... of the above formats to Templot so that I can use it as a background to prepare templates. Can you offer any advice please as to what I may be doing wrong? Hi David, Templot has a DXF vector import into the background shapes function. However, it is a rather primitive import, intended mainly for vectorised scanned images. It will import only simple line, arc, and polyline entities, and all blocks must be exploded in your CAD's DXF save options. Go to main> background shapes menu item: 2_081736_410000000.png Select the dxf import options tab and then click the import dxf... button. In practice, most users find it preferable to import a raster image as a picture shape instead of using the DXF import. To do that, I suggest first saving in the WMF metafile vector format from your CAD. Most photo editor programs such as PaintShopPro will then open WMF files, and give you the option to set the image size. If you set a largish size, say 4000 pixels wide, you will have a ...