exporting dxf
exporting dxf
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When I export my sheetmetal part to DXF format the lines are in segments. Is there a way to join all the segments to form a single line.
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
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RE: exporting dxf
Right-click the view and change the tangent edge settings
-OR-
You could change the line fonts in your document options.
-OR-
overlay some sketched lines and constrain them collinear with your dashed lines.
RE: exporting dxf
You cannot join the sketch segments and have a continuous line in the DXF. That's a result of the translation to DXF.
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RE: exporting dxf
If you have a Flat-Pattern FEATURE in the part, unsuppress it, RMB, select "Edit Definition", and select "merge faces".
Now a Flat Pattern view in a Drawing will have the lines combined. You could also do this only to a derived flat pattern configuration.
If you do not have a flat pattern *feature*, or are using 3rd party exporters which simply 'unflatten' the part, you could also create a derived configuration, where the part is already flattened, and add your own simple extrudes along the total length of the offending edges.
RE: exporting dxf
THANKS (sorry for being du%*)
112275
engineering assistant
RE: exporting dxf
112275
RE: exporting dxf
Select the sketch entities, go to Tools/Spline Tools/Fit Spline. You will most likely have to edit the tolerance to get an accurate spline. Also select "delete geometry" to get rid of the original sketch.
regards,
Jason Capriotti
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
RE: exporting dxf
Make sure to re-export as r12; r13 and newer polylines are classified as "lightweight polylines" and a lot of dxf exporters wont catch that.
RE: exporting dxf