KiCad exports the DXF with values in mils, but DXF's should be inches
or mm. Hence the scale is out by a factor of 1000. I have stumbled
across this in the past.

Best Regards,

Brian.

On 11 March 2010 10:46, Gilles Teisseire <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bonjour,
>
> I'm using Kicad RC5, Ubuntu 9.10.
> I've tried to export drill file in DXF format.
> Whatever the choice of inches or millimeter in export window, i've got
> the same issue:
>
> When I try to open the .DXF file with Solidworks the scale is wrong. (by
> a factor of 1000).
>
> I don't know if it's a solidworks or kicad issue.
> Can anyone confirm it's a Kicad Bug?
>
> Merci.
>
> G.T.
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