EDAExporter_Dlg-PCBExportSetupExport to AutoCAD (PCB) _AD
Created: Kwiecień 20, 2018 | Updated: luty 07, 2019
| Applies to versions: 18.1, 19.0, 19.1 and 20.0
Now reading version 19.1. For the latest, read: EDAExporter_Dlg-PCBExportSetup((Export to AutoCAD (PCB) ))_AD for version 21
Summary
The Export to AutoCAD dialog provides controls to export the current PCB document to an AutoCAD *.DXF
or *.DWG
file as layered graphic data.
Access
The dialog is accessed by clicking Save in the Export File browser dialog after clicking File » Export » DXF/DWG.
Options/Controls
Setup
- Options
- AutoCAD Version – use the drop-down to select the version of AutoCAD that applies to the exported file.
- Format – use the drop-down to select the format (DWG or DXF) of the exported AutoCAD file.
- Units – select either Imperial or Metric units for the export conversion's dimensional data.
- Holes
- Export pads and via holes – check this option to enable the export of Pad and Via hole data.
- On dedicated hole layers – select to cause Pad/Via hole data to be exported as arc circles on dedicated layers. The added layers will be named
PadHoleLayer
andViaHoleLayer
in the exported file. - On the pad or via layer – select to cause Pads and Vias to be exported as donuts (arc circles) on layers that each Pad or Via occupies (for example, a simple Via, the Top and Bottom layers). Each of the circular, arc-based donut objects are generated with a radius and line width to create a shape that graphically matches the size and hole size of the source Pad or Via.
- On dedicated hole layers – select to cause Pad/Via hole data to be exported as arc circles on dedicated layers. The added layers will be named
- Export pads and via holes – check this option to enable the export of Pad and Via hole data.
- Components
- Export as blocks – components will be exported as single AutoCAD-compliant Blocks (grouped collections of primitive objects).
- Export as primitives – components will be exported as the primitive objects that form the component.
- Tracks and Arcs
- Export with rounded ends – check this option to create AutoCAD line/arc objects with round ends.
- Export with square ends – check this option to create AutoCAD line/arc objects with square ends.
- Primitives To Export With Zero Line Widths
- None – no primitives will be exported with zero line widths. The line/arc width data in the DXF/DWG file will match the corresponding line/arc width data in the source PCB layout.
- All – all primitives in the PCB layout will be exported with a zero line width.
- Selected – only the selected primitives in the PCB workspace will be exported with a zero line width.
- Layers
- All – all PCB layers will be exported.
- Currently Visible Layers – only layers that are currently visible in the PCB workspace will be exported. Hidden layers are ignored.