How to import dxf file into Eagle (into sch or into brd) ?

Importing a DXF works in a couple of ways. I am going to show you my preferred one - all required tools are available for free.

In order for this to work you will need

• Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org )

• BetterBetter DXF Export Plugin ( from http://tim.cexx.org/?p=590 or directly http://tim.cexx.org/images/b2_dxf_output.zip)

        (See website for installation instructions)

     - OR -

• (I had better success with) Inkscape PStoEdit DXF Extension. The extension should already be part of Inkscape, if it's not, grab "dxf_output.inx" from here: (https://github.com/piksels-and-lines-orchestra/inkscape/tree/master/share/extensions) - Note that you need PStoEdit for it to work and probably the Cairo image library.

• Eagle DXF Import ULP ( http://www.cadsoftusa.com/downloads/file/import-dxf-1_6.ulp )

• Start of by opening your vector graphic (be it svg, eps, or dxf already, or whatever..) in Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org )
• Choose Save as... and choose the appropriate plugin.
• In Eagle add a new Layer (this is optional, but makes moving shapes later on much easier).
• Execute the ULP-Script in Eagle and make sure, the correct targeting Layer is selected.

That's it. Sometimes there are some tricky shapes that look odd, mainly hollow circles (they sometimes get filled). One approach to work around this issue is to overlay the circle in Inkscape with a very very thin line and then use the boolean shape difference operator to tear the circle apart into two half circles. That way, however, they get rendered correctly in Eagly.
Oh and do not forget to convert fonts and primitives like rectangles to shapes..

Hope this helps!

Hi,

What I would like to do is export from Tango Schematic and PCB into Eagle....I'm assuming if I'm able to export a file from Tango to a dxf I will be able to import it into Eagle using the steps you have laid out above.

On 19/03/15 00:27, Lance Buttolph wrote:

Hi,

 

What I would like to do is export from Tango Schematic and PCB into

Eagle....I'm assuming if I'm able to export a file from Tango to a dxf I

will be able to import it into Eagle using the steps you have laid out

above.

 

Possibly not usefully.

The export step, to a DXF, loses the essence of the schematic and turns

it into a pure drawing (since DXF is a mechanical drawing format).

Importing that into Eagle can't recreate what you lost in that step.

You'll get something, but it's unlikely to be what you hoped for.

On 19/03/15 00:27, Lance Buttolph wrote:

Hi,

 

What I would like to do is export from Tango Schematic and PCB into

Eagle....I'm assuming if I'm able to export a file from Tango to a dxf I

will be able to import it into Eagle using the steps you have laid out

above.

 

Possibly not usefully.

The export step, to a DXF, loses the essence of the schematic and turns

it into a pure drawing (since DXF is a mechanical drawing format).

Importing that into Eagle can't recreate what you lost in that step.

You'll get something, but it's unlikely to be what you hoped for.

Thanks. I kind of assumed that would the case. I'm going to also assume same case for tango pcb layout as well.

Am 19.03.2015 um 16:44 schrieb Lance Buttolph:

Thanks. I kind of assumed that would the case. I'm going to also assume

same case for tango pcb layout as well.

Hi,

with a short look at Cadsoft ulp

http://www.cadsoft.de/downloads/file/import-tango.ulp

http://www.cadsoft.de/downloads/file/import-tango_for_lite.ulp

i don't know annything about tango, but there is a app(ulp) for that

HTH

Werner