DWG Editor and Chinese

I think this has come up before, but I get dwg from China from time to
time and DWGEditor can open the file and display the geometry but gives
junk for the text. I have looked inside the file and it is sourced from
ACAD. The fonts I saw there come up in many discussions (in chinese of
course). I would like to be able to get the drawings translated and for
that I need the fonts to display. Anyone here conversant in ACAD
Chinese language support? What are the issues involved in getting the
fonts to display correctly? How does ACAD deal with non-english fonts
(or english for that matter)?

 

Chinese junk...who woulda thunk?

 

You need to install the Asian fonts in Windows for this to work. I had
this same problem until 2007 came out. Now DWGEditor works just fine.

I think all I did was goto Control Panels > Regional and Language
Settings > Language Tab and check the Install files for East Asian
languages.

Steve O

 

I thought I had done this. Any particular settings come to mind? And
was it just in 2007?

 

I think all I did was check the Install files for East Asian languages.
I might have had to reboot as well. It installed something like 64 mb
of fonts - Batang, Gulim, & SimSun are 38+ mb alone.

DWGEditor 2006 did not recognize Chinese fonts, 2007 does. eDrawings
worked in both versions though.