Thanks to those who replied, I'll follow the links suggested and give it a
go. I don't use any CAD packages, but I'm frequently providing data to
clients architects/landscape developers/irrigation planners who all seem to
use packages like "Irricad" and "LiteCAD" and other 'I've got CAD in my
software title so I must be really good'-type packages. Unfortunately, most
of these "baby" cad packages have very specific (limited?) functionality,
and of course it's always Frontier's fault if the data won't go into their
***!#$ software properly.
I'm at the point where I shudder every time someone asks me if I can export
my beautiful map data to DXF.
Thanks anyhow,
Michelle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Addison, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: MI-L: Exporting TAB or MIF data to DXF formats - Different
types of DXF?
> What CAD Package a you trying to go to ?
>
> I abandoned DXF years ago for that very reason.
>
> I take stuff to MicroStation all the time. I Export a MID/MIF file from
> MapInfo , then use a MDL for MicroStation called M2D (MapInfo to Design
> file) Heaps of control and all the attributes you want.
>
> Howard Addison
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:09 AM
> To: MapInfo Discussion Group
> Subject: MI-L: Exporting TAB or MIF data to DXF formats - Different types
of
> DXF?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm frequently exporting TAB data directly from MapInfo to DXF using
either
> the Universal translator, Table|Export or Discovers Export|3D. Despite
> these three different options, I regularly come across CAD packages that
> can't read the attribute data within the DXF file. 8/10 the graphical
data
> appears in the CAD package, eg contour lines, but the user can't find out
> what the elevation is. Experimenting with blocks & without blocks etc
> doesn' t help. So my questions are:
>
> 1) has anyone got a reference to a good description of dxf files and there
> (apparently many) different components/versions?
>
> 2) has anyone come across a 3rd party DXF export utility that offers a few
> more option when generating DXF files?
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
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