I 'rewrote' the DXF R12 conversion procedure for the manual as follows.
I checked it like this and this works with the original DXF file from
Marcos.
Does this reflect the general understanding?
Notes on importing DXF files
The *DXF* import capability in KiCad is limited as there is no
I think that kind of text is better suited in the DXF import dialog itself.
2015-09-09 23:08 GMT+02:00 easyw :
> I just added
>
> AddMenuItem( submenuImport, ID_GEN_IMPORT_DXF_FILE,
> _( "&DXF File (R12 best supported (no polylines), units mm)" ),
>
> to my import menu in
> menubar_pcbfra
I just added
AddMenuItem( submenuImport, ID_GEN_IMPORT_DXF_FILE,
_( "&DXF File (R12 best supported (no polylines), units mm)" ),
to my import menu in
menubar_pcbframe.cpp
That is an easy reminder each time I use import dxf function :)
On 09/09/2015 22.52, LordBlick wrote:
In response
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 20:53, from easyw:
I still consider that a message to be added as warning in the import dialog
saying "use R12 dxf version without polyline" would be useful
Maybe: „Polyline detected, try to explode/split it in LibreCAD/qcad and save in
R12 dxf ver
I still consider that a message to be added as warning in the import
dialog saying "use R12 dxf version without polyline" would be useful
On 09/09/2015 18.31, LordBlick wrote:
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 17:56, from easyw:
A good solution is to open palta2.dxf, select the
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 17:56, from easyw:
A good solution is to open palta2.dxf, select the object and explode it (I'm
using LibreCAD 2.0.8 in windows: Select object, Menu Modify Explode)
Seems that is kind of Berzier Curve, not few arcs. Probably that shape
needs to
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 13:59, from Marco Hess:
Hi Maurice,
The interesting issue then is that the procedure of 'simply' importing in
LibreCad and then "Save As' DXF R12 as currently documented in the 'pcbnew'
manual did not fix the issue.
Other than 'redrawing' as you d
Hi Maurice,
The interesting issue then is that the procedure of 'simply' importing
in LibreCad and then "Save As' DXF R12 as currently documented in the
'pcbnew' manual did not fix the issue.
Other than 'redrawing' as you did, is there another 'fool proof' way
that this could have worked tha
3D MCAD will generally represent even simple circular arcs as B-Splines,
so it it likely that your arcs were written to DXF as B-Splines or Bezier
curves.
Use librecad to draw the arcs instead; 2D CADs will generally represent
conics as a Euclidean formulation on a Cartesian plane. Re-exporting wil
Hi Marcos and Marco,
please find attached the dxf that I did from scratch using 4 arcs in
LibreCAD
I copied manually the path from palta2.dxf, then exported in dxf R12
The result is fine in kicad and I get a closed path also for Edge cuts.
in kicad there are 4 arcs
(gr_arc (start 178.564202
Definitely a problem with the DXF importer I would say as the resulting
data in the PCB file are just straight line segments:
(gr_line (start 42.68541 28.017695) (end 52.25 35.66) (layer
Edge.Cuts) (width 0.1))
(gr_line (start 27.328145 43.265288) (end 42.68541 28.017695) (layer
Edge.Cuts
Hi Marcos,
Apologies, but I did not see your original email where you said you
tried the R12 format alreayd.
I tried it as well and and it indeed seems to do something strange with
just connecting the end points of the circles or something.
Regards,
Marco
On 09-Sep-15 14:29, Marco Hess wr
KiCad DXF import for those kind of segments don't work very well. You
need to re-export the DXF in a DXF R12 format.
You can do that easily by opening the DXF in LibreCAD and then
reexporting in R12 format.
See http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/Pcbnew/Pcbnew.html#_creating_a_board
Section 6.1.2 and
>
> Seems that is kind of Berzier Curve, not few arcs. Probably that shape
>> needs to
>>
> split to single arcs before import.
Um, I don't know if its converted to a bezier curve, but I'm sure I made it
from 4 arcs, see attached.
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In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 05:24, from Marcos Chaparro:
I'm trying to import a simple dxf outline that is made from 4 arcs. The
figure was designed in freecad, and exported as dxf.
Importing that dxf in kicad didn't work, so I opened the dxf in librecad and
saved it as DXF
Hi,
I'm trying to import a simple dxf outline that is made from 4 arcs. The
figure was designed in freecad, and exported as dxf.
Importing that dxf in kicad didn't work, so I opened the dxf in librecad
and saved it as DXF R12, and the result was the same.
I know the dxf import is not fully suppo
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