<s>
TranslateCAD	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
computer-aided	B-Application
translation	I-Application
software	B-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
extract	O
translatable	O
text	O
from	O
CAD	B-Application
drawings	O
saved	O
in	O
the	O
industry-standard	O
DXF	O
format	O
-	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
to	O
create	O
such	O
drawings	O
-	O
so	O
that	O
professional	O
translators	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
translate	O
in	O
plain	O
text	O
using	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
CAT	B-Application
tools	I-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
translatable	O
text	O
is	O
saved	O
in	O
a	O
Unicode	O
Text	O
file	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
translated	O
using	O
any	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantages	O
of	O
translating	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
drawing	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
environment	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
faster	O
to	O
translate	O
in	O
plain-text	O
format	O
than	O
using	O
the	O
native	O
MTEXT	O
or	O
TEXT	O
command	O
in	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
translator	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
re-utilize	O
translation	O
memories	O
,	O
glossaries	O
,	O
dictionaries	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
being	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
special	O
Unicode	O
fonts	O
can	O
be	O
visualized	O
better	O
using	O
the	O
CAT	B-Application
software	B-Application
than	O
the	O
drawing	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
translator	O
has	O
created	O
the	O
target-language	O
equivalent	O
,	O
TranslateCAD	B-Application
re-creates	O
a	O
DXF	O
drawing	O
that	O
merges	O
the	O
extracted	O
translatable	O
text	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
elements	O
in	O
the	O
DXF	O
file	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
lines	O
,	O
circles	O
,	O
dimensions	O
,	O
page	O
properties	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TranslateCAD	B-Application
is	O
not	O
a	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
itself	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
tagger	O
software	B-Application
,	O
that	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
bridge	O
between	O
the	O
target	O
format	O
and	O
the	O
CAT	B-Application
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
TranslateCAD	B-Application
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
DXF	O
files	O
,	O
supporting	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
versions	O
from	O
r14	O
through	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DWG	O
files	O
are	O
not	O
supported	O
directly	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
user	O
may	O
use	O
the	O
Save-as	O
menu	O
within	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
in	O
order	O
to	O
export	O
the	O
drawings	O
to	O
be	O
translated	O
into	O
DXF	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TranslateCAD	B-Application
handles	O
only	O
DXF	O
files	O
outside	O
of	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
or	O
compatible	O
software	B-Application
;	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
drawing	O
software	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DTEXT	O
object	O
do	O
n't	O
support	O
Unicode	O
,	O
so	O
if	O
the	O
drawing	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
translated	O
into	O
a	O
Unicode-based	O
language	O
,	O
the	O
DTEXT	O
objects	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
MTEXT	O
with	O
a	O
lisp	O
macro	O
in	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
translating	O
from/to	O
a	O
Unicode-based	O
language	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
needs	O
to	O
install	O
an	O
AutoCAD-compatible	O
Unicode	O
font	O
into	O
their	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
