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by bejant
Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD
Replies: 25
Views: 9671

Re: ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD

EDIT: My apologies Yorik, I was typing this when you posted your reply... I don't want you to think that I disregarded your advice. ==================================================== I still have the problem. I downloaded the .dxf file, just to make sure it was exactly the same as the .dxf on my h...
by bejant
Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:42 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD
Replies: 25
Views: 9671

Re: ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD

That was quick! Thank you for your help; I must be doing something wrong in FreeCAD. I see from your screenshot you opened it in the Arch Workbench - I was in another workbench when the .dxf didn't open correctly so I'll try it again in the Arch Workbench. When I posted my problem the images did app...
by bejant
Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:48 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD
Replies: 25
Views: 9671

ASCII .dxf Drawing Opens Incorrectly in FreeCAD

I have a 2D .dxf drawing saved in ASCII format which I opened in FreeCAD. FreeCAD opened the .dxf drawing but some drawing features were somehow relocated. To eliminate the .dxf file itself as the problem I opened it in two other CAD programs, where it opened successfully in both programs. I tried t...
by bejant
Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)
Replies: 17
Views: 11098

Re: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)

Here's a link to a .pdf converting inches (by sixteenths) to mm to 2 decimal places in the event someone finds it useful.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/k1ybabd3g654eh ... places.pdf
by bejant
Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)
Replies: 17
Views: 11098

Re: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)

I forgot to mention that for now my workaround is just to create parts that are 100x larger! ;)
by bejant
Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:52 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)
Replies: 17
Views: 11098

Re: How to change units in FreeCAD? (forRadius less than 0.01mm)

In referring to normandc's post of Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:23 am: But only the Property fields in the Data tab get these 4 digits. In PartDesign, the GUI input fields in the task panel are hard-coded to 2 digits. I am trying to become familiar with FreeCad and am wondering if I (a non-programmer) might b...