topic Re: Importing DGN causing text issues in AutoCAD Forum

Importing DGN causing text issues

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:15:34 GMT

I am seeing an issue in a number of files bringing them in from DGN > ACAD2018+ (I have tested on 2018, 2019, and 2021. Seeing the same issue for each)

When I view the file with Microstation or with another DGN native viewer, the text shows up as it should. When I import the file into ACAD, it looks like it ignores new lines or carriage returns in the mText. I could go manually fix this in every one of these files but that isn't necessarily an option long term with hundreds of thousands of drawings.

I have included a few screenshots: DGNIssue1.png is the text when viewed in a DGN native viewer. DGNIssue2.png when viewed within AutoCAD 2021.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Importing DGN causing text issues

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:25:06 GMT

Hi,

why not using Microstation to open the DWG and exporting the content as DWG instead of importing a DGN into AutoCAD?

- alfred -

Re: Importing DGN causing text issues

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:28:26 GMT

The issue is the library of well over 800,000 DGN files. Not all of them are showing these issues but an unknown number are. I am also trying to remove the need for Microstation and/or manual conversion in the process.

Re: Importing DGN causing text issues

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:34:32 GMT

Hi,

>> trying to remove the need for Microstation

I would test with one or two files to open the file in Micostation and create a DWG there and see if this text is then better looking when this DWG is opened in AutoCAD. If yes, then run a script to convert your files to DWG using Microstation to make sure that this issue will not happen again.

For every data exchange between different products you need to find the workflow or converter which does the best job and then use this way to convert your files.

You might also upload such a DGN (only with a few objects, just for us to see the issue) and the DWG-file you get when you imported the DGN to AutoCAD ... so we can try the same on our systems. Maybe we can find a different way or an issue why AutoCAD does not read the line-breaks.

- alfred -

Re: Importing DGN causing text issues

pendean — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:16:31 GMT

Post a DGN sample file for others to test/try for you, but as other suggested, if you want the closest thing to perfection in the conversion to DWG you need to do it in the native program or a converter from that software vendor.