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Mike Maddeford
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Mike
Spehro Pefhany
The shop would be the best one to ask, but you can get a guess here for
free.
DXF is (one of?) the most popular 2-D interchange formats. Just use the
DXFOUT command from the Autocad command line to create your output file.
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Don Foreman
Spehro Pefhany <sp...@interlog.com> wrote in article
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> DXF is (one of?) the most popular 2-D interchange formats. Just use the
> DXFOUT command from the Autocad command line to create your output file.
If it's DXF, you better check with the shop to see what flavor of DXF.
There is R-14 DXF, R-13 DXF, R-12 DXF, and maybe some earlier flavors.
I've found that most places can handle R-12 DXF OK. You can save back to
R-12 DXF with R-13 or R-14. R-15 will probably hit the street this spring
-- wonder if they'll confuse the issue further?
Ernie Leimkuhler
Maddeford) wrote:
> I want to get some lazer cutting done. I have access to AutoCad but
don't know how to save the file to the format required by the shop. I
think it's "DSX" but not sure. Any help out there?
>
>
> Thanks
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> Mike
Most computer controlled cutters , whether plasma, laser, waterknife, or
even oxygen burning, use DXF files.
I just export my files from Minicad 7 as a DXF file and save it to a PC
floppy in my Mac.
I have done this about 15 times and have always had good results from the
cutting shops.
Most shops are working with something other than Autocad, but they use DXF
as a univseral file format.
Minicad 7 only works with DXF v13 and before, but this has never been a problem.
I have learned to always ungroup all objects before exporting as a DXF, or
objects get confused.
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madd...@netroute.net (Mike Maddeford) wrote:
> I want to get some lazer cutting done. I have access to AutoCad but don't
know how to save the file to the format required by the shop. I think it's
"DSX" but not sure. Any help out there?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
Go to 'FILE' 'EXPORT'
Select Save as Type: 'DXF' You may have to select from different DXF types
depending on the revision of AutoCAD you have and the version of software the
shop is using. Most shops accepting DXF files can accept the latest version of
AutoCAD.
Mike
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Spehro Pefhany
> Most shops are working with something other than Autocad, but they use DXF
> as a univseral file format.
> Minicad 7 only works with DXF v13 and before, but this has never been a problem.
> I have learned to always ungroup all objects before exporting as a DXF, or
> objects get confused.
This is a good point. It is called "exploding" blocks in Autocad. If you
have asymetrically scaled a block (for example made it 0.5 in the x
dimension and 0.8 in the y dimension) it won't explode, IIRC, at least in
Acad 12. Simple lines and arcs should be no trouble at all.
I would bring the .DWG drawing file along too just in case the shop has a
problem and is able use it.
I assume they would probably want the drawing done in imperial
measurements (inches, that is), but that is another issue, and they could
probably scale a drawing done in mm.
Simon White
> the renowned Ernie Leimkuhler <stage...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I have learned to always ungroup all objects before exporting as a DXF, or
> > objects get confused.
>
> This is a good point. It is called "exploding" blocks in Autocad. If you
> have asymetrically scaled a block (for example made it 0.5 in the x
> dimension and 0.8 in the y dimension) it won't explode, IIRC, at least in
> Acad 12. Simple lines and arcs should be no trouble at all.
Good point, but Releases 13 and 14 support both blocks and groups. !4
is supposed to be able to explode an unequally scaled block, although I
haven't tried this yet: we're a little behind the releases.
I would suggest using the R12 dxf wherever possible - it's still the
preferred format for most software.
Simon
jonathon
>I want to get some lazer cutting done. I have access to AutoCad but don't
know how to save the file to the format required by the shop. I think it's
"DS
The laser place I use takes .DXF files via email. Works out very well.
je
David R. Birch
E-mail attachments. If it isn't attached properly, it comes through as
part of the text!
Because of this, I request DWG or ZIPed files.
David R. Birch
The LASER Shop
Germantown, WI
Ted Edwards
> I also work at a laser shop where we frequently receive DXF files as
> E-mail attachments. If it isn't attached properly, it comes through as
> part of the text!
Try this - it works in NN. When you receive an e-mail, check the
attachment before moving on. If it's in-line, click View/Attachments as
links. It should reload showing a link. Right click the underlined
Part xx and click save as.
Ted