parameter allows the specification of the name of the Building.
This is an informational only field that is added to the Metadata area of
the SVG file.
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Example -BLDG="New Office Building"
Alias -BLDG
Use SVG Only
Floor
PARAMETER FLOOR
Purpose This parameter allows the specification of the name of the Floor in the
Building. This is an informational only field that is added to the
Metadata area of the SVG file.
Example -FLR="4th Floor"
Alias -FLR
Use SVG Only
Thumbnail Line Weight Minimum
PARAMETER LWTMIN
Purpose This parameter defines the minimum width to be used for entities in
the Thumbnail file.
Example -lwtmin .5
Use SVG Only
ThumbSize
PARAMETER THUMBSIZE
Purpose This parameter defines the threshold to be included in Thumbnail file
Example -THUMBSIZE=2
Use With SVG Only
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Parameters
HIS Program History
OL Output List
QQuiet Mode (No messages output)
?Parameter List
History
PARAMETER HIS[TORY]
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Purpose This parameter lists the various versions of AutoXChange 2019
and major items that changed with each version. This is a purely
informational parameter
Example -his
Note If this parameter is used all other parameters are ignored and the
program execution will stop after the history is given.
Output List
PARAMETER OL
Purpose This parameter defines whether to produce an Output File List.
If the list is produced AutoXChange 2019 will terminate after
the list is complete. The list will contain the names of the files
that would be produced if the conversion were run to
completion but the files will NOT actually be created.
Values None
Example -OL
Use With all graphic formats
Quiet
PARAMETER q
Purpose This parameter controls whether messages are output to the
screen or not.
Example -q
Default Off - all messages output to the screen
Use With all graphic formats
Parameter List
PARAMETER ?
Purpose This parameter lists all of the parameters that are valid for
AutoXChange 2019. This is a purely informational parameter
Example -?
Note If this parameter is used all other parameters are ignored and the
program execution will stop after the parameter list is given.
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Technical Support
Contact
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