HP Manager Software manual File Recommendations

Importing or Drawing Floor Details 111

Importing a Drawing You can import a drawing of your floor plan into 3WXM. 3WXM of a Floor supports the following file types:

„AutoCAD drawing (DWG), a native binary format used by AutoCAD. You can import the following versions: R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if available.

„Drawing Interchange Format (DXF), an ASCII-based interchange format used for multi-vendor interoperability. You can import the following versions: R12, R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if available.

„Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) (.gif)

„Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) (.jpeg, .jpg)

3WXM cannot import files in Visio format. However, you can export a Visio file to a DXF or JPG file, then import that file into 3WXM.

You can also draw a floor plan in 3WXM if you do not have a drawing of your floor in one of the supported file formats.

File Recommendations

For optimal results, use a DWG or DXF drawing. These types of drawings are made of vector graphics line objects (lines), which you can easily convert into RF obstacles after importing the drawing into 3WXM. In addition, the drawing objects are usually grouped together and organized by layers, enabling the display and manipulation of similar objects such as walls, doors, and windows.

Drawings in DFX format sometimes import more easily into 3WXM. However, 3Com recommends that you obtain copies of the drawing in both DWG and DXF formats if possible, so that you can try the other format if the first format you try does not import easily.

A GIF or JPG file is a raster graphics file (a screenshot or background image), which is not made of lines. To add RF obstacle information, you must manually draw the obstacles on top of the image.

For optimal performance, use files that are around 1 MB in size or less. (A DXF file is generally about 3 times the size of a DWG file for the same drawing.)

You can reduce the file size for a drawing by pruning unneeded information from the drawing, as described below.