Civil Batch Drawing Converter Dialog Box

General

Units

Specifies the drawing units that are applied to the drawings in the Destination folder. The default is Current.

NoteTo change only the drawing Units, specify the new Units Value and set the Drawing Save Format to Current.

Filename Prefix

Adds the specified prefix to the filename after conversion. The default prefix is taken from the settings on the AEC Editor tab. For more information, see Changing the AEC Editor Settings. After running a conversion, the default reflects the prefix that was last used.

Filename Suffix

Adds the specified suffix to the filename after conversion. The default suffix is taken from the settings on the AEC Editor tab. For more information, see Changing the AEC Editor Settings. After running a conversion, the default reflects the suffix that was last used.

Format

Drawing Save Format

Specifies the file format that is applied to the drawings you convert. In the Value column, click the cell and select one of the following formats:

• Current (default)
• Current DXF
• AutoCAD 2007
• AutoCAD 2004
• AutoCAD 2000
• AutoCAD R12 DXF
• AutoCAD 2007 DXF
• AutoCAD 2004 DXF
• AutoCAD 2000 DXF

Explode Objects

Select Yes (default) to explode Civil Objects to AutoCAD primitives. Select No to convert drawings in the current format. After running a conversion, the default reflects the option that was last selected.

Bind Xrefs

Binds xrefs to the host drawing when using the Civil Batch Drawing Converter command, creating local block definitions. Select Yes to have all xrefs and their dependent named objects become a part of the exported drawing. The default settings reflect the settings in the AECEditor tab in the Options dialog box. The setting can be changed during the session, but once the dialog box is closed and re-opened the setting defaults to the settings in the AECEditor tab in the Options dialog box. For more information, see Changing the AEC Editor Settings

Use Insert Method When Binding Xrefs

Selected: The drawing names of the xref drawings are discarded when the exported drawing is created. In addition, the xref layers and styles are incorporated into the host drawing, and layers with the same name acquire the properties of the layers of the host drawing.

This option binds the xref to the current drawing in a way similar to detaching and inserting the reference drawing. Rather than being renamed using blockname$n$definitionname syntax, xref-dependent named objects are stripped of the xref name. As with inserting drawings, no name-incrementing occurs if a local named object shares the same name as a bound xref-dependent named object. The bound xref-dependent named object assumes the properties of the locally defined named object. For example, if you have an xref named FLOOR1 containing a layer named WALL, after binding with the Insert option, the xref-dependent layer FLOOR1|WALL becomes the locally defined layer WALL.

Cleared: The xref identities, such as layer names, are retained when you export a file to AutoCAD.

By clearing this check box, xref-dependent named objects are changed from blockname|definitionname to blockname$n$definitionname syntax. In this manner, unique named objects are created for all xref-dependent definition tables bound to the current drawing.

For example, if you have an xref named FLOOR1 containing a layer named WALL, after binding the xref, the xref-dependent layer FLOOR1|WALL becomes a locally defined layer named FLOOR1$0$WALL. The number $n$ is automatically incremented if a local named object with the same name already exists. In this example, if FLOOR1$0$WALL already existed in the drawing, the xref-dependent layer FLOOR1|WALL would be renamed FLOOR1$1$WALL.

Source Folder

Specifies the location of the folder that contains the files you want to convert.

Look In Subfolder

Select the checkbox to include files in subfolders as part of the search parameter.

Search For Files Named

Specifies the search parameters for the file type or file name. Select a file type from the list, or enter a file type or file name in the box. To search for multiple file types you can enter a comma delimited list. You can also use an asterisk as a wildcard, for example auto*.dwg.

Destination Folder

Specifies the location of the folder to store the converted files.

Selected Files

Drawing File column

Displays the selected filename(s) of the drawing file(s) you want to convert.

Location column

Displays the filepath of the selected drawing file(s).

Select All button

Selects all the files in the Drawing File list.

Clear All button

Clears the checkboxes on all files in the Drawing File list.