I am running CorelDrawx6 and the trial version of CorelCad 2017. When I attempt to extrude a rectangle with rounded corners and some holes in the middle from CorelDraw to CorelCad I receive the error "Sweep created a surface with parallel u and v «Error»". The circles, if selected separately, will extrude, but i cannot create a rectangle with holes in it. My purchase of CorelCad would depend on this procedure running smoothly. The Imported .cdr/.dxf files are defined as splines in the CorelCad properties docker and the Explode/Explodex commands won't convert them to polylines as per another answer I found on the forums. I joined the Curves in CorelDraw with zero gap so the line is continious when selected in CorelCad but the properties bar tells me they are not closed.
Would upgrading to Coreldraw 2017 resolve this issue for me?
Thank you if you can help me.
Peter.
Hi David,
Wondering if you could possibly elaborate a little on how to do this? I am having the same problem and no matter what I do, I get that same error on most things. I even tried to emulate the tutorial located here: https://youtu.be/VCz-iZUX6JA
I drew my own gear using the exact same method in the video, but it doesn't work like it does in the video. The only thing that will extrude is the circle in the middle.
I've tried using the PEDIT command, but can't get it to do anything with any of the lines. I've tried Exploex, but can't get that to do anything either.
I am using X8 and CorelCad 2017.
Thanks.
Yep, I can't get any of that to work either.... Not in any version of CorelDraw or CorelCAD. Hopefully Klaus will come along and comment on how to make it work. It would be nice if CorelDraw objects were recreated as 2D meshes, but I don't think they are :( Instead, they come across as some other kind of object, and while it works well in 2D, it's not so good in 3D. A shame really as all you need for a polyline mesh is a vector outline. It's not even that difficult to import Excel databases of points into CorelCAD. Generally, if I need to do anything with CorelCAD, I usually try to do it entirely in CorelCAD. Creating a gear in CorelCAD from scratch is so much easier than with CorelDRAW... But if it's art, well, I've never really had to import anything that complicated.
I'll let you know what I find and if I find a workaround.
I have no idea what they are doing in that video. It seems edited and too much is missing.
David
Depending on the line or curve drawing tools you've used in CorelDRAW the shape might be imported as spline.
That was the case with the artistic gear sample in the video. In order to transform such a 2D shape into a 3D solid, you can do the following:
In some cases, you only need to perform one of the above suggested transformations to make the 3D operations work as intended.
For achieving a hole in a (3D solid) shape you should
With regards to the CorelDRAW design sample in the video, please note that the text was converted to curves before importing the CDR file in CorelCAD for the 3D operations.
Hope that helps.
Best regards,Klaus