I regularly have sketches (in DXF format) that I need to rework that I receive from clients.
unfortunately there are so many points that the computer lags a lot and I have the little hourglass that runs about 30 seconds between 2 clicks...
On which settings could I play with my computer configuration to gain speed? (ram, graphics card?)
Thank you
Good evening
This subject has already been dealt with but it doesn't seem so simple.
Look here they seem to have the solution to all DWG problems by passing eDrawings.
Maybe you will find at least some explanations.
Kind regards
or else maybe I can shrink my DXF file? Here I have an example of a file that weighs 5MB, that's a lot right?
Hello
I think that a prior cleaning of the dxf is necessary in order to keep only what you need.
Fred
Hello
Personally, when I have to work with dxf on Solidworks, I open them with draftsight and I purify them as much as possible, keeping only what interests me.
Unfortunately I need everything in my case because it's a drawing that represents a logo of a city that I have to respect...
Hello, yes but it is surely possible to replace series of points with a curve passing as close as possible to the points, before deleting them!!
What parameter could I work on to boost my PC to make it faster for this kind of manipulation on solidworks, how does this config seem to you?
I have this in config:
can you post your DXF
for a check
Thank you
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Hello
Why not make a block out of it?
and what exactly is your goal
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The problem with the block is that I don't have to change my scale and rework my sketch to have only closed contours.
I want to make a laser cut on a sheet metal following these lines
Is this the file you received or have you already reworked it?
Opening it with Autocad, it's pretty clean, there are just 252 splines and 251 hatch blocks. To do cutting, first remove the hatching, then you can try to simplify the splines but I'm not sure you'll gain on the time spent.
Attached is the file without the hatching
I can't download the file
Depending on your browser, right-click/"save link target as" (or something like that)
it's good it works, on the other hand the file is even heavier, 7.7MB against 5.1MB before
question
Why not save your DXF or DWG as a picture
that you can integrate into SW via sketch image
which it will be zoomable as you wish
See this tutorial
http://www.lynkoa.com/contenu/tuto-cr%C3%A9ation-dun-model-laide-dune-image
since as I visualized your DXF
and that you redo all the splines for modification and probably maintenance of internal sheet metal
This is generally my way of proceeding
and depending on the size of your drawing, straight lines are enough to create the outlines
so by the fact quite fast but a maximum of clicks and sketches
it's exactly the type of project I love ;-)
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Another solution I use for complicated logos like yours is not to switch to SW.
You make your part in SW, that's no problem, then you probably have to save it in dwg or dxf to pass it under your CAM software for the laser.
So once the dxf/dwg is done, that's when you copy your logo on your part with the right size and then you can process under your laser software.
Disadvantage you don't have a visual on your 3D model under SW if the customer wants a preview before machining. (nothing prevents you from providing a view of the DWG to show the position and size of the logo)
So solution to use if your only goal is to get the part out of the machine. There's no point in wasting time redoing it in SW just to look pretty;)
In my case (the most frequent) I use more often the method of the image in the background of the sketch that I draw in line/arc of a circle (less program line for the cnc) and then I add a scale function.
To finish I create a sketch by recovering all the contours at the right scale that I can transfer to the desired part(s). (stencil method)