Help needed with AutoCAD R14

[cropwell]

Thanks Clive, but I was hoping to find out why I could not do it, What the Fun was I doing that the export command did not pick up the inner bit?

I need to know so that I can do other drawings through the same process.

Cheers,

Rob

[Clive S]

Rob was load it into Acad and saved as dxf in your version.

I don't understand why it does not do that for you.

[cropwell]

Rob was load it into Acad and saved as dxf in your version.

I don't understand why it does not do that for you.

Maybe because I have a very old version of AutoCAD (R14). It only gives me the .dwg or .dwt option on save as. DraftSight does not export the file either. I thought it might be because I had to create a REGION to combine the shape and this put it on another layer or something.

I tried 'Save As' .dxf in DraftSight and that did not work properly as well.

I reckon it is because I feel knacked at the moment and everthing is working to Sods Law. If I have a fresh go at it over the weekend, I might see what is happening.

Cheers,

Rob

[Robin Hewitt]

I tried importing Corel to AutoCAD and it was exceedingly messy, Instead of lines and arcs I got some bizarre Bezier shapes the AutoCAD could barely understand and I did not like at all.

[Ger21]

Thanks Clive, but I was hoping to find out why I could not do it,

Because it's a REGION.
Explode the REGION, and use PEDIT to Join the lines into a single polyline.

Always save as V12 .dxf, for best compatibility.

[cropwell]

Because it's a REGION.
Explode the REGION, and use PEDIT to Join the lines into a single polyline.

Always save as V12 .dxf, for best compatibility.

Thanks Ger, I have sorted it now. I must admit to my ignorance in using AutoCAD. I need a good tutorial and the timeand brain energy to go through it.

I am using AutoCAD from the '90's R14, so saving as anything other than a .dwg is not an option, and V12 is not in the export options list.

BUT I did what you said (I suspected it was the REGION problem) and it worked after a couple of fumbling attempts.

Cheers,

Rob

[Ger21]

I haven't used R14 since around 1999, but it should certainly save as R12 .dxf. Even current version still do.
Try using File >Save As, and click on the drop down list for file type. R12 should be the last one?

[cropwell]

I haven't used R14 since around 1999, but it should certainly save as R12 .dxf. Even current version still do.
Try using File >Save As, and click on the drop down list for file type. R12 should be the last one?

Sorry Gerry, but 'Save As' only give R14, R13 and R13 options as .dwg and the other option is a drawing template file .dwt.

EXport works fine though and I now have created a .tap file from the drawing and am ready to do a test cut.

Cheers,

Rob

[Ger21]

try typing DXFOUT in the command line.

[cropwell]

try typing DXFOUT in the command line.

That works !

I tried importing Corel to AutoCAD and it was exceedingly messy, Instead of lines and arcs I got some bizarre Bezier shapes the AutoCAD could barely understand and I did not like at all.

Again with Coreldraw I have an old version and do not intend to waste money upgrading. It does not translate to .dxf at all well. It seems that all lines have thickness and that causes twice the gcode and a lot of unneccesary cutter movement. Also curves are 'blocky' or 'steppy', however you like to describe it.

I have tried DraftSight, but that seems to be just a budget (free!) AutoCAD clone, nevertheless useful for what it is.

Cheers,

Rob