How do you group the lines (nodes) in a imported .DFX file?

christopher_moon

Please note, I am a very new user.

I have Googled and Youtubed to no resolve. I am likely asking the questions wrong. I have more experience with 2D drawing primarily for patterns used when laser cutting.

I am importing a simple 2D drawing into Onshape. The issue I am running into is that all the lines are not connected together at the end nodes. I thought I could just import the files and use them to modify some existing tooling I have already drawn up to keep from repeatedly drawing fixed dimensions like mounting points and over all allowable size. 

In my 2D software its a matter of select all and "group" and that will keep my imported ,dfx drawing from coming apart as I drag and drop them.
 
In my searching I saw it mention in the Tech section that if you dimension one item it will automatically dimension the entire imported file but I am not seeing that happen?

This is a  basic drawing but some are more complex and everything is laid out in place. I have a number of them to do and would prefer to not redraw them all in OnShape 

Thanks.

martin_kopplow

In a sketch, and you seem to be in a sketch here, elements are usually kept from moving around by constraining them. I admit that this could mean quite some work for more complex DXF imports. You could select all or groups of elements and then click the "fix" tool in the toolbar. After that, they won't move no more.

christopher_moon

Getting back to this as I am running into it again and "FIX" isn't working. I am not sure why onshape breaks my .dfx files into segment. Lighburn software is used for running a laser and draws in vector. When I import a radius from Lightburn to Onshape the radius tends to be segmented with multitudes of points rather than just the start/end of the radius. When I "select all" and apply "fix" my lines turn black but the vertex do not and the lines can be drug shorter or longer, same with radius, from that nodes. Is there a way to select a line and select all features touching said line so you could delete the full perimeter?