Flaky Draft > Upgrade
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:18 am
I'm having issues (again) with upgrading an imported SVG file so that I can extrude it.
I create it in LibreCAD, and do one of the following:
1. import the DXF file into FreeCAD, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face, then run part > extrude. I get a hollow object, indicative of not having a face - although the model tab shows it as a face.
2. export it as an SVG, clean it up in Inkscape, and import the SVG file into FreeCAD as geometry, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face, then run part > extrude. I get a hollow object again.
2. export it as an SVG and import the SVG file into FreeCAD as geometry, clean it up, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face; although the model tab shows it as a face, it looks like like a set of points without lines. Selecting the face and extruding it results in a hollow object, but clearly the scale have been lost.
What am I doing wrong? I was able to do a simpler object easily.
This is the object:
I create it in LibreCAD, and do one of the following:
1. import the DXF file into FreeCAD, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face, then run part > extrude. I get a hollow object, indicative of not having a face - although the model tab shows it as a face.
2. export it as an SVG, clean it up in Inkscape, and import the SVG file into FreeCAD as geometry, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face, then run part > extrude. I get a hollow object again.
2. export it as an SVG and import the SVG file into FreeCAD as geometry, clean it up, run draft > upgrade twice to go from lines to wire to face; although the model tab shows it as a face, it looks like like a set of points without lines. Selecting the face and extruding it results in a hollow object, but clearly the scale have been lost.
What am I doing wrong? I was able to do a simpler object easily.
This is the object: