Fill

[michmaju]

My goal is to generate a DXF of a 2D pattern for laser etching. Our vendor needs the pattern created and filled where etching is required. The pattern outline is no problem but I can't figure out how the fill the areas to be etched. Anyone know how to do this in ProE?

WF2

Matthew




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[glanz]

You are going to have to trick Proe to do this. Take the 2D sketch in Proe and make it a solid 1mm thick or so. Now offset a plane half the thickness so you can make a cross section. Place the section on a drawing sheet and set the cross hatch to around .005 inch or whatever prints out solid, depends on line thickness settings in your print config file. Now you have a filled 2d you export to dxf.