31 Jul
2009
31 Jul
'09
10:37 p.m.
On 1/8/09 00:18, Alvin Penner wrote:
just a few comments on dxf:
- the pstoedit program produces .dxf output according to AutoCAD Release 12
format.
- the .dxf input routine in Inkscape reads only AutoCAD Release 13 format.
- the level of compatibility between these two AutoCAD Releases is quite
poor, so normally a pstoedit .dxf output will probably not be readable by Inkscape.
- QCad can often be used to convert between the two .dxf formats, since the
default output in QCad is Release 13 or newer.
- with respect to the ROBOMaster dxf output option, it should be used only
if using a ROBOMaster. The output will not be readable by Inkscape. If you do not use the ROBOMaster option, then the Inkscape Desktop Cutting Plotter .dxf output should be readable by Inkscape.
Thank you for the explanations - now I understand why Inkscape wouldn't import previously exported AutoCAD DXF test drawings - and I already wanted to blame pstoedit ;-(
Couldn't your comments be added to the import/export dialogs for *.dxf (as info-about-tab or tooltips)?
~suv