Export an existing drawing as a DXF or DWG

Export an existing drawing as a DXF or DWG

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Export an existing drawing as a DXF or DWG

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for help. Is there a way to use the API to export an existing drawing as a DXF or DWG (that's a sheet metal drawing).
Looking forward to everyone's reply.

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The Fusion API currently only supports exporting a drawing as PDF. I see that Fusion also supports exporting as DWG, so hopefully, we'll see that supported by the API sometime in the future.

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I am thinking of a way that is to copy the lines of the drawing or PDF (including dimensions) and export it as DXF, do you think it is possible, if so can you guide me, thanks for replying me.
Regards, HAO

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It might technically be possible to read the information from the PDF file and recreate it as DXF or DWG, but it would be a lot of work, and you would lose any intelligence in the drawing. For example, dimensions would become unassociated lines and text. It doesn't seem like it would be worth it.

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Brian Ekins
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Website/Blog: https://EkinsSolutions.com
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