Importing DXF from Solidworks 05

[The Fastmill]

When I try to import a DXF file from Solidworks (to get my sweep paths only) Mastercam X crashes?

 

I can import a dxf I create in Mastercam X but not solidworks. I can open the solidworks DXF in V9.1 though? I don't get it?

[Guest]

Have you tried an IGES, instead?

[The Fastmill]

Well... yes but I should be able to import DXF also...

[Guest]

I agree but it is an Autocad translator and there could be issues, I don't know. Myself, I've never done a dxf out of SW, only an IGES on the couple of occasions I needed only wireframe.

[The Fastmill]

The thing that is bugging me is it works in V9.1 but not in X?

[Guest]

Send the file into QC.

 

See what they say.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

The Fastmill,

Is it just one file? Or is it any DXF file that you save from SolidWorks?

One not-very-well-known feature in X is the DXFRescuer C-Hook. It's an alternate way of reading in DXF files if File/Open fails with them. Lots of software products can output DXF, not everyone outputs valid DXF data (I'm not saying SolidWorks isn't...). The 'rescuer' will try to work around some of the non-standard stuff that might pop up. Try that and see what happens.

And, like John (above) said - send the file(s) to [email protected]. Feel free to cc: me ([email protected]) since QC's going to pass it over to me anyway.

[Steve Zirtzman]

Pete,

I am one of those not-in-the-know people. Mastercam X Help reads, "The DXFRescuer C-Hook replaces the command File, Convert, PreV9DXF from earlier versions of Mastercam." I don't remember the PreV9DXF command either.

 

Thanks for the tip!

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Steve,

 

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"...File, Convert, PreV9DXF ...."

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That's a little misleading, because in V9 it wasn't available under the File/Convert menu. In V9, this was only available via Config's Toolbar/Keys setup, or via the F10 function (which let you run any Mastercam function).

 

It's really only meant to be used as a last resort. It doesn't support all the entity types, either - it's limited to simple 2D stuff - points, lines, arcs, notes, etc.

[Steve Zirtzman]

Thanks Pete

[The Fastmill]

Thanks for all your help guys. i will send this file to QC in a while. It's not just this file... It's all the files I get from Solidworks.

 

Thanks again,

[DCparts]

The DXF's out of Solidworks 2005 seemed to work good for us, but since we have upgraded to Solidworks 2006 the DXF's are terrible, missing line segments and that kind of thing. We had to increase the chain tolerance until we could work with it. The translator needs some work.