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iLogic Export To DXF Lines Showing

Atymburski — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:13:51 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm trying to use iLogic to export a DXF. In our business, we just want the outer exterior profile of the Flat Pattern and that's it. We don't want to show any bend lines or anything. I have labeled the variable to output as such.

Dim sOut As String = "FLAT PATTERN DXF?AcadVersion=2018" _
+ "&OuterProfileLayer=IV_EXTERIOR_PROFILES" _
+ "&InvisibleLayers=IV_TANGENT" _
+ "&InvisibleLayers=IV_BEND" _
+ "&SimplifySplines=True"

This outputs the picture that I have attached which shows the bend line. Can someone let me know what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks!

Re: iLogic Export To DXF Lines Showing

Gabriel_Watson — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:14:03 GMT

Try this answer from another topic:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-and-vb-net-forum/export-to-dxf-without-tangent-and-bending-line/m-p/8891949#M99239

Re: iLogic Export To DXF Lines Showing

Atymburski — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:24:28 GMT

I was able to make this work with this code. Thanks!

As a sidebar, do you know why the other code wasn't working to remove those lines or no?

Let me know.

Cheers!

Anthony

Re: iLogic Export To DXF Lines Showing

Gabriel_Watson — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:58:09 GMT

You're welcome!

I assume one of two thigns are happening to make this "right" for your preference:
1- the "oCommand.ControlDefinitions.Item("GeomToDXFCommand").Execute2(True)" is the key line here, and although I haven't used it myself, perhaps "Execute2" is a different way of exporting this without the bend lines;
2- or, "GeomToDXFCommand" is simply being executed on the top face only, since a previous line acquires the top face from the flat pattern, and perhaps that dulls it out to a dumb solid: "Dim oFace As Face = oFlatPattern.TopFace".

Re: iLogic Export To DXF Lines Showing

Atymburski — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:02:28 GMT

Ah I see.

Well at least we found a solution that works.

Cheers!

Anthony