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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can specify how the DXF/DWG translator should map one character font definition to another. The matching is accomplishing by specifying the from and to font names.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The ACAD font file name should have the full file name with extension, such as simplex.shx and not simplex, however if no extension is given, .shx will be assumed.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The default fonts (when a specified font cannot be found) for import is 'blockfont' and for export 'simplex.shx'. You can specify the use of a different default font.&nbsp;The best place to put this override of the default is in the provided mapping files.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">export : DEFAULT = italic.shx</p>
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            <p class="para_item">import : DEFAULT = leroy</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">This would cause all text for which an unspecified mapping, to convert using italic font in the DXF/DWG file instead of simplex.shx, and leroy instead of blockfont in the NX part.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The fonts currently provided with the translator are: arial, tttf, gothice.shx, greekc.shx, isocp.shx, romans.shx, scriptc.shx, simplex, shx and txt.shx.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">You can also add user-defined fonts.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The following table outlines the default font mapping for export and import.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">DXF/DWG Fonts</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">NX Fonts</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">simplex.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">blockfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">swisscbo.ttf</p>
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               <td colspan="1" height="16" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">Aurora</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">bgothm.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">ballfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">bgothl.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">ballfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">arial.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">iso&ndash;1</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">chineset.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">chineset</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">dutchi.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">cyrillic</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">cour.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">cyrillicf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">arial.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">full_leroy</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">swisscho.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">future</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">romans.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">ge_font5</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">greekc.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Greekfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">isocp.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">iso_font</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">tt0596m.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Helios</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">tt0596m.ttf</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">helios_con_it</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">tt0596m.ttf</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">Helvet</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">simplex.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Leroy</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">gothice.shx</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">oldenglish</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">txt.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">blockfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">scriptc.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Script</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">impact.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Helvet</p>
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               <td colspan="1" height="17" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">swissbo.ttf</p>
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               <td colspan="1" height="17" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">Lubalin</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">swissbo.ttf</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">lubalins</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">arial.ttf</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">cadds4</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">chineset.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">chinesef</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">simplex.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Din</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">greeks.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Greek</p>
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               <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                  <p class="para_td">simplex.shx</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Kanji</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DEFAULT</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">blockfont</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">simplex.shx</p>
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