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Export Face as .dxf

janek_chojnowski
janek_chojnowski Member Posts: 1 ✭
in Community Support
Hi Everyone

I am looking to export the Front Face from the part attached to .dxf for CNC pathing. (Please see attached screenshot)

I only seem to be able to export one face section at a time.

Any help would be appreciated. 

Many Thanks



Answers

  • bradley_sauln
    bradley_sauln Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 373 image
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  • robert_morris
    robert_morris OS Professional, Developers Posts: 176 PRO
    What I have done is to create an empty drawing (no title block or borders) with just a single view of the face you want to export. Then you can export the drawing as a dxf and it will have all the curves.
  • lougallo
    lougallo Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 2,020 image
    @robert_morris that is what I would suggest. Gives you the best option to nest profiles and export to model space. 
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  • CaptainBisquick
    CaptainBisquick OS Professional Posts: 33 ✭✭
    edited September 2016
    @robert_morris's solution isn't working for me. Here's a screenshot of the shape I need to export. Alternatively, is there a way to measure total perimeter length in OnShape? That's what I'm actually after, but I can't find that feature, so I figured I would do it with a vector editor.

  • robert_morris
    robert_morris OS Professional, Developers Posts: 176 PRO
    @CaptainBisquick,  Here is another option to try that I've done.

    Create a new sketch on that face, then select all the edges that you want to export and click the "Use" button. Exit out of the sketch, right-click on the sketch you just created in the feature tree and select export.

    That should put just those edges into the dxf/dwg for you.

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