FreeCAD et importation DXF
Mentions légales
Pour pouvoir importer des fichiers au format DXF, vous devez installer manuellement plusieurs fichiers. Pourquoi ça ? Ces bibliothèques sont publiées avec une autre licence que FreeCAD, donc les développeurs de FreeCAD ne peuvent pas les inclure dans l'application FreeCAD.
How to install
To install Draft-dxf-importer:
- Go to Yorik's Github account and download these files (on the right side you can choose "download as ZIP").
- Put the files in your macro folder.
- In Ubuntu, this is normally
/home/your_user_name/.FreeCAD
The directory is hidden. You may need to unhide it to make it visible.
- In Windows, your (standard) macro directory is
C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD
If you are unsure of where your macro-directory is,
- open FreeCAD and go to "Edit → Preferences",
- select "General" in the left column and select category "Macro" on the top right corner of the preferences-window. There sould be a field named "Macro Path".
Tutorial: Dxf Importer Install
Setting Options
You can set several import options for DWG/DXF. Depending on your version you have to use a different method.
- FreeCAD 0.14 and older
- Open FreeCAD.
- Switch to the Draft Workbench. (Otherwise you won't see the options)
- Go to "Edit → Preferences" and select "Draft" in the left column.
- Select "DXF / DWG-Options" in the top right corner of the preferences-window.
- FreeCAD 0.15 and above
- Open FreeCAD.
- Switch to the Draft Workbench. (Otherwise you won't see the options)
- Go to "Edit → Preferences".
- Now you shoould see an icon labeled "Import-Export" in the left column. Select that.
Tips and Tricks
Sometimes DXF Files don't seem to import although they open up in 2D-DXF-CAD-Programs without problems.
You can try:
- Go to Edit → Preferences → Import/Export → DXF/DWG and untick the option "join geometry" and try again.
- Remember that maybe now you won't have coincident end-of-line-points. You will have to make them coincident yourself.
- You can do this with the command "Close Shape" in the sketcher workbench (needs version 0.15) or you can apply the constraints manually
You can also try:
- Go to Edit → Preferences → Draf → General and adjust the value of "Tolerance" (default: 0,05)
- Try again
Good luck on importing.