Importing Dwg File Special Characters

[StevenYaple]

I have ACAD drawing files that came from an HVAC person. There is actually 3 files, the mech drawing and the reference drawing, and a layout file. I have a copy of DraftSight that I can use to open up the files directly. 

 

I am able to import the reference drawing (showing the building walls) and the mech drawings into Chief so that they match up pretty good, some little weird things here and there, but there is a big problem importing the special symbol for diameter - the circle with a slash through it - shows up as %%C - all throughout the drawing. No special symbol for this in Chief. 

 

I have experience/training in AutoCAD, but it's been awhile, and I haven't figured out how to put together the autocad files to make a whole drawing in DraftSight. 

 

I had a similar problem importing survey data with the degree symbol, but there were only a few of them on the property boundaries, and Chief actually provides it.

 

Any ideas how to deal with this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Steven Yaple

CA X5

[Kiwideziner]

for diameter ø I use the ascii symbol alt+0248

%%c is the acad diameter character.

[StevenYaple]

I did a Google search and found an old Chief forum discussion re using Alt 0216 to get this: Ø .

This is a big help - but there probably isn't any quick search and replace for all of the %%Cs?

[StevenYaple]

At least I can copy and paste the character - a bit tedious but it works. I need to scrutinize for other characters that might not have translated. 

[StevenYaple]

Thanks, Graeme. They used that version of the symbol twice in the drawing. I've attached the drawing after fixing that character.

HVACShare.pdf

[glennw]

I remember a while back that I played around a bit with the spell checker to use it for find and replace.

I can't remember the exact details, but I'm pretty sur that I got it to work for find and replace.