I work in a manufacturing environment and I have been using Corel Draw X6 to export designs for laser cutting. The issue is that when I export some DXF's or DWG's the line quality is bad. For instance I exported a line drawing of a plate to be lasered and all of the holes that I drew were warped looking and even had some flat sides. and the corners are mangled and rounded. I have tried exporting with every different option but it does not look any better. I dont remember having these problems with the older versions. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks -Shawn
(Background: I have been using CorelDraw since version 5, but have only been using it for manufacturing in the past 2 years)
shawn hines said: I work in a manufacturing environment and I have been using Corel Draw X6 to export designs for laser cutting. The issue is that when I export some DXF's or DWG's the line quality is bad. For instance I exported a line drawing of a plate to be lasered and all of the holes that I drew were warped looking and even had some flat sides. and the corners are mangled and rounded. I have tried exporting with every different option but it does not look any better. I dont remember having these problems with the older versions. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks -Shawn (Background: I have been using CorelDraw since version 5, but have only been using it for manufacturing in the past 2 years)
could you provide a sample of the art in cdr? I'd like to test something. there may be a way to get the curves right.
Here is a link to the file.
http://wikisend.com/download/909640/Backup_of_ZA Thirty Bracket v3.cdr
I looked at DXFTools. Do you guys know the difference between standard and professional?
I looked at it and it still has a slight irregularity if you look real close at the tips of those "V" cutouts on the side. Also the laser guy got pissed when I sent him a DXF with segmented circles. He said it makes the laser nuts with the starting and stopping.
I really appreciate you giving that a go.
Can we recommend to Corel that they buy the DXFtool technology and add it to X8?
could you post an image capture so I can see what you're talking about? Also, what program are you using?
im using DWG true view and Draftsight
if opened in DWGTrueView 2014 I get this same result as you posed. However, I opened the dwg file in DraftSignt and it appeared clean and correct. If you type REGEN, the curved objects will regenerate and give you a smooth curve/edge. image attached is from DraftSight.
I have seen the same issues, many times the software/hardware combination of the device is lacking, I.E. the import software has kept up with the changes.