Single Sided Plate DXF output

[spayne76BBK]

Hi All,

I have a problem. The DXF files that I have sent to the fabrication shop seem to be upside down/backwards at first glance.  In this specific case, it's checker plate /w a backing bar added to it. The DXF was output for the assembly from the bottom.

Is there a way to force the DXF output to always show the Top view, as well as any other views? How is the view selection made for the plate?

The DXF file a3066 is the single part output, and A3066 is the assembly output. I am going to be changing our process to use different characters for assembly/single part marks, otherwise, the output files get overwritten by each other in Windows. (There is a work around for this, however, it's not practical to require my supplier to have special Windows features enabled that are not OOTB)

I can use a punch mark to denote the side of the plate that is the top or bottom, however, I was wondering if anyone has another idea as to how to approach this?

Regards,

Steven Payne

[j.hamelin]

I'm working with the same problems regarding the checkered plate, each time I have to focus on each parts drawings to put a note on which side is up (chk). To date I have not found any other solution.

But naming parts and assemblies by only upper and lower case letters is, to me, a huge mistake. Whenever I work on someone else's work with DXF files named that way, many files go missing. Personally I use 3 numbers for assemblies and 4 numbers for parts. Ex: B103 for assemblies and b1003 for parts.

[spayne76BBK]

You are absolutely right. "naming parts and assemblies by only upper and lower case letters is, to me, a huge mistake" was definitely an oversight when these decisions were made. As my projects get really large, I have thousands of assemblies, so it may be difficult to find that happy medium between part number length and ease of use.

I have had success with the symbol being on the correct side of the plate. It also shows the direction, which is handy when we are welding down thin plates like this as it indicates the roll direction of the checkerplate. It tends to bow.