7.6. Importing DWG/DXF file as plan without interpretation<br>

## 7.6. Importing DWG/DXF file as plan without interpretation

A file generated with a CAD application can be used as a base plan, which can be loaded from a DWG/DXF file without interpreting its components.

The imported building drawing or map may form a background on which the structure of the building, installation or network can be plotted.

To move to the next import window click the “Next” button in the upper part of the screen. The next stage is the selection of layers with walls. Do not mark any layer.

To move to the next import window – the window and door interpretation window - click the “Next” button. As the file is not interpreted structurally, Do not mark any layer to analyse windows and doors.

To move to the next import window click the “Next” button in the upper part of the screen. The next stage is the selection of layers that are loaded as a drawing. By default all layers are marked. Unmark the layers that are not necessary and that would unnecessarily complcate the drawing (e.g. room labels, numbers, titel blocks, etc.).

When you press the right mouse button in the list of layers the options “Select all”, “Deselect all” appear. You can deselect all layers or select only those, which are required as the drawing background for the project.

To complete loading the drawing, click the “Next” button. The drawing is automatically loaded onto the “Base” layer, where the “DWG/DXF base” is placed with all selected layers presented in the form of a uniform drawing (without highlighting any object).

Components loaded without interpreting retain their structure from the DWG/DXF file. When you move to the “Base” layer and click within the area of imported base, an olive green frame appears and base data are displayed in the table.

You can change the manner of displaying the entire base drawing or individual layers. You can decide in which layers the AUTO mode is to be activated (by default all layers). This in practice means that when the AUTO mode is activated and you draw rooms or manually insert heating zones, the corners of these components are snapped to the marked layers. Similar operations can be performed by clicking the right mouse button on the base components. Then the layers which include those components are located and the display of those layers can be disabled and AUTO mode settings can be changed.