Subject: Re: .dxf files

From: [email-masked] (James Kirkpatrick)
Date: 25 Jan 96 10:59:49 MST

In article <[email-masked]>, Jack <[email-masked]> writes:
|>In a conversation with a fabricator about having some laser cutter work
|>done I was told I could save some money by providing .dxf files of my
|>patterns. Towards that end I was told that cad programs would output in
|>dxf. I asked a friend who has autocad release 12 about this and was
|>told that autocad creates .dwg files.

You might check AutoCAD further.  It probably builds .dwg files by default,
but may be able to produce .dxf as well, on demand, among others.

Jim

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From: [email-masked] (Michael Hall)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:52:54 +0800

In article <[email-masked]>, Jack
<[email-masked]> wrote:

> In a conversation with a fabricator about having some laser cutter work
> done I was told I could save some money by providing .dxf files of my
> patterns. Towards that end I was told that cad programs would output in
> dxf. I asked a friend who has autocad release 12 about this and was
> told that autocad creates .dwg files.
> 
> Anybody know what program I can use to create .dxf files?
> 
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> jack sinclair
> [email-masked]

Autocad 12 will generate a .dxf file.  Most all cad programs that I am
aware of will generate .dxf files.  If you are looking for a cad program
you might look at Vellum it is available for the Mac or Windows.  Ashlar
(vellums creator) also has a Vellum lite (DrawingBoard ?) available for
the Windows platform, I believe it is around $50.  

Michael
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked](Elliot M Burke )
Date: 26 Jan 1996 08:32:37 GMT

>Anybody know what program I can use to create .dxf files?

most CAD programs and many illustration programs can create DXF files. 
They are intended to be universal (Drawing eXchange Format).  Corel
Draw works OK and there are some $29 CAD programs remaindered that
probably would work too.

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From: [email-masked] ()
Date: 27 Jan 1996 14:57:37 GMT

Elliot M Burke ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In <[email-masked]> Jack
: <[email-masked]> writes: 
: >
: >
: >In a conversation with a fabricator about having some laser cutter
: work
: >done I was told I could save some money by providing .dxf files of my
: >patterns. Towards that end I was told that cad programs would output
: in
: >dxf. I asked a friend who has autocad release 12 about this and was
: >told that autocad creates .dwg files.
: >
: >Anybody know what program I can use to create .dxf files?

: most CAD programs and many illustration programs can create DXF files. 
: They are intended to be universal (Drawing eXchange Format).  Corel
: Draw works OK and there are some $29 CAD programs remaindered that
: probably would work too.

: Just tell your friend who owns AutoCAD to use the command "DXFOUT". At 
: that time AutoCAD will ask for the name that you want your dxf file to 
: be. Enter the name of your choice & AutoCAD will generate the dxf file 
: for you.