Format Import Settings – Avenza Systems

These format import settings affect how MAPublisher and Adobe Illustrator handle the data during import.

AutoCAD Drawing/Exchange

Group entities	Group entities by layer name or geometry.
Read hatches	Read the hatch pattern on import.
Read block references as points	Blocks are not expanded and read as points on import.
White lines/fills	•Import as is: import data true to the original colour settings contained in the file •Change white lines/fills to black: import black lines instead of the files native white lines

Delimited XY Text Data

Encoding	Choose an appropriate encoding (e.g. Unicode, 8 bit)
Format	Choose the appropriate format of the XY text data (e.g. Projected units, Decimal Degrees)
Coordinate Columns	These drop-down lists contain the names of all the numeric columns in the selected file. Choose the columns containing the coordinate information. Enable Use first line as a header if the first line of the text file contains column headings.
Specify Schema	Click the link to change the data schema type for attributes in the delimited text data set.
Display Options	Choose a default symbol to be applied on import.

Esri Interchange File

Ignore TIC layer

Enable this to suppress the creation of _tic_point layer. Disable to create a layer holding the registration control points.

FME Feature Store

Password

If required, enter a password to unlock the FME file.

Geography Markup Language

Coordinate order

How MAPublisher interprets the order of X and Y coordinates. This may help when a third-party application exports coordinates in reverse order. Options:

•Auto-detect [Default]

•Read as XY

•Read as YX

Google Earth

Allow random colour mode	Enable this option to generate random colour settings for the data.
Expand network links	Enable this option to use network-linked KML files.
Automatically apply Symbols when possible	This setting automatically applies symbols to map features during import.
KML Properties	Available options: •Import & visible: import KML properties and make them visible in the MAP Attributes table •Import & hidden: import KML properties and make them hidden in the attribute table •Not imported: do not import KML properties Click the info button to view available KML properties.

Image

Reference file	Click the reference file link to open the Edit Image Registration dialog box.
Image placement	Embed the image into the document or Link to it. Please see note about transparency.

International Hydrographic Office

Automatically apply Graphic Styles and Symbols when possible

Enable this setting to automatically apply graphic styles symbols to map features during import.

MapInfo Interchange Format

Automatically apply Graphic Styles when possible

This setting automatically applies graphic styles to map features during import.

MIF Properties

Available options:

•Import & visible: import MIF properties and make them visible in the MAP Attributes table

•Import & hidden: import MIF properties and make them hidden in the MAP Attributes table

•Not imported: do not import MIF properties

Click the info button to view available MIF properties.

MapInfo Table

Automatically apply Graphic Styles when possible

This setting automatically applies graphic styles to map features during import.

TAB Properties

Available options:

•Import & visible: import TAB properties and make them visible in the MAP Attributes table

•Import & hidden: import TAB properties and make them hidden in the MAP Attributes table

•Not imported: do not import TAB properties

Click the info button to view available TAB properties.

MicroStation Design

Group elements	Choose how to group the elements: By geometry or By level. If elements are grouped by level, it may result in a large number of output files.
Coordinate units	Specify how feature coordinates will be interpreted and converted: Master or UOR.
White lines/fills	Available options: Import as is: import data true to the original colour settings contained in the file Change white lines/fills to black: import black lines instead of the files native white lines Create black background: incorporate a layer containing a black background, to mimic the AutoCAD environment
Create groups for like text	Text in the same graphic group or the same text node will be grouped in Illustrator.

Microsoft Excel

Worksheet	Choose the appropriate Excel worksheet to import data values from.
Format	Choose the coordinate format of the data to be imported (e.g. Decimal Degrees, Packed DMS, etc.)
Coordinate Columns	These drop-down lists contain the names of all the numeric columns in the selected file. Choose the columns containing the coordinate information. Enable Use first line as a header if the first line of the text file contains column headings.
Specify Schema	Click the link to change the data schema type for attributes in the delimited text data set.
Display Options	Choose a default symbol to be applied on import.

Web Feature Service

Coordinate order

How MAPublisher interprets the order of X and Y coordinates. This may help when a third-party application exports coordinates in reverse order. Options:

•Auto-detect [Default]

•Read as XY

•Read as YX