CAD (QGF)

Introduction

The CAD object allows you to import CAD diagrams with points, labels, lines, models etc. from *.dxf and *.dwg files to view in your Fledermaus scenes. The  CAD objects are saved as *.qgf files, and are able to automatically re-project to the scene coordinate system if different from the object's coordinate reference system. A QGF file can be created in Fledermaus by importing a CAD file thought the Import > Import CAD... menu option.

Storage Format

The native CAD format for Fledermaus are QPS Geometry Files (.qgf files). Also directly supported are QPS's specific usage files which are all QGF files at heart and include .qgfanno, .qgfarea, .qgfback, .qgfcont, .qgfdgs, .qgfvom, .qgfline, .qgfhom. 

Properties

CAD objects only contain the basic object properties and bounds.

Attributes

Offset

Offsets the Z position of the CAD object by the set amount. Note that this is only a visual offset, it does not affect the underlying data and will not change the results of operations.

Points Color

Allows you to change the color of all the point elements in the CAD object.

Labels Color

Allows you to change the text color of all the label elements in the CAD object.

Lines Color

Allows you to change the color of all the line elements in the CAD object.

Operations

Change Object Coordinate System...

Allows you to manually set the coordinate system of the object. This should only be used if the object somehow ended up with the wrong coordinate system for its data. No re-projection is done, you are just telling it that this new coordinate system is what the object should have been in in the first place.

Exports

CAD objects have no export options.

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