It looks like bloody hell! I think it lost something in the translation. You may be able to address this by adjusting your settings in the CAM Connection. Could be a tolerance or a polyline conversion setting. It may also be an inch metric units mis-match. Since you've done this successfully before, I tend to think it may be in the output settings of your customer's CAD system. This is the type of problem that will crop up more frequently as CAD file formats continue to be revised but SmartCAM is stuck reading versions from 1997.
This can turn into a finger pointing match. Did you try reading the DXF file into another system to verify it's integrity? I use Volo View Express, a free viewer I downloaded from Autodesk. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/section/0,,837637-123112,00.html I figure if a current Autodesk product can't correctly read an AutoCAD format (DXF/DWG) than neither should SmartCAM. ============================================= Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: Bill Payter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:33 AM To: SmartCAM Users Subject: [mfg-smartcam] DXF input Hi guys, I've enclosed a PM4 file, it is part of a component drawing, (the customer wouldn't like me sending the whole drawing). Look at the shape of the polylines, particularly the letters which should look 'normal'. Is it the draughtsman or is it me? I'm using FFM V11.5 and I don't normally have a problem of this sort. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Bill in the UK. ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
