HP Manager Software manual Preparing a Drawing Before Importing It

112CHAPTER 4: PLANNING THE 3COM MOBILITY SYSTEM

Preparing a Drawing Before Importing It

3WXM has a file cleanup feature that can help remove unwanted information from an imported drawing. However, the more cleanup work you do before importing a file, the better the results will be. In addition, cleaning up a file before importing it helps reduce the file size, which in turn enhances performance when handling the file in 3WXM.

To prepare a drawing before importing it into 3WXM:

„Make sure the scale of the paper space is 1” : 1” (full size). Also, ensure that the scale type is the same as that of the model space.

„Verify that the origin point (0,0) aligns correctly for all floors.

„Delete all workspaces or paper layouts that are not required. If the drawing contains multiple paper layouts, delete all but the last one (which cannot be deleted) and delete the contents of that layout.

„Check for externally referenced files. 3WXM requires the drawing file to be monolithic. If a floor plan uses externally referenced files, significant portions of the floor plan might be missing, even with all layers unfrozen and visible.

In AutoCAD, when you load the drawing file, you might see messages about the files not being found. To check for external references, you can select Insert > Xref Manager. If you look at the layers, externally referenced layers have a common prefix label with the $ delimiter between the label and the description (for example, SC03$a-WALL-FULL). If you can see the layer itself, the layer either will be blank or will be a single read-only object.

To include the information in externally referenced files, place the files in the same directory as the master file. In AutoCAD, you also can bind the information to the master file by selecting

Insert > Xref Manager, selecting the file, then clicking Bind.

Adding information from referenced files can increase the file size. If the information you will need to convert into RF obstacles is in the referenced file but not the master file, try just importing the referenced file into 3WXM.

„Audit the drawing. An audit finds problems between objects in the file and fixes them automatically. To perform an audit in AutoCAD, select File > Drawing Utilities > Audit.