exporting at 1:1

joe_bar

I need to export 160 drawings

each part will be laser cut and needs to have the part number etched onto it to avoid confusion for fabrication.

In solidworks I would put the text on the flat pattern on the drawing,

In onshape, I can't export all my drawings 1:1, they're too big for the sheet, and I can't quick-export the dxfs because they don't include dotted bend lines or the part number.

what're my options,

Thinking I need to be able to export a drawing at 1:1 as a dxf even if the sheet scale is 1:20 (for example)

Joe

eric_pesty

Are your parts really larger than 1800"?
Because that's how big you can make a drawing sheet so I would think you should be able to just make larger sheets and export the drawings 1:1…

MDesign

Eric, I think he's trying to avoid doing that 160 times. Sounds like a potentially easy task for someone with feature script knowledge.

joe, Is there a reason you can't just export from the flat pattern view in the part studio. you can add a sketch for the part# and it will export the part# and the flat pattern with bend lines.

also note you do not need to make a sheet to fit the part 1:1. Just the view has to be 1:1

robert_johnston

This is generally where you still need Autocad, Ares kudo/commander or any dxf editing software you have available. The default layers and lines are too much for laser cutters without clean up.

I export from flat pattern directly from the versioned part stuido so the file name includes the name, partnumber and revision.

Open in Areas commander

Remove unwated lines and add any speific edits for helping press brakes like brake off tabs or etch small bend lines, apply etched part numebrs text etc

Purge unwanted layers - keeps it clean for laser cutters.

Resave to appropriate dxf year version depending on who is doing your laser cutting may need to save as older version.

I mostly do all this manually for our internal laser and keep it simple for the laser team without having to edit my dxf cut files.

All this depends on your laser requirements as some nesting software can decode the file name/layers/text within the dxf then automatilly apply that as a part number and etch on the parts.

We also get external people giving us dxf files to cut, sometimes they are too messy we have to reject and let them clean up or have to charge CAD time for us to clean their files up.

GWS50

I often export a flat pattern drawing at 1;1 even though the drawing goes outside the page boundaries and it seems to work fine. The drawing page is blank with no title block or borders