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Importing DXF

The program can read a text (ASCII) DXF file, but not a binary DXF file nor a DWG file. You can use most CAD and various graphic programs, including SketchUp, to read a binary DXF file or a DWG file, then export the contents in an ASCII DXF file.

SimuTerra does not read which units are used in the DXF file, so you must set the units of the document you are importing into before you import. If you are importing just to create a DTM and then export again, then this is probably not important.

Only the ENTITIES section is read; no other section is required. The following entities are read: POINT, POLYLINE, LWPOLYLINE, and 3DFACE.

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