[Plugin] FreeDXF Importer

Jim

hey jim,

i'm trying to import a dxf file but it comes in scaled to inches.
as an example i tried to import 1000x1000 square with a unitless autocad setting dxf and it came to sketchup 2540 x 2540 mm. i've choosen mm when the pop up displayed.

do you think something was wrong?

Yes I botched the importer scale. It is now fixed and version 0.8.1 is available in the Plugin Store.

srknytgn

Hey Jim, please don't mention it : )
But the same problem is here, I've attached the screenshot.
I've also tried clean install, but no way.

100x100_square.dxf

Jim

I found it - this had to do with updating the options from the UI rather than incorrect scaling factors. Check for version 0.8.2 soon.

srknytgn

thanks Jim!

rungek

Just today loaded and tried with Make 2014 on Win 7 x64. Does not work!
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Box

Then you must be doing something wrong, but as you've given no information about how it hasn't worked for you nobody can help.

rungek

Box. Your right of course so here is the error info. SU reports on startup

Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/Laptop/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/Dxf_In_v2.2.rb:306: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
ramFile.each do |@line| #search for entities @line by @line

^>

Thanks for any help. Maybe just using provious version of Google SU will be easier.

Jim

@rungek said:

Just today loaded and tried with Make 2014 on Win 7 x64. Does not work!
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Sorry you are having difficulty.

How did you install FreeDXF? What version did you install?

The only supported download is from the SketchUcation Plugin Store. The most recent version is 0.8.7. In recent versions of FreeDXF this version number appears right in the Plugins menu.

Is this what you see after installing?

Jim

@rungek said:

Box. Your right of course so here is the error info. SU reports on startup

Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/Laptop/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/Dxf_In_v2.2.rb:306: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
ramFile.each do |@line| #search for entities @line by @line
                    ^>
Thanks for any help. Maybe just using provious version of Google SU will be easier.

This error is not from FreeDXF - it is from a different plugin named Dxf_in.

rungek

Thanks, still new to this and thought I installed the correct plugin. Works now.

wootton

I'm also having trouble installing this plugin into Sketchup 2014. I may have the wrong version; I see above that the latest is 0.8.7, but in the filename I downloaded it's 0.8.2, which appears to have been created 2 months ago, and I can't find a more current version. Is "0.8.7" a typo? If not, is there a link to the newer version? I got it from the following link at the Sketchucation download store:

SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

SketchUp Plugin and Extension Store by SketchUcation provides free downloads of hundreds of SketchUp extensions and plugins

(sketchucation.com)

The filename is freedfx_v0.8.2.rbz

I pasted the file to the following folder on my computer, and restarted SketchUp:

C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins

When I try to find it in SketchUp, I don't see a "plugins" icon anywhere, and when I open Ruby console, nothing appears. Have I left out a step?

Thanks in advance,
Tom

wootton

Never mind, I figured it out.

TIG

@wootton said:

Never mind, I figured it out.
The latest is v0.8.2.
You need to install the RBZ archive's contents, using Preferences > Extensions > Install... button...
No need to mess on accessing your Plugins folder at all, for this kind of Plugin... Just 'AutoInstall' it...

SGC

SU 14.1.1282
FreeDXF 0.8.2
Win7 Pro

Jim - when I open the plug-in I'm getting this empty dialog box. I tried reinstalling both the plug-in and SU14, no changes. Any suggestions?

Screenshot of dialog box

TIG

Open Internet Explorer > Safety > Delete Browsing History and empty the cache...
SketchUp uses IE for its web-dialogs, irrespective of your default browser.
Sometimes the cache is messed up and needs clearing...
Report back...

SGC

@tig said:

Open Internet Explorer > Safety > Delete Browsing History and empty the cache...
SketchUp uses IE for its web-dialogs, irrespective of your default browser.
Sometimes the cache is messed up and needs clearing...
Report back...

That wasn't it. I deleted temp downloads, cookies, history, and tracking protection from IE, no changes. Did the same in Chrome (my default browser) just to be sure. Restarted SU and still have an empty dialog box when I call up the plugin.

Jim

Hi Stephen - I've not experienced this myself, and don't know why it is happening.

The dialog is made using thomthom's SKUI framework.

Could it be an IE security setting?

TIG

Yes, make sure that your IE Internet Options settings for Javascript etc are not overly strict...
Can you get other web-dialogs to work OK ?

dpatrickryan

Very promising plugin, but it's not 100% for my application. I'm looking for something to allow me to import planar DXF exports of lasercut plans for 3D printer parts (for extrusion and export as STLs). The built-in DXF importer in SketchUp 2014 worked fine, but that Pro-only feature has now expired in my free version. I tried installing the 0.8.2 revision, and everything came in more or less OK, except some of the curve fits to SPLINE elements are pretty chunky. Is there any way to improve the resolution of those curve fits? (I've got no control over the DXF itself - it's what I'm being given by the printer maker.)

Jim

Yeah sorry. Splines are added incorrectly as straight lines between points. I just have not figured out how to handle splines in the dxf yet.

It may help to convert the .dxf to an older version using this: http://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/TeighaFileConverter