Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF Writer: Format Parameters

To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon on a feature type in the workspace to open the Feature Type Parameter Editor. To always display the editor in Workbench, you can select View > Windows > Parameter Editor.

All feature types share similar General Parameters. This includes Name and Writer Name. From here, you can also control Dynamic Properties.

These parameters apply only to a selected feature type, not to the entire writer.

Tip: If a feature type parameter listed here conflicts with a writer-level parameter, then the writer parameter will be ignored and this feature type parameter will be used.

The AutoCAD writer requires that every feature written to the AutoCAD file be stored within a predefined AutoCAD layer.

In AutoCAD, the layers are used to store collections of logically related entities, attributes, or symbology. In FME, the AutoCAD layer and the type of the feature are treated synonymously, since there is a one-to-one correspondence between FME feature type and AutoCAD layer.

Layers can also be defined through the use of a TEMPLATEFILE, or through the specification of new feature types.

Note: The feature type parameters are used for the creation of new layers, but do not affect layers that are found to exist in the template file with the same name.

Layer Settings: General