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Scale when importing a DXF

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May 10, 2012
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Hi,

ia am using Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express 4.

I want to create a 3D Body out of an imported DXF drawing.

I have drawn the DXF in scale 25.40 but before exporting to DXF I changed to 1:1.
If I measure DXF in my 2D CAD I get 84mm.

But when i import it the scale is wrong. I get 2133,6mm instead of 84mm (a factor of 25.4).

The 3D Body has correct length (84mm) after editing scale to 25.4.

In Annotation the length is wrong with 2133,6mm!

When I enter this factor to the units under system settings, i can measure the correct values.

But when i do a STL export then I get a body without this factor.

Is it possible to enter a "hard" factor while importing a DXF, that the base data is correct

and the system does not referr to the wrong imperial dxf data.

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2_Test_Body.zip

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Best answer by FriedhelmK

Hello

Have a look in the file

C:\Path to aplication\dxfdwg\DXFDWG.con

and switch the

CustomUnits OFF

to

CustomUnits ON

and try again.

Further info in the readme.htm at the same folder

K

Kaynen

1-Visitor

Hi, I also have this question.

F

FriedhelmK

Answer

17-Peridot

Hello

Have a look in the file

C:\Path to aplication\dxfdwg\DXFDWG.con

and switch the

CustomUnits OFF

to

CustomUnits ON

and try again.

Further info in the readme.htm at the same folder

J

Jürgen

Author

3-Newcomer

Hello!

In my case this hint worked!

If I import my DXF now, i get correct values

Thx a million!

Greetings

Jürgen

P

ptc-5051960

1-Visitor

I'm having a dxf scaling issue too. I think it's similar to this. I import a dxf drawn in all English units. When i import it into Creo Direct Elements 18.1 it interprets all my English inch values as mm. For example, the dxf has a value of 1 in but when i import it, CREO reads it as 1 mm. I think this will fix it. Can I access the dxfdwg.con any other way in the GUI??? I found the file but I don't have access to it. It's under network lock and is read only. If i can find the command in the application through File/Settings tab I could set it there before import.