easyw-fc wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:08 pm

The solution here:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=36191

Thanks, that has worked for me, and was so easy even for me to do!

I have a sketch on my tree which I select then file export, all the dxf options.

I now get an error message Export failed, invalid syntax dxfreader.py line 88

This happens both in sketcher workbench and techdraw.

Do I need to post you my file?

I have not created an object, I have just used Freecad to create a 2d sketch which needs to be in DXF format.
Do I have to dreate an object?

I am using Freecad 0.18 and I have checked the import/export dxf box that enables it to automatically download the DXF libraries.
Problem is when I then select to export a sketch it says techdraw module does not support that object type.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks. I will look into that. I dont yet have the tree structure facility, but I know about it, just not sure how to install it.

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I am used to seeing either "As Is" OR "Wireframe", but somehow when I now select As Is, I get both and I cant get rid of the wireframe view which is confusing!

Sorry if this is a newbie error!

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Thanks guys, Sketcher External works a treat. Selected the vertices and placed my sketch onto them. Then used Revolve to add my extra part and then fused them. Made a double helix by copying and rotating. This will be a cutout inside a tube to form an internal jacking thread that works over approx 1...

0.16 Rev 6712. File attached.