Michael_C Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I have been trying to import a cad DXF file drawing into X8 Chief. I get all of the drawing but the cad lines for walls. What do i do to import the whole drawing? MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 post your dxf file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Here is the file I am trying to import. Thanks for the help MC West Wing 2nd Floor 2017.dxf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I opened it in an AutoCAD viewer and the wall lines show perfectly but when imported into Chief the wall lines are invisible and not on an imported layer as far as I can see, weird, even when I made the background black in Chief, the wall lines appear to have not been imported at all. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hey Michael, Not sure which program was used to create these drawings and I haven't used AutoCAD in nearly 20 years but I downloaded your drawing into DraftSight and those lines were drawn using something DraftSight calls "Rich Lines" which are essentially just double lines. I exploded them into normal lines so that they could be imported into Chief. Not sure what exactly the problem is, but apparently Chief doesn't know what to do with the "Rich Lines". Actually, I couldn't change the color or line style of those "Rich Lines" in DraftSight either. They must have been drawn using a unique tool in the original program that the other programs just don't know how to handle. Anyway, I'm not very familiar with any of it, but hopefully this will work for you... West Wing 2nd Floor 2017.dwg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Thanks for the help guys. I guess I will just re-draw in Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 22 minutes ago, Michael_C said: Thanks for the help guys. I guess I will just re-draw in Chief. Did my attached file not work for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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