11-11-2014, 07:57 AM
Hello, I had a go at using DeltaCad to draw a component for laser cutting and saved file in dxf. format. The laser people were able to download from a memory stick and cut the parts, worked perfect.
I asked them to copy the files they had drawn for me for previous work, they use auto cad. As I understand it, saving files in dxf should allow files to be read by other programs as it did with my file for the laser cutting, but when I open these files in DeltaCad the units of measurement comes up as "unknown measurements" and it would appear that where the width of a part was 22mm it shows on the drawing as 22 inch even though it states "unknown". I have tried all I know to get the drawing to open to the original sizes but without success. Only way I found was to adjust the scale once it is open.
What I am wanting to do, is to change some small details on these drawings and return them for cutting, but with the scale changed I'm not sure what size parts I would end up with as the scale would not be 1:1.
Please can you tell me, am I correct in my understanding of dxf files being transferable (it works one way, why not the other?) and have I got a setting wrong when I try to open them in DeltaCad? Thanks.
Regards
Mickbeeza
I asked them to copy the files they had drawn for me for previous work, they use auto cad. As I understand it, saving files in dxf should allow files to be read by other programs as it did with my file for the laser cutting, but when I open these files in DeltaCad the units of measurement comes up as "unknown measurements" and it would appear that where the width of a part was 22mm it shows on the drawing as 22 inch even though it states "unknown". I have tried all I know to get the drawing to open to the original sizes but without success. Only way I found was to adjust the scale once it is open.
What I am wanting to do, is to change some small details on these drawings and return them for cutting, but with the scale changed I'm not sure what size parts I would end up with as the scale would not be 1:1.
Please can you tell me, am I correct in my understanding of dxf files being transferable (it works one way, why not the other?) and have I got a setting wrong when I try to open them in DeltaCad? Thanks.
Regards
Mickbeeza