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When I translate a line of 2=weight in DATACAD
to AUTOCAD, a line of 1=weight is obtained in AUTOCAD.
Is there a way to keep the line thickness in AUTOCAD

Don't think so. In DCAD, there are two ways to use line weight. One, is the "old school" method that I have always used and that is making certain lines on the screen into heavier weight lines. That technique does not translate to other CADprograms as far as I know. The other technique works the same with AwfulCAD and other CAD programs and that is to designate line weights by use of the Pen Table. You can set different pen colors to print out at different line weights. Those would translate to other CAD programs if in those programs, their pen tables for different line colors matched up to the line weights in your pen tables.

Thank you very much.
You convinced me that it is not possible to keep the weight of the line in the translation.

Hello Sam,

I am of the opinion that using line colors mapped to different thickness pens, with the Pen Table is an easier way to plot. The colors tend to be reasonable to export to DWG; but the AutoCAD user has a different method for their plotting.