Creo Elements direct Modeling Express export DXF???

[DR_5410695]

Hello, I am using the free Creo Elements direct Modelling express program and would like to save my 2D drawing in annotation as DXF. Unfortunately, I do not understand on your help page in which file I should change something so that I can save a dxf file. Can you offer me further assistance? Many thanks in advance and best regards Daniel

[Kotom-Eng]

Hello,

You cannot save directly to DXF from Modeling Express. But there is a workaround:

- Save in a bundle bd2.

- Unzip the bundle bd2 file. You will get a file name am_2d_0.mi

- Use the executable dxfdwg.exe located in C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo Elements\Direct Modeling Express 8.0\dxfdwg

[DR_5410695]

Thank you for the good news,

but I get a file that is not packed. Can you explain exactly what you mean by ‘Unzip the bundle bd2 file. You will get a file name am_2d_0.mi’.

Best regards Daniel

[Kotom-Eng]

The file bd2 is a compressed file that contains 3 files:

- am_2d_0.mi

- am_3d_0.pkg

- Thumbnail.png

The first is the 2D, the second the 3D and the third a little screenshot of the 3D.

7-zip can uncompress the file bd2.

[DR_5410695]

Thank you very much, now I'm a bit smarter 🙂 I also get the Mi file via the dxfdwg.exe translate but the content is empty. The new files also remain empty as SVG and DWG. What else can I do?

Many thanks for your help

Daniel

[Kotom-Eng · Accepted solution]

I forgot to tell to uncompress am_2d_0.mi as well. You will get a text file without extension am_2d_0. This is this text file that you should use with dxfdwg.

You should open a command terminal in the directory C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo Elements\Direct Modeling Express 8.0\dxfdwg\

and type in for example:

dxfdwg -o -f  C:\temp\am_2d_0 C:\temp\am_2d_0.dxf C:\temp\am_2d_0.log

[DR_5410695]

I'm delighted, thank you very much 🙂

I have experimented for about 20 hours without a solution 😞

But now the world is a little better again.

Best regards Daniel