GWS Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 This file is a 2D shape. The outline is a closed polyline and the black areas are circles and polygons. The DXF file when exported is 16.4Mb. Why is it so large, when similar files without the oval polygons are only 0.5-1Mb in size? They is only one layer and only 2 extra classes in addition to the normal 'None' & 'dimension' classes Quote Link to comment
monkey Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 see how many verticies are in your polyline, and if loads reduce them Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 I've tried exporting the file without the poly line but it makes no difference. What I have just tried is exporting without the black fills and the file is now 428k. Why would the fills cause such a large file? Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Why would the fills cause such a large file? probably because they are polygons with a lot of vertices? Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Is there anyway around this? Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Based on DWorks suggestion perhaps by just using two polygons. One at the back with a black fill and then one in front with a white fill and with the ellipse shapes clipped from the surface to let the black show through? Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Is there anyway around this? Using the oval tool instead of polys? Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Thank you all for the advice Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Oh I see what you mean now Dieter. In which case my advice wouldn't help. Quote Link to comment
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