HCADACAD.DAT - Conversion File

For DXF export you need the HCADACAD.DAT file. It contains the following data:

• the assignment of HiCAD elements to particular AUTOCAD layers,
• the assignment of the HiCAD line types to the AUTOCAD line types,
• the correspondence between the symbols in HiCAD and the blocks in AUTOCAD, and
• the specification of whether a complete DXF file including HEADER section, TABLES section etc. will be transferred, or only an ENTITIES section.

This file, which can be customised if required, is located in the HiCAD SYS subdirectory.

The HCADACAD.DAT file, a conversion file created line-wise in ASCII format, can be modified with any text editor. Please remember that individual lines should not contain command characters, and no tab stops. Each line begins with a keyword followed by parameter values separated by whitespaces.

ACDXF 2000
ACDWG    0

BEMAS 0 # Create geometric/real dimension (0/1) Geometrische/echte Bemassung erzeugen (0/1)
HATCH 1 # Create hatch: 0=hatch blocks 1=HATCH contours Schraffurerzeugung: 0=Schraffur-Bloecke 1=HATCH-Konturen
SPLINE 1 # Create AutoCad B-Splines, if you set his option to 0, B-Splines will be output as approximated lines
CPAGE 0 # ANSI-Codepage-number (0=Default=1252) ANSI-Codepage-Nummer (0=Default=1252)

DIR # Entry for path Eintrag für Pfad

ZVD 0 # Database (0/1) Datenbank (0/1)

FIGBL 1 # Figur block transfer (-1/0/1) Figur-Block Uebertragung (-1/0/1)

FIGB1 1 # Figur Entities transfer, if 1 block (-1/0/1) Figur-Entities Uebertragung, wenn 1 Block (-1/0/1)

FIGLA 0 # 0 , 1=all FIGs as layer , -1=individual FIGs 0 , 1=alle FIGs als Layer , -1=einzelne FIGs

LPOLY 1 # Create POLYLINES (0/1) POLYLINES erzeugen (0/1)

NKST 8 # Number of decimal places (max.=14) Anzahl der Nachkommastellen (max.=14)

NOKOM 0 # Suppress commentaries (0/1) Kommentare unterdruecken (0/1)

NOVER 0 # Suppress DXF version number (0/1) DXF-Versionsnummer unterdruecken (0/1)

AUNIT -1 # Value for Header variable $AUNITS (-1=omit) Wert fuer Header-Variable $AUNITS (-1=weglassen)

VISRE -1 # Value for Header variable $VISRETAIN (-1=omit) Wert fuer Header-Variable $VISRETAIN (-1=weglassen)

VISRE -1 # Value for Header variable $VISRETAIN (-1=omit) Wert fuer Header-Variable $VISRETAIN (-1=weglassen)

LTDEF 1 CONTINUOUS Solid line

LTYPE    2 PUNKT

LTYPE    3 GESTRICHELT

LTYPE    4 STRICHPUNKT

.....

LTYPE    7 PHANTOM

.....

LTDEF    2 PUNKT           ..............

LTDEF    3 GESTRICHELT     -- -- -- -- --

LTDEF    4 STRICHPUNKT     --.--.--.--.-

.....

LTDEF    7 PHANTOM         --..--..--..-

.....

COLOR    0 7

COLOR    1 3

......

LAYER 0100 LAY_0100

LAYER 0110 LAY_0110

.........

SONST 0001 LAY_01

SONST 0049 LAY_49

STYLE    1 STANDARD

STYLE    2 STANDARD

.......

Lines are composed as follows:

• 5-character keyword
• n whitespaces
• Numerical code
• n whitespaces
• Alphanumerical designations

Line composition in conversion file

(1)	Keyword, 5 characters
(2)	1 - n whitespaces
(3)	Numerical code
(4)	1 - n whitespaces
(5)	Alphanumeric designation 1, exactly 18-digits, if 2nd designation is indicated
(6)	Alphanumerical designation 2,

keyword ( 1 - 5 characters)

The first 5 characters contain one of the following keywords:

At least one blank always follows a keyword.

Numerical characters:

The following numeric parameter values contain HiCAD codes, e.g. the symbol number or, in some fields, the AutoCAD colour.

Followed by at least one blank.

Alphanumerical characters:

Depending on the keyword, one or two AutoCAD designations or part names from HiCAD. Only the first 16 positions of these designations are interpreted – only 8 positions for part names. If keywords posses more than two alphanumeric designations, e.g. BLOCK, NUMAT, the required 16 positions must be filled with blanks.

Please note:

• Lines beginning with # contain comments.
• You can create user-specific conversion files. These files should be saved with the file extension .DA1, .DA2 or .DA3, not .DAT.
• Designations (e.g. font names) containing spaces must be placed between quotation marks (") e.g.: STYLE T4 ''Times New Roman'' times.ttf 1.0

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