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Direct DXF to Modeling workplane
This has been bugging me for years. Our group does a lot of collaborations and many, many files have come to me in DXF format which I then need to use to create 3D models. To use these files, I must start up Annotation, import the DXF file, export the resulting sketch as an MI file, then reload the MI file into the workplane. There needs to be a single import process: DXF to Modelling workplane. All the software tools are obviously in place; they just need to be packaged for the user. -Thanks
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Re: Direct DXF to Modeling workplane
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The translators can be used via command line. Since you are already handling DXF *files* with you preferred file manager on the file system you can just convert the DXF files. Somewhere in this forum we created a Batch file which someone else added to the context menu of the file browser. So convert to DXF2MI ist just a right mouse click. This sounds very handy for you doesn' it? 2nd: if you have *a little LISP* knowledge write your own tool: PHP Code:
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Re: Direct DXF to Modeling workplane
Thanks! I'll give it a try.
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Re: Direct DXF to Modeling workplane
I would agree that there should be a way to import DXF directly into a 3D Modeling workplane. But until that happens another option is to copy the geometry from Annotation and paste it into a Modeling workplane. It doesn't eliminate loading the DXF into Annotation first, but is faster and easier than saving and loading an MI file. See this thread in which I attached a PDF file with some details.
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Re: Direct DXF to Modeling workplane
Thanks, John, for the copy/paste option. I did not know one could do that. It is a lot easier than the alternatives.
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