When extracting from AutoCAD a text file is generated. Each line of the file represent an item to import into Sym3. The text file should include a header row and each column is separated by a tab.
Below is an example of a file generated from AutoCAD Data Extraction tool:
| Layer | Position X | Position Y | Position Z | Rotation | Scale X | Scale Y | Scale Z | SIMITEMCONNECT | SIMITEMNAME | SIMITEMTYPE |
| Simblock | 19046.781 | 32218.423 | 7950.000 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.02 | DT.01.01 | S |
| Simblock | 37267.638 | 32218.423 | 7950.000 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.03 | DT.01.02 | B90L |
| Simblock | 38969.591 | 33896.384 | 7950.000 | 90.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.04 | DT.01.03 | S |
| Simblock | 38970.989 | 45174.300 | 4768.618 | 90.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.05 | DT.01.04 | S |
| Simblock | 38970.989 | 46422.280 | 4768.618 | 90.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.06 | DT.01.05 | B90R |
| Simblock | 40680.915 | 48092.307 | 4768.618 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.07 | DT.01.06 | S |
| Simblock | 48731.799 | 48097.362 | 5326.328 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.01.08B | DT.01.08A | S |
| Simblock | 44603.186 | 44621.650 | 4768.618 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.02.07;DT.06.01 | DT.02.06 | VS |
| Simblock | 47861.907 | 44621.796 | 5478.984 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.02.08 | DT.02.07 | B45L |
| Simblock | 47701.965 | 44621.796 | 4208.970 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | DT.06.02 | DT.06.01 | S |