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DWG file not importing correctly

conner_f — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:28:45 GMT

[ FlexSim 19.0.4 ]

agvsim.fsmI am trying to import this dwg file into my simulation for AGVs and it does not seem to appear in the model space no matter how big I scale the image. I have also tried importing it as a jpg file but the dimensions are off in the simulation as well. I have checked the dimensions of the file in draftsight and everything seems to check out on that end. What am I doing wrong that the file will not import correctly? I have attached the dwg and simulation I am trying to import it intoagvlay.dwg

Re: DWG file not importing correctly

jeff_nordgren — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:06:04 GMT

@Conner F,

Your background graphic seems to come in fine, near as I can tell. But as you can see, the dimensions don't appear to be correct. I suggest that you read the User Manual's section about importing CAD drawings. It gives you very useful information about importing drawings from CAD.

agvsim-jn1.fsm

If you have any further questions/problems, please don't hesitate to let us help you.

Thanks.

Re: DWG file not importing correctly

conner_f — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:23:47 GMT

Thank you for the response, I went and scaled the drawing like the manual says but I for some reason am running into the issue where the drawing is not showing up in my simulation. I have opened up the simulation you sent and the dwg file shows up just fine but I cannot seem to make it appear in my model, is there possibly something I am doing wrong?agvlay2.dwg agvsim.fsm agvproblem.png

Re: DWG file not importing correctly

Jacob_Gillespie — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:02:31 GMT

@Conner F

The background was set to be at the coordinate (0, 0) which makes the relevant stuff draw very far off screen.

I fixed it for you: agvsim.fsm

Re: DWG file not importing correctly

conner_f — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:23:27 GMT

Thank you! So for this not to happen again I need to change the 0 coordinates of my drawing before inserting it into flexsim and that would fix my problem going forward?

Re: DWG file not importing correctly

Jacob_Gillespie — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:29:30 GMT

@Conner F

Yes you could edit the dwg file so that it's contents are closer to the origin.

Usually FlexSim sets the x and y location for you when you first load the dwg file so that the relevant stuff is centered. I'm not sure why it wasn't doing this for you.