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AutoCAD
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MicroStation
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| Layer/Level |
Unlimited named layers |
V7-63 numbered levels, V8-Unlimited |
| Color |
255 colors - normally assigned by layer |
255 colors - standard and user defined color palettes - normally
assigned by entity |
| Linestyle |
Standard supplied and User defined - normally assigned by
layer - scales with plot scale or block scale |
8 standard and user defined - normally assigned by entity -
does not scale with plot scale or cell scale |
| Lineweight/Width/Weight |
Actual width - can be assigned to linear entities - scales
with plot scale or block scale |
Relative thickness - can be assigned to all entities - does
not scale with plot scale or cell scale. |
| Text Styles |
Standard supplied and user defined |
Standard supplied and user defined |
| Plotting |
Color is normally used for selecting pen width |
Weight is normally used for selecting pen width |
| Xref / Reference file |
Irregular clipping in paperspace - nested or overlay |
Irregular clipping with voids; V7-overlay only |
| Paperspace |
Support paper view of files with multiple viewports to
modelspace; R2000+, Multiple Layouts |
V7-Uses separate sheet file(.s01,
etc.) with DGN attached for each viewport.
V8 - Multiple models |
| Layer |
Layers assigned a level number alphabetically or
Provide table for layers to levels |
| Color |
Standard color (1-8) defaults:
| DWG Color # |
DGN Color # |
Color Name |
| 1 |
3 |
red |
| 2 |
4 |
yellow |
| 3 |
2 |
green |
| 4 |
7 |
cyan |
| 5 |
1 |
blue |
| 6 |
5 |
magenta |
| 7 |
0 |
white |
| 8 |
8 |
gray |
Provide table for others |
| Linestyle |
Standard defaults:
| DWG Name |
DGN # |
DGN Description |
| Continuous |
0 |
solid |
| Dot |
1 |
dotted |
| Hidden |
2 |
medium dashed |
| Dashed |
3 |
long dashed |
| DashDot |
4 |
dashed dot |
| Divide |
5 |
short dashed |
| Phantom |
6 |
dash dot dot |
| Center |
7 |
long dash short dash |
Provide table for others |
| Lineweight |
A2000+ only, assigned DGN weight or
Provide lineweight to weight table if desired |
| Width |
Ignored by default or
Provide width to weight table if desired |
| Text Style |
Standard defaults:
| DWG Shape file |
DGN Font # |
| Txt |
0 |
| RomanT |
2 |
| Monotxt |
3 |
| ItalicC |
23 |
| RomanS |
1 |
| ScriptS |
30 |
| RomanC |
2 |
| ScriptC |
30 |
| RomanD |
2 |
Provide table for others |
| Plotting |
Provide color to weight if desired |
| Xref |
Ignore or
Create reference file attachment |
| Paperspace |
Creates separate DGN file with paperspace entities name.s01 with
modelspace DGN file attached as reference. |
| Level |
Level Level number converted to numeric layer (1-63) or
Provide table for level to layer name
Provide layer table giving layername, default color, default linestyle
if desired |
| Color |
Standard color (0-8) defaults:
| DGN Color # |
DWG Color # |
Color Name |
| 0 |
7 |
white |
| 1 |
5 |
blue |
| 2 |
3 |
green |
| 3 |
1 |
red |
| 4 |
2 |
yellow |
| 5 |
6 |
violet |
| 6 |
30 |
orange |
| 7 |
4 |
cyan |
| 8 |
8 |
gray |
Provide table for others or
Bylayer |
| Linestyle |
Standard defaults:
| DGN # |
DWG Name |
DGN Description |
| 0 |
Continuous |
solid |
| 1 |
Dot |
dotted |
| 2 |
Hidden |
medium dashed |
| 3 |
Dashed |
long dashed |
| 4 |
DashDot |
dashed dot |
| 5 |
Divide |
short dashed |
| 6 |
Phantom |
dash dot dot |
| 7 |
Center |
long dash short dash |
Provide table for others or
Bylayer |
| Weight |
To A2000+ lineweight; Ignored for R14 and below by default.
Provide weight to width table or weight to lineweight table if desired |
| Text Font |
Standard defaults:
| DGN Font # |
DWG Shape file |
| 0 |
Txt |
| 1 |
RomanS |
| 2 |
RomanC |
| 3 |
MonoTxt |
| 23 |
ItalicC |
| 30 |
ScriptS |
Provide table for others
Provide Style table with textstyle name, shape file, default height,
widthfactor, and oblique angle if desired |
| Plotting |
Provide weight to color table if desired |
| Reference files |
By default reference files are clipped, scaled, rotated, and merged into
main DWG or
Clip, scale, rotate each reference into a block and insert into main
DWG or
Create Xref attachment for each reference file or
Ignore |
