Springer Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 Can someone suggest a way to remove unnecessary lines in imported DXF files? I want import these files, add dimensions to create construction drawings. I would have thought that choosing View>Rendering>Hidden Line would do just that, but all of the lines I don't want remain. I need to simply the DXF image so that the plans are very clear-just the outlines of the pieces in question. Is this is a function of DXF files, or is there a way that DFX files should be set up before importing/exporting? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
George Cocea Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 Regardless of how the overlapping lines have originated there are two options that I know ofto clean up unwanted overlapping lines in VW: 1. Do a manual clean up, select each line anddelete 2. There is a plug-in available from Studio Sintecfor $50 US that does this for you. I have notused it therefore I cannot comment on its performance. http://www.studiosintec.com/ quote: Originally posted by Springer: Can someone suggest a way to remove unnecessary lines in imported DXF files? I want import these files, add dimensions to create construction drawings. I would have thought that choosing View>Rendering>Hidden Line would do just that, but all of the lines I don't want remain. I need to simply the DXF image so that the plans are very clear-just the outlines of the pieces in question.Is this is a function of DXF files, or is there a way that DFX files should be set up before importing/exporting? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted April 4, 2002 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 4, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Springer: Can someone suggest a way to remove unnecessary lines in imported DXF files? I want import these files, add dimensions to create construction drawings. I would have thought that choosing View>Rendering>Hidden Line would do just that, but all of the lines I don't want remain. Try converting the lines to 3-D polys (via the Convert To 3-D Polys menu command in the Model menu), and then rendering that in hidden line. That should merge overlapping lines. Quote Link to comment
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