Export DXF problem
Hi,
The problem seems not resolved :
My supplier who cut with laser my metal parts can't read the dxf, or dwg files with the software Lamtek even if I try to export in older version with DWG TrueViewer. I tried to export in dwg 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2013. And nothing works.
His result is in the following picture :
The strange thing is that it works with draft sight...
This problem is new because it works before...
Maybe there was a recent update which is not good?
It is very important to solve this issu please.
Thanks
You'll need to talk to the people who designed the program reading the file. Quite a few programs are not using the latest dxf definitions.
There is an app in the store to convert splines to short line segments.
ETFrench
I have never found that exporting to a DXF does not work well. We use the simple right click on the sketch (see pic) and save as a DXF file as this seems to process locally rather than sending the file out to the Autodesk servers for conversion.
Having said the above the issue seems to be squarely with the software you try to read the DXF files with. We often need to read the resultant DXF files into Adobe illustrator first and the export again to DXF for our legacy system to read it correctly.
We have found that Fusion 360 seems to output all the detail in the DXF required but unless you use a third party conversion (like illustrator) some legacy software we have just won't read it!
I hope that helps...
So this part is something I'm going to take to our CNC router table. The viewer I'm using is https://viewer.autodesk.com/ and as you can see, it adds some line through the center area and removed the line to the far right. The sketch was created using a projection off the part. Everything looks just fine in fusion but exports to DXF terribly. and it's not just THEIR OWN VIEWER that isn't reading it correctly, it's every viewer I've tried. And this was using the 3rd party plugin (splines to polylines) because the default export looks EVEN WORSE in their own viewer... I'm so tired of having to buy more software just to get fusion to work as it's documentation suggests it should...
@masterprompt - from the very beginning of autocad (or at least from version 2.6 when I started using it) dxf file export has had struggles when attempting to export geometry that has any weirdness about it. every product since , autodesk or not, has the same problems.
lines laid over each other, intentional or not, can sometimes be one of those sources. (as can splines with bunched up control points and other factors. that means starting with clean geometry will give you the best chance of export success.
your sketch has curves doubled up on each other (every curve in this sketch does)-
in this particular case it would appear to at least partially be caused because you still have this setting turned on-
which I would highly suggest you go turn that off now. (whoever at AD who still thinks it's a good idea to have this setting turned on by DEFAULT really needs to have a stern talking to).
moving on, I couldn't really do anything with that sketch to get it to export properly. But, if I started a new sketch on an origin plane and projected the BODY (not the face) into the sketch it would export properly.
for some reason there is still some issue with export when projecting the face into a sketch. not sure why, perhaps a bug.
anyway, developing better sketch hygiene practices will greatly decrease the various difficulties, such as this and many others, you might be experiencing.
for example I randomly opened the "wall frame" sketch and checked this line-
and as you can see, there are 4 different sketch elements stacked on top of each other. it CAN be ok to lay sketch elements over each other. but needs to be methodical and intentional. other wise you'll end up with a mess that doesn't seem to want to behave at times.