Dialog: DXF-Element

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Dialog: DXF-Element

DXF-Element

A DXF-Element is an element that you add to the Assembly-Tree when you do File menu > Open > File of type : DXF

One DXF element in the Assembly-Tree is a container for one DXF-Drawing.

You can edit the DXF-Element in the Assembly-Tree to:

Link the DXF-Element to a different DXF-Drawing.

Apply different Linear Units to the DXF-Drawing.


Note:

To display a DXF-Drawing in the graphics-area, you must edit a CAD-Line, and select the DXF-Element in the CAD-Line dialog > DXF tab.


How to open the DXF-Element dialog

Editing the DXF-Element from the Assembly-Tree

Editing the DXF-Element from the Assembly-Tree

Note: To add a DXF-Element to the Assembly-Tree, you must open a DXF file with File > Open.


To edit the DXF-Element

1.Find a DXF-ElementRed-14-1b in the Assembly-Tree

2.Right-click the DXF-Element

In the shortcut menu:

3.Click Edit ElementRed-14-2

OR

See How to open a dialog

 

The DXF-Element dialog is now open.


DXF-Element dialog

MD-DIALOG-DXF-ELEMENT

File name, Path, and Units

DXF-Drawing file-name ; Path

MD-Browse-Button

Click the Browse button to find and select a DXF-Drawing.

DXF-Drawing Units

To show the DXF-Drawing to the correct scale, select the DXF Units of the original DXF-Drawing.

To apply the new DXF-Drawing and Units to the DXF-Element:

MD-Dialog-DXF-Element-toolbar

1.Click Apply MD-Apply-14-24 to link the DXF-Drawing with the DXF-Element.

2.Click MD-OK-smallest to close the dialog.