BABCAD

• Loading a BABCAD File
• Saving a BABCAD File

Open BABCAD file

To open a BABCAD DXB file, proceed as follows:

1. Click the ISD Button and select Open .
2. Click DXF/DWG/V11.
3. Select the file format .DXB and the required file.

Just as for the DXF interface, an appropriate conversion file, BABCAD.DAT, is available for the BABCAD interface.

BABCAD.DAT (Example)

BEMAS 1
LAYFI 0
LAYNA 1         # Take over layer name (0/1)
COLOR 1 4
COLOR 2 5
COLOR 3 1
COLOR 4 3
COLOR 5 2
COLOR 6 6
COLOR 7 0
COLOR 8 7
COLOR 9 8
COLBE 3
COLSR 1
LTYPE CONTINUOUS        1
LTYPE CONTINUOUS       1
LTYPE DOTTED                   2
LTYPE DASHED        3
LTYPE DASHDOT        4
LTYPE DASHDOT2      5
LTYPE DASHDOT3      6
LTYPE PHANTOM              7
LTYPE PHANTOM2            8
LTYPE PHANTOM3            9
LTYPE DASHED                 3
LTYPE HIDDEN                  3
LTYPE DASHDOT              4
LTYPE CENTER                 5
STYLE STANDARD            4
# === Special char. conversion ANSI -> ASCII ===== not applicable
#ASCII 228 132   ae
#ASCII 246 148   oe
#ASCII 252 129   ue
#ASCII 196 142   AE
#ASCII 214 153   OE
#ASCII 220 154   UE
#ASCII 223 225   sz

 Please note:

• This file enables you to specify a colour for "unreal" hatching.
• The value 1 must always be set for BEMAS, otherwise dimensioning will not be transferred.
• If desired, you can also load DXB files via the HiCAD Start Centre.

Save BABCAD file

HiCAD drawings can be converted to a DXB file. The DXB (Data Interchange Binary Format) - a binary variant of the DXF format - can be read by BABCAD.

To save the current drawing to a DXB file, activate the Drawing tab and select Save/Print > SaveAs > Conversion > Create BABCAD - DXB.

 Related Topics

2-D-Interfaces • Interfaces