DXF Export Not Working

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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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meme2704 wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:41 am
Check the 'Project exported objects along view direction' option,
I do not find this option
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meme2704 wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:41 am I place the object on the XY plane
In my previous post I already mentioned changing the orientation of the sketch.
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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Yes, true and thanks
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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Thank you all for your answers, this was very helpful and I was able to fix the problem by changing the Map Mode of the sketch and attach it back to the XZ plane, after which the dxf exported correctly, provided the "Project exported objects along current view direction" was set, without which the central triangle would not be present in the export.
openBrain wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:14 pm EDIT : here again I have to use the Legacy Importer to correctly import back the DXF to FC
openBrain, could you explain what you mean by Legacy Importer? For me it worked properly by doing File->Import and selecting the dxf file.
GeneFC wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:49 pm
rnwest wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:28 pm But why do coincidence and symmetry constraints contain spreadsheet references??
My typical response to this sort of question is that when improper references are made or other errors occur all bets are off. There can be various strange consequences. In this case probably some indexing error that tried to apply the missing spreadsheet constraints to the wrong elements in the sketcher.

If this is somehow a consistent pattern then it might be a bug. In the present case it is probably nothing.
I checked the original sketch (before deleting the spreadsheet and any other components) and the constraints were exactly the same as after deleting the spreadsheet (i.e. coincidence and symmetry constraints referencing the Spreadsheet). I think this might be a bug.
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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rnwest wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:24 pm
openBrain wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:14 pm EDIT : here again I have to use the Legacy Importer to correctly import back the DXF to FC
openBrain, could you explain what you mean by Legacy Importer? For me it worked properly by doing File->Import and selecting the dxf file.
Sure. In the DXF importing preferences of FC, you can choose to use the new importer, or the legacy one.
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In my (limited experience), at that time the new importer regularly fails to import correctly, and I have to keep the legacy importer. ;)
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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openBrain wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:33 pm In my (limited experience), at that time the new importer regularly fails to import correctly, and I have to keep the legacy importer. ;)
I see, thanks!
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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how related to issue #4133 is this thread ?
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Re: DXF Export Not Working

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Migrated to GH issue #5990
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