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DXF import to eagle 7

Oppie

Trying to import a simple board for which I have a DXF file into eagle 7.

 

Tried Jorge's "import-dxf.ulp" (came with eagle7 ulp's) which generated only

a five line script and stopped. Don't know where I'm going wrong. The dxf

file opens fine with Draftsight.

 

I used to use Eagle Power Tools which had a dxf import that worked

splendidly. It's just not supported in eagle7.

 

The board is simple enough just to redraw but looking to the future, I would

like to get a working process.

 

Thank you - Oppie

 

 

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  • On 29/09/2016 9:21 a.m., Oppie wrote:

    Trying to import a simple board for which I have a DXF file into eagle 7.

     

    Tried Jorge's "import-dxf.ulp" (came with eagle7 ulp's) which generated

    only a five line script and stopped. Don't know where I'm going wrong.

    The dxf file opens fine with Draftsight.

     

    I used to use Eagle Power Tools which had a dxf import that worked

    splendidly. It's just not supported in eagle7.

     

    The board is simple enough just to redraw but looking to the future, I

    would like to get a working process.

     

    Thank you - Oppie

     

     

    Hi

     

    You have some work to do.

     

    As I understand it, no ULP has ever worked with all dxf files.

    Historically, splines were the object that was not handled

     

    You need to determine which dxf entities are not supported by the ULP

    and then determine if your dxf file is free of those entities.

     

    From a quick look in the ULP, it appears to support the following entities.

    LINE,

    ARC,

    CIRCLE,

    POLYLINE,

    VERTEX,

    LWPOLYLINE

     

    So if you have others you can expect the ULP to ignore them or grind to

    a halt.

     

    Post your dxf here. Someone may be kind enough to inspect it. Going

    forward you will need to understand the dxf formatting so you match the

    file to an appropriate tool.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

     

     

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  • On 29/09/2016 9:21 a.m., Oppie wrote:

    Trying to import a simple board for which I have a DXF file into eagle 7.

     

    Tried Jorge's "import-dxf.ulp" (came with eagle7 ulp's) which generated

    only a five line script and stopped. Don't know where I'm going wrong.

    The dxf file opens fine with Draftsight.

     

    I used to use Eagle Power Tools which had a dxf import that worked

    splendidly. It's just not supported in eagle7.

     

    The board is simple enough just to redraw but looking to the future, I

    would like to get a working process.

     

    Thank you - Oppie

     

     

    Hi

     

    You have some work to do.

     

    As I understand it, no ULP has ever worked with all dxf files.

    Historically, splines were the object that was not handled

     

    You need to determine which dxf entities are not supported by the ULP

    and then determine if your dxf file is free of those entities.

     

    From a quick look in the ULP, it appears to support the following entities.

    LINE,

    ARC,

    CIRCLE,

    POLYLINE,

    VERTEX,

    LWPOLYLINE

     

    So if you have others you can expect the ULP to ignore them or grind to

    a halt.

     

    Post your dxf here. Someone may be kind enough to inspect it. Going

    forward you will need to understand the dxf formatting so you match the

    file to an appropriate tool.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

     

     

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