Article - CS173973
How to configure Creo View to correctly display AutoCAD/Inventor Drawing fonts
Modified: 09-Dec-2025
Applies To
- Creo View 3.0 to 12.1
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 13.1
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Inventor
Description
- AutoCAD DWG / DXF files do not display certain text, characters or symbols correctly
- AutoCAD SHX Fonts are not shown when viewing an AutoCAD Drawing
- Letters like ä ü ö are not correctly displayed in AutoCAD drawings
- Symbols like Ø are not correctly displayed in AutoCAD drawings
- Chinese characters may be displayed as '??'
- Symbols may be accidentally retrieved as letters
- Different versions/installations of Creo View display the same AutoCAD file differently
- Creo View font is incorrect or inaccurate
- AutoCAD fonts viewed in PVZ representation are protruding or too wide
- AutoCAD fonts (.shx) are not getting correctly printed through Batch Print or Creo View > File > Print
- AutoCAD Symbols appear as '??' in drawing printed through a batch print
- DWF file with special characters isn't rendered correctly in Creo View
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