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Remapping Fonts to AutoCad

Remapping Fonts to AutoCad

Remapping Fonts to AutoCad

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I have a question related to thread562-235491: Maintaining GDT fonts and graphics during DWG or DXF Export

Basically it is a question on how to make GD&T symbols generate to a .dxf or .dwg and the mapping of the Font files.

I am using Map Symbols MapSym.ttf for a couple symbols on my 2D drawings, when I generate them to .dxf and bring them back in they come back in the default font Arial.

I thought I could fix this by going in to the options and <next> over to the remapping page.  I add Map Symbols using the dialog and it shows up as AutoCad Font Seansi.ttf > SE Font Map_Symbols.

So anything I generate in MapSymbols should convert to Seansi.ttf.  I don't want that, so I change the seansi.ttf to mapsym.ttf.  For some reason this does not work, I still get the default symbols.  Any suggestions are appreciated.

RE: Remapping Fonts to AutoCad

If you have used a specific font in SE there should not be any need to map it unless you actually want to change it when it goes into ACad.
Providing ACad can find the font you have defined (mapsym.ttf) it should still use it.
I did this many years ago when converting drawings for a client to ACad - all I did was send the SE fonts to the client. They put them into the Windows Fonts folder and the drawings came through OK.
The problem with mapping fonts is that in some instances the CHARACTER may give a different result.

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