SolidWorks To DXF/DWG Mapping, not used much?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Joe Sloppy, Jun 27, 2007.

  1. Joe Sloppy

    Joe Sloppy Guest

    Issues I noticed after an hour of messing with it:

    I can't see the numbers on the "Color Mapping" tab past 99 in the dxf
    column, didn't anyone notice this?

    Where are the "SolidWorks Colors" coming from in that column?

    How come there is no choice to choose "ByLayer" for a color for the
    text in an annotation, you can pick "none" or "default" but when
    exporting, in AutoCAD, text color in annotations are "white",
    'ByLayer' would be better.

    Continuous is listed by default for layer 0 in the "Define Layers" tab
    but I can't choose it for other layers, only certain line types are
    listed, how can I add more?

    Jogged leaders are listed as an entities to map but regular leaders
    are not listed, I didn't notice them, why wouldn't they be there?

    OK, I hope I am not the only one out there trying to match a company
    standard directly from SW to AC, but I may be. Any help or suggestions
    are appreciated. It seems that this tool- SW to DWG conversions is
    very generic and rather not planned very well trying to imitate a real
    world conversion of entities to someones AutoCAD standard of layering.

    Thanks
     
    Joe Sloppy, Jun 27, 2007
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  2. Joe Sloppy

    Joe Sloppy Guest

    I forgot to add, WHERE in the WORLD do I control width factor in SW,
    Drawing text, I can do this in AC simply enough, I can import width
    controlled text into a SW drawing and copy and paste it all over the
    place, but when I try to add my own text like ROMANS and control the
    width, no luck, I don't now how.

    I learned an cool tip if its not possible, like I said, import your
    own narrower or wider text font from AC and then add to you favorites
    in the drawing, works with dims too. BUT it would be nice for SW to
    control this somehow since I it can import and export narrower font
    without a problem.

    ONE MORE annoying thing, how come I have 10 different dims styles and
    10 different text styles when most of them are exactly the same, is it
    also possible to control this or the naming of dim and text styles
    when exporting?

    I ask a lot don't I?
     
    Joe Sloppy, Jun 27, 2007
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  3. Joe Sloppy

    fcsuper Guest

    What version of SolidWorks are you using? I believe at least some of
    this is available in 2007

    Matt
    http://sw.fcsuper.com
    Co-moderator of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks/
     
    fcsuper, Jun 27, 2007
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  4. Joe Sloppy

    Joe Sloppy Guest

    What version of SolidWorks are you using? I believe at least some of
    Sorry, I am using SW2007 sp2.1.
     
    Joe Sloppy, Jun 27, 2007
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