{"id":13083,"date":"2021-09-16T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/file-formats\/computer-aided-design-cad\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:23:09","slug":"computer-aided-design-cad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/file-formats\/computer-aided-design-cad\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Aided Design (CAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAD: &#8220;Computer Aided Design&#8221; is the use of computers for making digital drawings.<\/p>\n<p>CAD drawings can be designed in a &#8220;Layout&#8221; with the goal to create an image for publication purposes. Such designed images can be printed to a&nbsp;<a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/about\/services\/easy\/information-about-depositing-data\/before-depositing\/file-formats\/pdf-a\" target=\"_self\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/about\/services\/easy\/information-about-depositing-data\/before-depositing\/file-formats\/pdf-a\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF\/A<\/a>&nbsp;(PDF\/A-1b: 2005 (RGB)). This preserves the visual purpose of the image and is an excellent solution for formatted images, but the digital drawing itself can no longer be imported into CAD; the image loses the further editable properties.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, CAD is also often used for creating&nbsp;<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/deposit\/information-about-depositing-data\/before-depositing\/file-formats\/images-vector\" target=\"_self\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/deposit\/information-about-depositing-data\/before-depositing\/file-formats\/images-vector\" rel=\"noopener\">Vector graphics<\/a>&nbsp;in formats specific to the CAD application.&nbsp;Despite the similarity, the guidelines for these file formats cannot simply be combined.&nbsp;This is because CAD formats can contain properties that are not supported by formats purely intended for vector images. Moreover, the export possibilities from CAD applications are limited.<br \/>If the nature of the CAD file as well as the application allows an export to SVG, this is recommended. This export must be carefully checked for completeness.<\/p>\n<h3>Preferred formats<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AutoCAD DXF version R12 (ASCII)&nbsp;(.dxf)<\/li>\n<li>SVG&nbsp;(.svg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Non-preferred formats&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autocad DXF, version other than R12 (ASCII)&nbsp;(.dxf)<\/li>\n<li>DWG&nbsp;(.dwg)<\/li>\n<li>DGN&nbsp;(.dgn)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAD: &#8220;Computer Aided Design&#8221; is the use of computers for making digital drawings. CAD drawings can be designed in a &#8220;Layout&#8221; with the goal to create an image for publication purposes. Such designed images can be printed to a&nbsp;PDF\/A&nbsp;(PDF\/A-1b: 2005 (RGB)). 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