2015-06-18 3:02 GMT+02:00 Marco Hess <[email protected]>: > Hi Maurice, > > If in LibreCAD you take your file and then do a 'Save As' in 'DXF R12' > Format (in the Save As dialog at the bottom "Save as type", it forces > LibreCAD to save in a older DXF format that does not support ellipses and > converts them to line segments. > > The resulting file then imports fine in pcbnew and with the recent patch > that I submitted also shows up correctly in the 3D view as per the attached > images. > > This just needs some documentation I guess that pcbnew supports R12 format > DXF and how to generate that with say LibreCAD.
Head over to https://github.com/ciampix/kicad-doc and add the note. But I do see that there is actually no description of the import possibilities anywhere. Please fell free to add it. > Regards, > > Marco > > > On 18-Jun-15 07:57, easyw wrote: > > Hi, > I'd like to know if it would be possible to add Ellipse support in DXF > import function in pcbnew... > > I tried to import a pcb board shape from a DWG file: > http://www.tekoenclosures.com/multimedia/manuali/dwg/MOK1.dwg > then I exported the DWG to DXF ASCII 2013 with TeighaFileConverter (as > suggested by FreeCAD) > (TeighaFileConverter is free and available in win, Linux and OSX) > MOK1.dwg -> MOK1-ASCII-DXF-2013.dxf > I opened the file in Librecad and isolate the only pcb shape... > then I obtained the MOK1-ASCII-DXF-2013-PCB-only.dxf attached > Then I imported the shape in pcbnew and the curved parts of the shape were > missing... > I opened the dxf in FreeCAD and I noticed that they are Ellipse entities... > > referring to this post: > http://www.mail-archive.com/kicad-developers%40lists.launchpad.net/msg06714.html > only lines, arcs, circles and texts are imported ... > I think it would be a nice feature to add also Ellipse to the importer (this > entity is quite common in shapes) ... > Obviously only if this could be compatible with the rest of the pcb > structure > > thank you > Maurice > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- > Marco Hess > Through IP Pty. Ltd. - AUSTRALIA > www.through-ip.com | [email protected] > p: +61 407 78 55 66 | f: +61 8 8121 6191 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
