Demo Dxf Import Project

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An overview of Demo DXF import.

The Demo DXF import project is available for all users and can be found in the main menu under Edit projects. This project does not count towards your license.

This project is intended for Urban planners, architects.

This project showcases how to import a DXF file into the project.

The demo is a working project in which a location in The Netherlands is used to import a new architectural plan by means of an DXF file. This file is made in AutoCAD and exported to DXF for import.

About the project

This project shows an area of open land near Tilburg in the Netherlands where a new architectural plan will be loaded by means of a DXF file which is prepared beforehand.

Explore the current situation

1. Click anywhere in the 3D world, and use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around in the world. You can also drag the camera around by left-clicking (and holding the right mouse button down) in the 3D world and dragging the world around. Use the scroll wheel to zoom in- and out. By right-clicking and dragging you can rotate and orbit around the world.
2. Zoom out and observe the current situation. You can see a big empty plot of land to the right of the roundabout. This is the area where we will load a new plan.

Import DXF file

1. First got to the How to import a DXF. Use the "Demo_DXF_import.dxf" from the DXF Import folder on the GeoShare. To access the GeoShare click on the top right link in the Editor Ribbon
2. When prompted in the Geo Data Wizard, choose import as measure and also as a new measure. We will therefore be designing a Future Design project.
3. When prompted for function mapping just use One function and pick "placeholder" as a function for now. All other steps can be left as default.
4. When the Geo Data Wizard has finished go to the Future Design tab and click on the Measures button on the Ribbon menu bar.
5. Notice a new Measure has been created on the left Editor Panel. There is already an Example Measure present, this can be used to compare your imported measure if you so wish. It should yield the same results.
6. Click on your imported measure and also expand it by clicking on the flag icon next to it. Notice that the Measure contains buildings. These are the buildings which were present in the DXF file and which were identified as building in the Geo Data Wizard.
7. With the measure still highlighted go to the Right Editor Panel and click on Activate Measure.
8. The Test Run will start and the new plan will appear. Notice that the plan is visualized as one big building. We will fix this in the next section. For now you have created a new measure which was imported from a DXF file.

Use GeoPlugin to map functions

1. In order for an imported DXF file as Measure to correctly correspond with the Functions in Tygron we will need a GeoPlugin.
2. For this demo a GeoPlugin has already been created. To learn how to make your own GeoPlugin just follow this tutorial: How to create a Geo Plugin to import Buildings from a dxf
3. Go to the Tools tab on de Editor Ribbon bar and click on the GeoPlugin button.
4. On the Left Editor Panel a list of existing Geo Plugins is shown.
5. Click on the Demo Plugin entry and go to the Right Panel for its properties.
6. Go to the GeoLinks Tab. A list of Geo Links is shown. Every link corresponds to a Tygron Function with a Layer or Block reference in AutoCAD.
7. Click on one of the Links. An attribute window appears at the bottom of the Editor Interface which shows all the correspondences made for each Link. we will not go into them right now. If you want to learn how to make your own just follow the tutorial shown in step 2 above.
8. It is sufficient to know for now that the GeoPlugin will match with the AutoCAD layers and the imported DXF will visualize correctly.