Save Conversion Settings for Later Use

After you choose the conversion options you want, you can save time by saving the settings that you commonly use.

You will probably convert drawing files multiple times during a project. The DWG Convert feature provides a method to name and save your conversion settings. The Conversion Setups dialog box displays a list of saved conversion setups from which you can select each time you convert a set of files.

The default conversion setup is named Standard. Starting from this conversion setup, you can create one or more new conversion setups with appropriate names. Then you can modify or delete them as needed.

If you convert drawings using the same settings each time, then you can simply modify the Standard conversion setup to your requirements, and you do not need to save additional ones.

Procedures

To specify an existing conversion setup

1. Home tab Files panel DWG Convert.
2. In the DWG Convert dialog box, under Select a Conversion Setup, click the conversion setup that you want to use.
3. (Optional) To examine the settings in a conversion setup, click Conversion Setups and, in the Conversion Setups dialog box, click Modify. Click Cancel when you are done.
4. Click Convert or Close.

To specify conversion setup options

1. Click Home tab Files panel DWG Convert.
2. In the DWG Convert dialog box, click Conversion Setups.
3. In the Conversion Setups dialog box, do one of the following:
   • Click New to open the New Conversion Setup dialog box. After you enter a new name, click Continue. The Modify Conversion Setup dialog box is displayed.
   • Click a previously saved conversion setup and then click Modify. The Modify Conversion Setup dialog box is displayed.
4. In the Modify Conversion Setup dialog box, specify the options that you want to change. Click OK. Then click Close.