All Autocad since R12 uses entities that Smartcam does not have a way to calculate. No other software written prior to R12 would translate the newer elements either. I have never had much luck importing DWG into Smartcam. I save as R12 DXF's and have no problems. Rhino will read any 2000 and up dwg file and can save back to R12 for Smartcam or IGES the file back into Smartcam. Rhino is the lowest cost link to keep Smartcam up to date in file translation as well as being better than most of the high cost modelers. $495.00 and you can open new files and feed them into Smartcam. I don't sell Rhino or any other software FWIW. STL files can also be translated and sent to Smartcam as well as 99% of the formats used today. Michael
Jonathan McRight wrote: > > I'm having trouble trying to import dxf and dwg files into Advanced Fab Ver. > 11.1 from Autocad 2000. It simply will not do it. > I have even tried saving from Autocad as a release 14 or 12 dxf file. When I > try to bring it in to Advanced Fab, it locks up the software. Is there > something else I could try or is my Smartcam to old for my Autocad 2000? > > Thanks, > Jonathan McRight > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== -- Michael Gailey Artistic CNC Mill, Router and Engraver Programming 3D modeling for Product Design and Development http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/toc.htm ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
