Re: Frustrated with DXF files

Well I gave corel a call yesterday. They said that the filters
are "broke" in versions 10 and 11 of corel.. but that they will work
if you save as version 2002 of Autocad. I asked if they new when they
would have a patch. They said they had no plans on fixing it. I then
reinstalled corel 9 on my system I guess I will just use that. anyone
want to buy a used corel 11 upgrade ;) lol

Also concerning TurboCad I found that if I draw everything and do
all my editing (undo) and then when the drawing is complete Select
All and then paste it to a completely new page and save that page as
dxf it seams to work alright for me.. But if I save the original I
usually have problems.

Jeff

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "caudlet" <tom@t...> wrote:
> > Yeah actually corel 9 worked fine at exporting a picture as dxf
> for
> > me also. but it didn't export text correctly even when I
converted
> it
> > to curves. I upgraded to corel 11 I heard they worked on the
export
> > filters and thought oh I bet they have that bug fixed.. Now it
> > exports text corectly but everything else is exported with gaps
or
> > broken lines. actually even the text has broken lines but you
have
> to
> > magnify it in order to see it. Makes it impossible to Pocket
mill.
>
>
> Hummm. I have never had a problem exporting DXF to several of the
> CAM programs when the objects in Corel 9 were actually closed. I
> learned early on to select an object and try filling it with a
> color. If it fills, it's closed, if not you have to use the node
> edit tool, zoom in and find the beginning node and move it closer
to
> the end node. A lot of the clipart (Corel and others) have
unclosed
> objects (Polylines, etc). One thing I have found is that even on
> closed object there can be issues. In one CAM program I have if
the
> path crosses over itself it won't allow you to define it for pocket
> type operations. Corel dosen't care and will happly fill the object
> (s) and go on. There is always some level of cleanup I have to do
in
> order to get perfect cut files.