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Usually, if you select a good sketch and then look in the 'Properties' box in
HeeksCAD, you can change the 'Order' by selecting the drop down box next to it.
Sometimes a sketch will import in from a DXF file as 'Bad' in this entry. If
you reorder it- with the 'Order' entry there, it will change to 'clockwise',
'counter-clockwise',or 'multiple'. If the sketch was drawn poorly in another
CAD program, it will most likely stay as 'multiple' and won't extrude properly.
One thing that I've seen that would cause your other CAD program to draw DXF
files poorly is during export- the number of digits or accuracy should be set
high. When doing a DXF export out of Autocad/Bricscad/Ares/Draftsight/Progecad-
make sure 'decimal places of accuracy' is set to 16. I've noticed that Bricscad
is set to 6 by default.
Another thing to watch of for is your technique in sketching things in your
external CAD program. Make sure that you extend and trim all lines accurately.
Bad geometry imported into Heekscad will create bad geometry for extrutions and
toolpaths.
Original comment by ddfalck2...@yahoo.com
on 20 Feb 2011 at 2:09
thats the problem i made a little video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFFMdt2Yyxc
there you can see tht the problem gets worst with the re-order button
Original comment by lot...@foengarage.de
on 20 Feb 2011 at 2:45
ok, I see that this would be a nice enhancement to deal with bad drawings from
third parties, who export bad geometry :)
Original comment by ddfalck2...@yahoo.com
on 20 Feb 2011 at 3:00
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
lot...@foengarage.de
on 20 Feb 2011 at 1:04