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    • I Offline
      infovanderwoude.nl
      last edited by

      Hello.
      When i make a drawingin su2018pro and zoom real close i can see all de lines are closed and no crossings of lines.
      Then i export the drawing into a 3D model and save it as a DXF.
      When i open te DXF file and zoom in, i can see the lines aren't closed and some lines of cercles
      are crossing.
      See attachements
      Can somebody tell me what i can do about it.
      Regards William.


      Hekwerk met bogen in su2018pro test.skp


      Hekwerk met bogen exp test1.dxf

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      • BepB Offline
        Bep
        last edited by

        Give the geometry "faces" by drawing over one line.
        Then try to export again.
        Bep

        "History is written by the winners"

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        • I Offline
          infovanderwoude.nl
          last edited by

          Hello Bep.
          Thanks for your reaction.

          I have already tried several savings with and without "faces" and also in dwg
          but the problems remain.

          Regards, William.

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          • BepB Offline
            Bep
            last edited by

            Hallo William,

            I don't now what you did different than I did.

            Bep


            Hekwerk met bogen in su2018pro test.skp


            Hekwerk met bogen in su2018pro test.dxf

            "History is written by the winners"

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            • HornOxxH Offline
              HornOxx
              last edited by

              Hi All - the here posted DXFs run perfect for me and no bugs at all.
              @ William - for testing, could you please save down your original SkUp file (the one you exported to DXF then) to let´s say SU 2013 or SU 2016 since not all of us here are running 2018 Pro 😉

              never trust a skinny cook

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              • BepB Offline
                Bep
                last edited by

                William,

                I think your cad program has somehow changed your .dxf file.
                In your .dxf the arcs have more segments, there are elements moved, and crossing lines.
                Which cad program are you using.

                Bep


                Bep test V14.skp

                "History is written by the winners"

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                • HornOxxH Offline
                  HornOxx
                  last edited by

                  hi again - I wonder if this error (for whatever reason) could be related to the fact that SkUp has difficulties with too small units and whether an upscaling x10 or better x100 before export would avoid the seen error?
                  An upscaling could have the advantage - but only if desired - that you could work with significantly more arc segments to get a more rounded geometry... (my export import runs clean btw)


                  error.jpg

                  never trust a skinny cook

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                  • S Offline
                    slbaumgartner
                    last edited by

                    I believe what you are seeing is a consequence of the way SketchUp exports true circular arcs to a 3D dxf whereas the edge in the SketchUp model intersects one of the arc segments away from the true circle. This happens when the point of intersection is not an endpoint of one of the original (equal-length) edges that SketchUp uses to represent an arc or circle because only those endpoint vertices are on the true circle. You could try my Circle Intersect extension to show guide points where edges or other arcs intersect true mathematical circles vs SketchUp's segmented representation.

                    Screen Shot 2018-10-17 at 4.16.53 PM.png

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                    • I Offline
                      infovanderwoude.nl
                      last edited by

                      Thanks to all.
                      Problem is solved.
                      I draw it again with true arcs an now it work perfect.

                      Thanks again, Yours sincerely

                      William.

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