Question about 3dmCurves2DXF

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 From:  mickelsen
4483.1 
Does the 3dmCurves2DXF program only convert 2D drawings to DXF format? Is there a way to 3D drawings to DXF?
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Mark
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 From:  Michael Gibson
4483.2 In reply to 4483.1 
Hi Mark - 3dmCurves2DXF will convert any kind of curve object to DXF, not just 2D curves.

Like imagine a curve that is squiggling around in 3D like a pile of spaghetti - a curve like that is not 2D but it is still a wireframe curve.

The thing that it won't do is process solids and determine which pieces of curves are supposed to be hidden and which are visible - that's called hidden line removal and it is something that I want to add to MoI but it does not have it yet.

For now your best bet for things like that is to load your model into a different CAD program that can produce the hidden line drawings for you.

ViaCAD can work pretty good for that, and it's also very inexpensive:
http://www.punchcad.com/c-12-consumer-cad.aspx

- Michael

EDITED: 4 Sep 2011 by MICHAEL GIBSON

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 From:  Michael T. (MICTU_UTCIM)
4483.3 
Hi Mark,

Yeah you can copy all the edge curves and save as separate 3dm file and export to DXF. This is what we used to call a wireframe model.

Michael T.
Michael Tuttle a.k.a. mictu http://www.coroflot.com/DesignsByTuttle
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