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by chris s
Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:22 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Cannot export sketch to DXF
Replies: 12
Views: 3868

Re: Cannot export sketch to DXF

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! :) :)
by chris s
Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:43 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Cannot export sketch to DXF
Replies: 12
Views: 3868

Re: Cannot export sketch to DXF

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?
by chris s
Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:22 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Cannot export sketch to DXF
Replies: 12
Views: 3868

Re: Cannot export sketch to DXF

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?
by chris s
Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:57 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Cannot export sketch to DXF
Replies: 12
Views: 3868

Cannot export sketch to DXF

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?
by chris s
Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:43 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Editing Problems
Replies: 3
Views: 432

Re: Editing Problems

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.
by chris s
Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:21 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Editing Problems
Replies: 3
Views: 432

Editing Problems

I am ok building parts in Freecad but I struggle when editing parts. I often get an error that I cant understand or fix. For exmaple yesterday I tried to remove a pocket and an unrelated pocket became detached. Is there a video or something that would help me better understand the editing process?
by chris s
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:20 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Draw Style As Is and Wireframe
Replies: 1
Views: 425

Draw Style As Is and Wireframe

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!
by chris s
Tue May 08, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Polar pattern?
Replies: 12
Views: 3741

Polar pattern?

I have a part which I want to replicate as a polar pattern, but as it is not a feature on a part I cant use the polar pattern feature or can I? The part profile was sketched in the YZ plane, then made into a pad. Then I want to replicate it 8 times around the Z axis but cannot find any way to do it.
by chris s
Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Attaching sketch to face
Replies: 7
Views: 2904

Re: Attaching sketch to face

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...
by chris s
Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:16 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Attaching sketch to face
Replies: 7
Views: 2904

Re: Attaching sketch to face

0.16 Rev 6712. File attached.