LEICA DXF Converter v1.

Users Manual

DXF Converter v1.0

Users Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................................................................... 1
2. Basic procedure ............................................................................................ 2
3. Program parameters....................................................................................... 5

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1. Introduction

The Leica DXF Converter is an application that allows data stored within the Leica
Geo Office application to be exported in DXF format. DXF is an industry standard
format that allows data to be exchanged between most CAD and mapping
packages.
The Leica DXF Converter allows all points, lines, areas and symbols created in
Leica Geo Office (LGO) to be exported to a DXF file. In addition, the converter
permits the following options:
- 2D or 3D export
- Creation of lines as lines or polylines in the DXF file
- Creation of a layer for each code group in the LGO codelist.
- Scaling of symbol and text sizes
- Export of point labels

The Leica DXF converter is used in conjunction with the format file
Frt2Dxf.FRT. Make sure that this file is available before trying to use
the application.

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2.

Basic procedure
1. The Leica DXF Converter is run from within LGO. Run the LGO application
and open the project to be exported.
2. Select the Tools menu and press the Export ASCII data option:

3. Select the folder to which the DXF file will be saved and enter the name of
the DXF file with the extension *.DXF. Set the Save as type option to
Custom ASCII file (*cst):

Steps 4-8 only need to be performed once to configure the data export.
4. Click on the Settings list box using the right mouse button and select the
option New and enter a name for the Settings, e.g. DXF Export:

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5. Press the Settings button to configure the export.

6. Press the ... button for the option Format template, navigate to the folder
where the file Frt2Dxf.FRT has been stored and select the file:

7. Activate the Executable File check box.

8. Press the ... button and navigate to the folder where the file
DXF_Converter_vxxx.exe is located and select the file:

9. Press the OK button to return to the Export ASCII data dialogue and press
the Export button:

10. The Leica DXF Converter application will start. Select the DXF options as
required and press the OK button. The DXF file will be created in the
selected folder with the selected file name:

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3.

Program parameters
1. Data to Export
a. Points: Export all points in the LGO project to the DXF file.
b. Lines: Export all lines from the LGO project to the DXF file.
c. Areas: Export all areas from the LGO project to the DXF file.
d. LGO Symbols: Export all LGO symbols to the DXF file. If this option is
not selected, all points appear as a cross in the DXF file.
2. Export Options
a. Dimensions: Select 2D to create a 2D DXF file. Select 3D to create a
3D DXF file.
b. Symbol size (ground): This value is used to scale the symbols and the
text in the DXF file. This value is the size of the symbol in ground units
and should be entered in millimeters. The text in the DXF file will
plotted with a ratio of 1:1 to the symbol height.
c. Export Lines and areas as: The lines and areas in the LGO project
may be exported as line or polyline entities in the DXF file. If polylines
are chosen, areas will be exported as closed polylines.
3. Layers
a. Create a DXF layer for each code group: If selected, this option will
create a layer in the DXF file for each code group used in the codelist
of the LGO project. All points that have a code that belongs to the
code group will be created in this layer. If this option is not selected,
all points will be created in the layer 0.
b. Labels: If these items are selected, labels for each item for each point
will be written to the text files. Labels for each point ID, point coordinates, height and the point code may be written to the DXF file.
i. Layer Name: The name of the layer to which the labels will be
exported.
ii. Colour: The colour of the label
iii. Decimals: The decimal places to be shown for co-ordinate
values.

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