Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
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Hello,
I am trying to generate a .dxf file that shows multiple spirals using Solidworks 2007. It seems I can only draw spirals by creating a new sketch for each one (since I can't create linear or circular patterns of them), and then, I can't seem to get the spirals to show up in a .dxf. Any ideas on how to achieve this? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken4242






RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
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RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
Just realised you are still using SW2007, so maybe the DXF function was limited way back then.
Hopefully the 3D sketch > Convert Entities will work for you.
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Anna Wood
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RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
Thanks again, CorBlimeyLimey.
RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
For the patterned 2D Spiral;
After creating the spiral, open a new 2D sketch and use the Convert Entities tool to propagate the spiral into the new sketch. That converted entity should now be pattern-able within the same sketch.
RE: Placing 2D Spirals into a .DXF
Here's an image.