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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