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I cannot open .dxf files from Inkscape in other programs like VCarve Pro.

Asked by RedEngine

I am using Inkscape at home to design objects for toolpathing in VCarvePro (I do not have a license to use VCarve at home.) Supposedly VCarve will open a .dxf file, but it will not open the .dxf files that I am saving in Inkscape. Is there any workaround for this?

VC "sees" the .dxf files as available for opening, but when I click on them to open, nothing happens.

(PS I tried saving my Inkscape files in .pdf but parts of them get mangled when VCarve opens them and I have to do a lot of cleanup.)

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RIco (rico-rootscore-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

you are probably on windows, so try a development build as some work has been done on the dxf export, it might work better for you

here you'll find new development builds every few days for windows:
http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/?M=D

you'll see Inkscape20XXX files.. the biger the number .. the more recent (check the dates as well). You'll need 7zip to unpack them.
http://www.7-zip.org/

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RedEngine (cruzetti) said : 		#2

I tried a few builds, the latest one and a couple of older ones. No joy; the dxf crashes VCarve when I try to open it, and even if I open the brand-new dxf file in Inkscape again, it is distorted. :(

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Oleg Koptev (koptev-oleg) said : 		#3

Red Engine - I confirm that.

Inkscape produce severly damaged dxf. with simple forms all correct, but with complicated paths things are very bad.
I don't know 'bout VCarve, but in AutoCAD dxf opens like a garbage. I think you need to bugreport it.

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Alvin Penner (apenner) said : 		#4

probably the best thing to do is to file a bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape .
This will allow you to attach the .svg file that you would like to convert to .dxf so that it can be tested with the latest version of Inkscape.

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