Model with Imported DXF Sketch Crashes Fusion360

[bryan_mcnatt]

I have a 3D part model imported from a STEP file.  I have imported a DXF file as a sketch to use as a guide for features to be added.  The sketch needs to be rotated & moved but if I try to do anything with the sketch, Fusion360 crashes.

[bryan_mcnatt]

I have a 3D part model imported from a STEP file.  I have imported a DXF file as a sketch to use as a guide for features to be added.  The sketch needs to be rotated & moved but if I try to do anything with the sketch, Fusion360 crashes.

[Anonymous]

Hi @bryan_mcnatt,

That sounds frustrating.

Can you possibly attach the f3d and/or the dxf and STEP file and I can see if I can get it to work?

If you can't, I would try to isolate what about the sketch causes it to crash - try moving only part of it, or upload/import it in another file and copy/paste it peice by peice, etc. I know it sounds tedius - but once you figure out why it crashes, you can find out how to fix it.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi @bryan_mcnatt,

That sounds frustrating.

Can you possibly attach the f3d and/or the dxf and STEP file and I can see if I can get it to work?

If you can't, I would try to isolate what about the sketch causes it to crash - try moving only part of it, or upload/import it in another file and copy/paste it peice by peice, etc. I know it sounds tedius - but once you figure out why it crashes, you can find out how to fix it.

Thanks!

[HughesTooling]

How are you importing the DXF, have you tried InsertDXF on the insert menu. Insert DXF will let you pick a plane or face for the drawing, it only works on 2d sketches though.

Mark

[HughesTooling]

How are you importing the DXF, have you tried InsertDXF on the insert menu. Insert DXF will let you pick a plane or face for the drawing, it only works on 2d sketches though.

Mark

[bryan_mcnatt · Accepted solution]

I dug into the DXF and started deleting items of no interest to me.  I kept iterating on the "delete items from DXF - import - crash - repeat" sequence until I gues I deleted the offending data/layer.  I now have the DXF sketch imported into the model and can use it as a reference for the features I need to add.

Thanks for the responses though.

[bryan_mcnatt · Accepted solution]

I dug into the DXF and started deleting items of no interest to me.  I kept iterating on the "delete items from DXF - import - crash - repeat" sequence until I gues I deleted the offending data/layer.  I now have the DXF sketch imported into the model and can use it as a reference for the features I need to add.

Thanks for the responses though.