AutoCAD ADI Graphics Import Support in WinWord 2.0

ID: Q75683

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, version 2.0

SUMMARY

The Word for Windows version 2.0 AutoCAD ADI graphics import filter, ADIMPORT.FLT, supports binary plotter file output from all versions of AutoCAD via the Autodesk Device Interface (ADI).

The ADI binary graphics filter supports three- and two-dimensional AutoCAD exports, whereas the AutoCAD DXF graphic filter also supplied with Word for Windows 2.0 is designed to support only two-dimensional images.

For more information on exporting ADI binary plotter files from AutoCAD through version 11, query on the following words:

AUTOCAD and ADI and BINARY and EXPORT

MORE INFORMATION

Installation

The Word for Windows ADI binary graphics filter should be placed in:

<Windows directory>\MSAPPS\GRPHFLT

If the filters are kept elsewhere (for example, C:\POWERPNT or C:\WINWORD), delete the older filters and add entries to the WIN.INI file describing each new filter in a section called [MS Graphics Import Filters].

For example, WIN.INI may include entries similar to the following:

[MS Graphics Import Filters]
AutoCAD Import(.PLT)=c:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\GRPHFLT\ADIMPORT.FLT,PLT
AutoCAD Format 2-D(.DXF)=C:\WIN31\MSAPPS\grphflt\dxfimp.flt,DXF

Note: Full paths to the filter executable files must be included.

Additional query words: grphflt

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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