Cannot view DXF file exported from fusion 360 in other CAD programs

Cannot view DXF file exported from fusion 360 in other CAD programs

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Cannot view DXF file exported from fusion 360 in other CAD programs

Anonymous
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I have a sketch in fusion 360 that I exported from fusion 360 to DXF. I would like to cut this design on my laser cutter.

When I try and open the DXF file in my laser cutter software it does not view the correct design. I then tried and view the DXF file in Solidworks but the result is even worse. See the attaches screenshots.fusion360.jpgLaserCutter.jpgSolidworks.jpg

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How did you export? It looks like it's edge on in Solidworks. Can you share the f3d and DXF here? You'll have to add the DXF to a ZIP file to attach or the forum software will block it.

 

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I just exported. There are no options when exporting except for selecting the file format. For which I selected DXF.

F3D and DXF files attached

 

yes, it seems like solidworks is interpreting the file from the side. But I'm not bothered about solidworks. I would like to cut the file in my laser software

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HughesTooling
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@Anonymous wrote:

I just exported. There are no options when exporting except for selecting the file format. For which I selected DXF.

F3D and DXF files attached

 


 

In Fusion, right click the sketch in the browser and select Save As DXF. Think this is where you went wrong.

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Wonderful! Thank you. I'm an ex solidworks user. Newbie to fusion 360.

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HughesTooling
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Your DXF is OK it's just on the XZ plane. If you export the sketch from the browser in fusion it'll be on the XY plane and should work for you.

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