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Click the Attach button and locate the drawing that you wish to import or attach. In the subsequent
dialog box, Attach Image , click OK . You will be prompted to enter the (x, y) coordinates of the
insertion location of the drawing, as well as the scale of the drawing. The default insertion location is
(0,0), and the default value for the scale is 1:1.
Windows Metafile (WMF) - Unlike bitmaps or raster files, metafiles contain vector information, which
can be scaled and printed without loss of resolution. Metafiles can be ‘exploded’. This means that a
metafile can be converted from a single grouped entity to individual ungrouped entities that Summit
WMScanner can format. Therefore, metafiles offer an advantage over raster images, because you no
longer have to trace over the image. Instead, you can directly format the entities in a metafile after
exploding the metafile. To explode a block or a metafile or any other grouping of entities, use the
Break/Ungroup commands accessed by clicking Format Building > Advanced > Break/Ungroup Entities .
DXF File - Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) files enable the interchange of drawings between Summit
WMScanner and other CAD programs. DXF files can be either ASCII or binary formats. Since these
types of files are highly portable across different applications, users may often have floor plans in
DXF format rather than DWG format. These files will appear as standard CAD drawing files when
imported. Therefore, formatting a file of this type is exactly the same as formatting a standard DWG
file.
AutoCAD DWG file
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This type of file is the regular AutoCAD drawing file.
Drawing Zones
Summit WMScanner allows you to logically divide the floor plan in various zones. These zones are
polygons on the floor plan which can be used by the admin to define the policies for the mobile units
located within a particular zone. For example, a mobile unit placed in zone one can have policies set up
in such a way that all access is allowed, while the same mobile unit when located in zone two will just
have HTTP access and all associations denied in zone three. The association between the zone and the
devices is done by the controller. The Real Time Location System (RTLS) engine on the controller, maps
mobile units to zones and applies appropriate policies based on the current zone.