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saving a dxf with a preview

saving a dxf with a preview

saving a dxf with a preview

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We have written a macro to create a dxf of the flat pattern of our parts.  I haven't been able to figure a way to save the dxf with a preview available for opening it later.  In AutoCAD, I'm able to save a preview when saving the dxf.  Is that possible to do from SolidWorks?

RE: saving a dxf with a preview

Create a dwg (without format) from your flat pattern then save a slddrw and a dxf. The slddrw file will give you a preview. I have never had my pc show a preview for dxf, so don't know if possible. Could be a windows setting, not sure.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP2.0 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: saving a dxf with a preview

Ctopher has a good point.  I get a preview for .dwg, but not for .dxf.

Flores

RE: saving a dxf with a preview

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That's really not the answer I was looking for.  I could do that, but then I have two separate files.  If a change is made to one, they won't be the same.  It's also a lot of wasted space.

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