Project: HiCAD Interfaces

BABCAD

• Loading a BABCAD File
• Saving a BABCAD File

Open BABCAD file

Drawing > New/Open >Open > DXF/DWG/V11

To open a BABCAD DXB file, proceed as follows:

1. Activate the function.
2. 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

Drawing > Save/Print... > Save as > Conversion > Create BABCAD - DXB

HiCAD drawings can be conversion into 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.

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