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  1. #1
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    Combining DXF in A9CAD

    Hey there, can anyone help me out. I'm just learning this CAD stuff.

    Is it possible to combine DXF files with A9CAD?

    I can drag a DXF into the A9CAD window with a DXF already open. However the new image cannot be exploded. This creates problems for my CAM program (ACEconverter).

    Am I doing something wrong or is just because it's the demo version?

    Any idears appreciated.

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    Have you tried copying and pasting?
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  3. #3
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    Yeah, when I do that I get the same result. The copied image shoes up but I can't explode it. So it remains a single entity and I can't edit individual lines.

    Just doesn't make any sense to me. Perhaps I have a setting or parameter set incorrectly. Any idea what it could be?

    Thanks

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    What if you open one .dxf, select all and copy, then close it, open the other, and paste? Same thing? I don't have A9CAD installed here, so can't check.
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  5. #5
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    change the file type to .dxf in the bottom box when you are opening a file

  6. #6
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    I didn't have any problem combining 2 dxf files with A9CAD.

    I dragged both from my desktop into A9CAD, scaled them to size, then did a "Save As..." to save them both as a single dxf file, is that what your trying?


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  7. #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by ger21 View Post
    What if you open one .dxf, select all and copy, then close it, open the other, and paste? Same thing? I don't have A9CAD installed here, so can't check.
    Wow, that seemed to work for some reason. I can now explode the new dxf image.

    Thanks for you help guys!

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