Denis Fernandes - inkscape-user-bounces@...1648...forge.net
schrieb am 08.06.2007 11:18:26:
>
> What exactly do you want to do with the imported CAD in Inkscape?
Put it
> pretty for showcase printing, or something technical?
>
here I give you some more detailed
example on how I would like to combine CAD-data with Inkscape:
In my case I draw black-and-white line
illustrations for instruction manuals (weaving machines).
Since I do have together with our engeneers
direct access to our 3D SolidWorks Database, I can load the 3D Model directly
on my Computer. I´ll then rotate the model to a view that I need (mostly
some kind of isometric view). I then export the given view as a CAD file
such as dxf (see picture). I now have the accurate lines within a dxf-file.
However the CAD-system is not suitable or flexible enough to produce a
nice looling black-and-white line drawing with different kinds of line
weights etc.
What I now want to produce is the final
drawing based on the very lines of this dxf, something like this (see picture).
I do a bit of trimming changing line weights, some extra fill etc. In this
example I´ve just use part of the dxf-drawing.
However as I mentioned in my previous
request, I simply cannot find a straight way to get this perfect
dxf-file working within inkscape.
Converting dxf2svg doesn´t help either.
Since this file consists of around 1000 objects, inkscape gets very very
slow or even crashes.
(Windows XP, 1000 MB memory).
From SolidWorks I could also export
a bitmap and then manually trace it in inksape. But that would be a wast
of time. Since I´ve got all those lines already within the dxf.
Denis, please let me know you are still
intrested to pass you such a dxf-file for experimenting with it.
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