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?
shawn hines said: I have found that when I export CorelDraw created DXF's it imports them back in perfectly. But when I view in any true cad software it gets all wanged out. Circles aren't circles and sometimes it creates points when there were none and it chamfers the corners in an uneven style. Sometimes it looks like parts are hand drawn. I used the trial of DXFtool Standard and it looked perfectly. Stinks that this is the only option. I use CorelDraw on several different computers and don't wanna buy several licenses. OH WELL! I appreciate everyones insight and help on this matter!
I have found that when I export CorelDraw created DXF's it imports them back in perfectly. But when I view in any true cad software it gets all wanged out. Circles aren't circles and sometimes it creates points when there were none and it chamfers the corners in an uneven style. Sometimes it looks like parts are hand drawn. I used the trial of DXFtool Standard and it looked perfectly. Stinks that this is the only option. I use CorelDraw on several different computers and don't wanna buy several licenses. OH WELL!
I appreciate everyones insight and help on this matter!
TRY using this file. It imports back into Draw okay (watch for duplicate holes though). Import this DWG into your CAM program.
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.
So did you do anything different to it or did you just export from Corel Draw? Again, I appreciate all of your help on this.
No, I did not do anything different. I opened the same DWG file that I attached in my earlier post.
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.