![]() ![]() I'm sorry if it's been frustrating, and it was for me as well 2 years ago when I started devoting time to it, and the software has evolved A LOT since. It's better to create it within the software.Ījayre wrote:But my inability to import anything and use it after investing eight to 10 hours over this weekend is completely frustrating. Importing 2D geometry in FreeCAD is still not very reliable. Although there is no guarantee this will work. But what you can do is use the Extrusion tool from the Part workbench instead. The Part Design tools only work with sketches and Draft objects (BSplines being an exception). (unfortunately I was unable to get anything out of this file, as I was not able to create a face with the horse profile)Īfter that no matter whay you do, you cannot pad imported entities. Which is why I said it would be best to configure your DXF export in Solid Edge (or whatever you used to produce the DXF with) not to export as a block. I got more than 400 and had to select manually a whole set and discard the rest. One is a bug with downgrading the block that produces about 4 times the amount of edges in it. Apparently I need wires not lines but I can't find details of how to do the conversion. I can't seem to convert the lines into a "2d shape" for padding. ![]() But my inability to import anything and use it after investing eight to 10 hours over this weekend is completely frustrating.Īll I wanted to do was create a 3D heart shape with a gently curved top surface and my wife's name across the bottom, but there seems to be so many stumbling blocks to complete this task in FreeCAD.Ījayre wrote:But then I am stuck again. I really would like to be able to use FreeCAD as it has Python scripting. Then when I try to convert to a solid I get the error "not a shell". Import into FreeCAD, convert mesh to shape and it displays ok. I then entered some text into Google Sketchup, extruded it and exported as STL. Also the draft workbench doesn't seem to display a grid. Next I tried entering text into the draft workbench - doesn't display anything. Importing a simple pentagon DXF created in CorelDRAW results in bsplines in FreeCAD - no straight lines. ![]() I tried the newer build from Petar and I was able to downgrade the DXF into lines. ![]()
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