Problem exporting to DXF from Assembly 4 Wires

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daffyduck
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Problem exporting to DXF from Assembly 4 Wires

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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
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Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
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OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/Canada (en_CA)

Hello :-)

I am not sure if this is a bug or I'm not doing something correctly. When I try to export Wires from an Assembly 4 model, the wires lose their 3D coordinate reference. All wires export with an origin on 0,0,0 which is not the case. From what I can see it looks like it doesn't transfer the position of the Model to the sub-elements.

So when I import the DXF into my next software the lines are in the incorrect position.

Has anyone else this problem or some guidance on how to fix?

Thanks.
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daffyduck
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Re: Problem exporting to DXF from Assembly 4 Wires

Post by daffyduck »

A little more context. Each Assembly model has been duplicated from a "template" In this case the Assembly Model named "leaf_template"
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So for example "leaf_001" is a duplicate of "leaf_template". I then translated and rotated "leaf_001". I did a quick test exporting multiple Wires. And it appears that they are being exported all in the XYZ position and rotation of the original geometry they were duplicated from.
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