Import IGES File Dialog

Used to import an IGES file.

You can access this dialog by selecting an IGES file in the Import IGES dialog and clicking Open. The Import IGES dialog opens from the following:

Ribbon: File > Import > Exchange File Types > IGES

The dialogs that can be opened from its menus are used to adjust settings that control how IGES files are opened.

Setting	Description
Input File	Shows the filename and other information ? Author, Organization, Creator, Measuring System, Drafting Standard, IGES Version, Creation Date, Number of Entities, and Time ? in the IGES file's global data section.
Status	During the conversion, displays messages about its progress, which are also saved in the Log file.
File > Settings File > Attach	Opens the Settings File dialog, which is used to attach an import settings file. Note: The controls are analogous to those in the Open dialog.
File > Settings File > Save	Saves the import settings in the attached import settings file.
File > Settings File > Save As	Opens the Save Settings File dialog, which is used to save the import settings in a new import settings file. Note: The controls are analogous to those in the Save As dialog.
File > Log File	Opens the Log File dialog, which is used to specify an alternate Log file. Note: The controls are analogous to those in the Save As dialog (File > Save As).
Settings > General	Opens the IGES Import Settings dialog, which is used to set general IGES import settings.
Settings > Solid Modeling Specific Options	Opens the Solids Import Settings dialog, which is used to set IGES import settings related to solid modeling.
Settings > Cell Names	Opens the (IGES Import) Cell Names dialog, which can be used to customize how IGES subfigure names are converted to MicroStation cell names. By default, subfigure names are truncated.
Settings > Exclude IGES Entities	Opens the (IGES Import) Exclude IGES Entities dialog, which is used to exclude types of IGES entities ? that is, omit them from the DGN file. By default, all entities are included. A warning is inserted in the Log file each time an entity is omitted.
Settings > Exclude uStn Elements	Opens the Exclude MicroStation Elements dialog, which is used to exclude types of MicroStation elements ? that is, translate them to a different type of element(s). Examples are stroking a curved element into a line string or breaking up (dropping) a complex element into its components ? done usually because an application does not recognize that particular type of element.
Settings > Text Fonts	Opens the (IGES Import) Text Fonts dialog, which can be used to define the MicroStation Font to which an IGES text font(s) are converted.
Settings > Levels	Opens the (IGES Import) Levels dialog, which is used to specify mappings between levels in the IGES file and the DGN file.
Settings > Line Styles	Opens the (IGES Import) Line Styles dialog, which can be used to set how an IGES line font pattern(s) are converted to Standard Line Styles. Standard line styles are those numbered 0-7. The option menus let you choose a line style to which to convert each line font pattern.