Hi all,
in the upcoming version 2.11 we will retire the old exchange format referred to as DXF 1. In the new version we have completed the implementation of DXF 2, which is a more modern and robust exchange format.
The reasons why we will remove DXF 1 support are:
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Name uniqueness on several objects have been removed. DXF 1 is matching objects on name during import, which is no longer safe.
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It is confusing to end users to deal with two different formats.
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The complexity of the code-base can be reduced.
Please note that this only affects exchange of meta-data, like data elements and organisation units. Exchange of data values (records) have been using DXF 2 since version 2.9.
So in effect this means that if you need to exchange meta-data, either all systems involved must be on version 2.11, or all systems involved must be on version 2.10 or earlier.
regards,
Lars