DXF Export in FreeCAD

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FreeCAD 0.18 and up

The issue with the draft-> Shape2DView is that it doesn't produce good circles. I get 13-gons. The CNC machine can do better than the crude approximation the draft workbench gives. Aidan Williamson (talk) 01:43, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Inkscape Workaround

  1. In Draft Workbench, go to Draft -> Shape2DView tool if you want to flatten the 3D shape. Use Draft-> Draft to Sketch (still viewing normal to sketch plane)
  2. Now Export sketch as flattened svg via file->export
  3. In Inkscape, open svg and save as dxf
  4. MJ notes - Note that this works in v16, and it works for any original sketch - or sketch generated from 3D using Shape2DView.

MJ Notes 2021

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Working Files

Notes: Unit selections in FreeCAD do not affect size of SVG.

Roberto Video

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FreeCAD v0.16 and earlier

From Abe Anderson

FreeCAD DXF

To clarify further on the DXF import/export library I had trouble with the plugin so I disabled the automatic one in preferences for FreeCAD v0.16 and I used v1.39 available here https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer

the instruction say to put the files it into the .Freecad folder not in a subfolder.

restart freecad if needed.

load your part and select it.

Then click File--> Export...

set Files of type: Autodesk DXF (*.dxf)

and save.

From Roberto Log

Sun Jul 30, 2017

I think I've discovered how to get the right DXF files for cutting. First I took these DXF files as an example: File:Trencherdxfs.zip. So, what we need is a 2D drawing for the face to be cut, with DXF format.

These are the steps:

  1. Follow Abe's procedure: DXF_Export_in_FreeCAD (I'd add that to see the DXF options, I had to go to Draft Workbench before). But do not export yet.
  2. Open the FreeCAD file to export.
  3. Go to Draft Workbench.
  4. Select the object to export.
  5. Select a standard view (keys 1-6), which shows the face to be cut.
  6. Go to Draft menu-> Shape 2D view.
  7. Select the new object Shape2DView and check it's ok.
  8. Export as Autodesk DXF(*.dxf).
  9. Open the DXF file in LibreCAD and check it's ok.

File:CEB Press Drawer Side.dxf This is what I got.


Links

http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=5584