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Insert Underlay

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CAD software Insert Underlay 4 Command line: UATTACH

Insert DWF, DWFX or PDF underlays to the drawing. In case if 3D Module is available, the following 3D formats can be inserted:

Format

Version

Parasolid (*.x_t; *.x_b)

25.0

IGES (*.igs; *.iges)

5.3

STEP (*.step; *.stp)

203, 214

ACIS (*.sat)

22.0

VRML (*.wrl)

2.0

STL (*.stl)

-

 

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Note

Date from inserted PDF underlays can be further converted into a document by the Convert PDF command.

 

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Note

"Marks" (text comments, annotations, highlights, vector graphics that are added to a PDF file on top of the main content in a third-party editor) are visible in the Insert Underlay dialogs, on-screen, and in print, but are not imported or used as anchor objects.

 

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Options:

Name:

List of inserted underlays’ names.

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Opens Select Underlay file dialog to select and insert new underlay.

Found in

Displays information about the path by which the underlay file was found.

Saved path:

Displays information about the saved path to the underlay file.

Path type:

Information about path of underlay file. The following options are available in the drop-down list:

·         Full path

·         Relative path

·         No path

For methods of specifying the path to the folders where files are stored, see Inserting External References section.

Insertion point

Specify on-screen

Selects the insertion point after the dialog box is closed.

X: Y: Z:

Specifies the point coordinates for the underlay insertion.

Scale

Specify on-screen

Specifies the scale of underlay after the dialog box is closed.

W:

Width scale factor.

H:

Height scale factor.

Uniform scale

Specifies the scale factor for the Width or Height values. A value specified for Width is also reflected in the Height value.

Rotation

Specify on-screen

Specifies the rotation angle for the inserted underlay, using the pointing device.

Angle:

Sets the rotation angle for the inserted underlay.

Insert image relative to

UCS

Sets the insert underlay mode relative to the User Coordinate System (UCS).

View

Sets the insert underlay mode relative to the World Coordinate System (WCS).

Auto zoom

Switches on/off the full screen mode of the inserted underlay.

Pages

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Shows/hides underlay page information (type, size, layer).

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Zoom and pan buttons in preview dialog.

Selected

Numbers of selected pages to insert.

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Buttons for transition between pages in underlay.

You can also insert an underlay by dragging the file with the mouse (drag&drop) from the explorer into the graphic area of the drawing.

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