Cadgroup CATS 6

CATS is the AutoCAD MicroStation Converter designed especially for medium to large production firms. This full featured Dwg Dgn converter has the power and flexibility to handle your most demanding projects. Batch processing and a powerful customization language handle the largest and most technically difficult CAD Conversion projects.

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Highlights

Supports AutoCAD R14 through 2008 and MicroStation 5, 95, SE, J, V7 & V8

Cats is a native translator for AutoCAD R14 through 2008 and MicroStation through the latest V8 release. You can be sure Cats matches your processing environment to give you the best results. You can forget fighting with a single-mode translator trying to make it work in your environment. Cats is designed to work with you.

Multi-project features let you manage CAD translations as part of your normal work flow

CATS is designed to handle multiple projects with a large number of files. You define the files to be translated for each project and the control files specific to that project.  The batch features allow processing in off prime hours to keep prime time free for high productivity.

Eliminate costly clean up after you translate

Use CATS's powerful rules to customize to meet your client's or consultant's requirements.  When you let your translator handle differences between your standards and your clients, you save hours and hours of clean up time.  Your drawings are ready to deliver on schedule.

Reliable translation using proven DWG / DGN converter technology

CATS uses proven DWG DGN converter technology to ensure the greatest degree of compatibility for your files. CATS supports AutoCAD releases 14 through 2008 and MicroStation releases 3, 4, 5, 95, SE, J, V7, and V8.

A smart investment

CATS is designed to lower your operating expenses throughout the lifetime of your corporate applications.

Technical Features

AutoCAD R14 through 2008

Entities supported - lines, text, arcs, circles, polylines, ellipses, blocks, hatches, xrefs, attributes, dimensions, 3D faces, leaders, 3D lines, 3D polylines, shapes, solids, splines, traces, and viewports.

Entities not supported - 3D solids,  3D surfaces, raster images, xlines, regions, arc aligned text, OLE frames, rtext, rays, mlines, bodies, and proxys.

MicroStation 5, 95, SE, J, V7, and V8

Entities supported - lines, linestrings, curves, text, arcs, circles, ellipses, cells, hatches, reference files, tags, dimensions, leaders, shapes, solids, splines, traces, shared cells, and complex strings/shapes.

Entities not supported - 3D solids,  3D surfaces, raster images, OLE frames.

Configuration Options:

Entity Commands

• Set class, color, layer/level, linetype/linecode, and weight/width
• Include or exclude entities
• User defined offset
• User defined scale factor
• Curve stroking parameters for arcs, regular curves, and b-spline curves
• Select lines only or lines and polyline
• Supports transfer between R13 and above DWG and DGN custom linetypes

Text Commands

• Define text styles including name, shape file, default height, width factor, and obliqueing angle
• Set textstyle
• Multiply height by factor
• Multiply width by factor
• Set obliqueing angle
• Edit text characters — change special characters to equivalents
• Use standard justifications, lower left, or fitted text mode to insure exact placement
• Select stacked fractions or convert to unstacked fractions
• Use either DGN enterdata text or tags with DWG attributes

Block Commands

• Convert cells to blocks and blocks to cells — the block definition represents the unscaled and unrotated cell the same as defined in the original cell library
• Option to explode cells by name or wild cards
• Treat as point cell
• Set the block/cell name
• Set layer, color, linetype, etc. using the same options as entities

XRef/Reference File Commands

• Clip and merge into output drawing (V7)
• Clip, merge, and convert to block (V7)
• Attach as XRef/reference file
• Skip the file

Layer Commands

• Define layers including name, default color, and default linetype.
• Output layer definitions always or only if used.
• Set output layer for elements.
• Use bylayer, colors, weights, and linetypes.

Paperspace Commands

• Easily handle paperspace drawing with multiple viewports

ACAD Header Variables

• Define header variables - units, ltscale, etc.

Specifications

System requirements

• Intel® Pentium® IV processor or equivalent recommended
• Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
• 512MB RAM