mapping dxf export file

[moog2]

when i export a drawing to dxf, when they pick it up the black lines of the export change to dark red.(on their black background)
I read up on the help and i can add a line into the dxfdwg.def file to change that, so i added EXPORT:216=7
216 is black in UG, and 7 is white in AUTOBAD
but it doesn't change anything. Am i missing something??

 

[man2007]

moog2,
After reading ur post, I tried the following but I too did not get any success.

1.Created a file 1.txt which contains line EXPORT:216=7
2.Modified the dxfdwg.def file (made a local copy of the file) by adding the line

COLOR_MAPPING_FILENAME=G:\1.txt

3.File->Export
and selected the Setting file modified in step 2.

You can go to UGII_BASE_DIR\DXFDWG and run dxfdwg.cmd
and click export, in the next dialog click Edit->Settings-> Advanced tab where u get "Mapping Specifications", select file for Color mapping (1.txt in this case), hit OK and in the main dialog box select file->save to save the .def file.

If u open this saved file u will notice the line
COLOR_MAPPING_FILENAME=G:\1.txt

As given in the help, EXPORT:216=7 should work, but I don't know why it is not working.

 

[raerts]

I have created a file Color_MAP.def and added the following line: export : 1 = 7 ! NX White (1) maps to ACAD White (7).
I use 1 instead of 216, because the linecolor displayed on the screen is "Black" (216), but the NX-color is "White" (1).

Please copy/paste the line above in your colordef-file and try it.

The text after the "!" is just a remark. The colordef-file can handle it.

 

[moog2]

to get it to read the colour map file did you alter a system variable, or just point it to those as a settings file?
Also i have to import a .cgm because of licence restrictions, then i dxf that out, so the lines from the .cgm are black, so that's why i need to use 216

 

[man2007]

Well, that's right raerts!

1)Search in UGII directory for ugcolor.cdf file
copy it to local drive
MB3 edit
add line export : 216 = 7 in the end
save

2)Run UGII_BASE_DIR\DXFDWG\dxfdwg.cmd
Export->
In Edit->Settings-> Advanced tab select the above edited file for Color Mapping.

 

[moog2]

Ahaa ! That's how it works.... Thanks Man..