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dxf import to sketch?

scott_caskey
scott_caskey Posts: 55 PRO
in Community Support
Can you import a DXF drawing as a sketch?   Convert it to a sketch after you import it?    When I import dxf files, they are uneditable. 


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  • owen_sparks
    owen_sparks Posts: 2,660 PRO
    Yes, import to Onshape, insert into sketch, then project the geometry you want onto the sketch, modify as you wish, then export again.
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  • scott_caskey
    scott_caskey Posts: 55 PRO
    How do you insert it into a sketch? 

  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Posts: 6,097 image
    https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/insertdwgordxf.htm?Highlight=Dxf
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • jannie_smal
    jannie_smal Posts: 7 EDU
    The above is not working,This is just not working with Onshape, please let me know how to use it in a sketch! I get it in a TAB but cannot use it to make a part from it
     
  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Posts: 6,097 image
    @jannie_smal did you click the help link above? You have to create the sketch first. 
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • luis_carvalho222
    luis_carvalho222 Posts: 8 ✭
    Hi, I had same problem, in this exactly moment. Was looking a way to solve it and this was i did:

    1 - Imported a coreldraw crated .dxf file
    2 - RMB on the tab imported and created draw from dxf;
    3 - Export drawing to dxf from onshape to a new tab
    4 - Imported dxf from current document.

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