Exporting and Importing Geometric Data

Exporting and Importing Geometric Data

Exporting and Importing Geometric Data

Canvas X Draw lets you export numerical data about a geometric object to a text file. You can also import geometric data from a text file or from a .CSV file.

Exporting Geometric Data

To Export Geometric Data:

  1. Open a Canvas X Draw document that contains simple, geometric vector objects.
  2. Choose Path | Geometric Export.
  3. In the Geometric Export Options dialog, select the options you want to use.
  4. Click OK.
  5. In the Geometric Export dialog box, select the location where you want to save the file, type a file name, and click Save.

Geometric Export Options

File Coordinates System

Displays the current coordinates.

File Coordinates Unit

Displays the current document unit.

Delimiter Option

Select a delimiter option.

Object Type to Export

Select the type of object you want to export.

Objects that are not simple vector objects, such as Rounded Rectangles, Smooth Polygons, Concentric Circles, Spirals, EasyShapes, Multigons, and Smart Lines should be converted to paths and/or ungrouped. Otherwise, such objects are not exported.

Add a header line to describe export settings

Select this checkbox to add a line at the top of the file describing the export settings.

Field Data

This section displays the data types that are available to be exported. If the Write column has a Yes, the data type will be exported. By default, all the data types are set to Yes.

If you do not want to export a type of data, click in the Write column to change the data type to No.

At least one data type must be set to Yes in order to export geometric data.

Save as default

If you want to save these settings as your default settings for exporting geometric data, select this checkbox.

Importing Geometric Data

To Import Geometric Data:

  1. Open the Canvas X document you want to import the geometric data into.
  2. Choose Path | Geometric Import.
  3. In the Geometric Import Options dialog, select the options you want to use.
  4. Click OK.

Geometric Import Options

File

Select a .TXT or .CSV file to import.

File Coordinates System

Select the document coordinate system.

File Coordinates Unit

Select the document unit.

Delimiter Option

Select a delimiter option.

Object Type to Import

Select the type of object you want to import.

Import data starting from line (skip header)

If the first line or more of the file you are importing contains information describing the export settings, set this to the line number where the geometric data begins. If there is no header information, leave this as the default.

Pen Unit

If you want to import Pen Weight, select a pen unit from the drop-down list.

Field Data

This section displays the data types that are available to be imported. If the Read column has a Yes, the data type will be imported. By default, all the data types are set to Yes.

If you do not want to import a type of data, click in the Read column to change the data type to No.

If you want to change a field number, click in the Field # column.

At least one data type must be set to Yes in order to import geometric data.

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