Export to DXF does NOT include text.

Export to DXF does NOT include text.

TrophySmackWiz
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Export to DXF does NOT include text.

TrophySmackWiz
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Exporting to DXF doesn't include any of the text on sketch 3.

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jeff_strater
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correct.  DXF export does not support native sketch text.  You will have to "explode" the sketch text into lines/arcs to get it included in the DXF


Jeff Strater
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HughesTooling
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If you use Save as DXF from the right click menu you can export text but you can only export one sketch at a time like this.

Here's your sketch4 exported to Rhino using Save As DXF.

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TrophySmackWiz
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Are you saying you're simply confirming the behavior, or are you saying that this is INTENDED behavior.

 

For the record, I put this in the bug forum because it astonished me that it wasn't exporting text without an additional step.

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TrophySmackWiz
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Heheh thanks. This is exactly why the text is on its' own sketch independent of everything else. Makes it easier to explode.

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jeff_strater
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actually, I was mistaken.  Save as DXF from a sketch does support text now.  I think my info was outdated.  Thanks to @HughesTooling for explaining how to use this.


Jeff Strater
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TrophySmackWiz
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Oh hell I didn't even know that was working.. Now if they could just make the export function use whatever tweak they did to the single sketch save as we can close this.

 

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