siderus Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I am running 2002. I received several dxf drawings. I have to draw in my ductwork to these drawings. The engineer will not give me Autocad friendly drawings that I can modify. I was told that I could import the drawing as an X-ref and draw over it. Can't seem to figure out how to do this though. I wont even show as a file that this can be done to when I try to use the Xref command. Please help. Any other suggestion would be greatly appreciated as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpriedel Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Couldnt you just open the .dfx-files and "save as" dwg.-Files. Once you have .dwg-files you can easily X-ref them into your drawing via X-ref manager. There may be better ways but that what i can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siderus Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 no as a dxf file it will only open in a viewer not actual Autocad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulumara Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Maybe you saying dwf not dxf. I know you can open dxf in CAD then save as in dwg file. Ask the Engineer to give it to you the dxf or dwg file not the dwf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 agree with above - dxf can be opened by AutoCAD or using DXFIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siderus Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm sorry I goofed they are dwf files.oops The engineers will not release regular Autocad files. But I was told that I could import the dwf as an x-ref but can't seem to figure out how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 just had a quick read of the cad bible - a dwf is not a drawing as such, it can be bought in as and underlay as it is only a "compressed image representation of a drawing" the main options i've found are, Adjust a dwf - adjusting it's appearance on the drawing clipping a dwf - clipping options as far as I can tell, yes it can be bought in LIKE an xref using the DWFATTACH command, but you won't be able to edit the drawing dwf, just how it appears within the drawing you have referenced it in to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Maybe you saying dwf not dxf. I know you can open dxf in CAD then save as in dwg file. Ask the Engineer to give it to you the dxf or dwg file not the dwf. Open *.dxf files in AutoCAD all the time. Open then select type of file *.dxf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 wasn't this ability just enabled in the last few releases of Acad ? I'd just go back to the engineer and tell them - if they can't provide the files, you can't do the job, end of story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 xrefing of dwf file feature was added in 2008 version. so previous versions will not have that facility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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