CAD tip # 5968:

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Commandline version of -MAPIMPORT does not offer DGN format.

The non-dialog (line) version of the MAPIMPORT command for importing GIS data from foreign formats offers only these options (file types): FDO_SDF, ARCINFO, E00, SHP, FDO_GEN, GML, MIF, MAPINFO, IGDS, DNF, SDTS, VPF.

If you miss the DGN format - it is hidden under the name "IGDS" (Interactive Graphics Design Software). This is the original file format which was used to define the ISFF (Intergraph Standard File Format), and DGN is based if ISFF.

MapCivil

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31.1.2008 2313x

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applies to: AutoCAD Map · AutoCAD Civil 3D ·

See also:
Tip 7549:	DEPENDS - displaying file dependencies in a DWG drawing.
Tip 7252:	How to import CEL files (Microstation blocks) into AutoCAD?
Tip 7241:	Searching text in DWG drawings (without AutoCAD).
Tip 7154:	DWG - DGN format converter.
Tip 6787:	How to import a PDF file into AutoCAD?

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