Importing charts from Solar Fire

Your charts are already in files Arcus can read. They end in .SFcht and sit in the charts folder Solar Fire saves into, which is the folder you see whenever you open or save a chart file. Copy the file somewhere easy to find and import it.

If your chart files are older ones ending in .Cht, convert them first.

Go to Utilities, then Chart Import/Export.

Chart Import/Export in the Utilities menu — Chart Import/Export, in the Utilities menu

In the window that opens, go to the Options tab and choose to create current format chart files, v6 or higher.

The Options tab, with the current chart file format chosen — The Options tab, with the current format chosen

On the Import From tab, point at the old file. On the Save To tab, name the new one. Then click Convert.

Convert sits at the bottom of that window

Solar Fire can also write your chart data out as a text file, which is worth knowing if you want to see the data before it moves.

Select the charts you want in the Calculated Charts list.
Go to Chart, then Export Charts as Text.

Export Charts as Text in the Chart menu — Export Charts as Text, in the Chart menu

Click Edit ASCII to set what each line of the file carries.

Edit ASCII, in the export window — Edit ASCII, in the middle of the export window

Build a format out of the birth data: name, date, time, zone time, latitude and longitude. Save it.

The fields each line of the file will carry, and the Save button — The fields each line will carry, and Save

Back in the export window, choose Export to File, and click Export.

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