little help needed

[neilb]

very new to all things CAD and 3d modeling but I have a question I can't find on Google lol. is it possible to convert a dxf file to pdf?

[Jaroslav]

It should go. After you create a drawing, you can save the PDF format. They send me drawings in this way. It's actually a picture. It can also be stored in the "World".

[skintkarter]

Should be able to Neil - not that I've learned to drive CAD. People who have done CAD models for me on a couple of parts have been able to send them to me as rotatable 3D PDF's as well as dimensioned drawings in 3rd angle projection. Which program are you using and I'll ask the question of my contacts in this area?

[neilb]

thanks guy's

richard,

it's for this w165 nose cone i'm doing for a charity auction. i have the file saved as dxf to be cut out by the lazy (laser) cutters, but i thought why not just have it printed on to large scale paper and bend up some wire following the curves, for a wire frame buck.

it was done through fusion 360 and saved as dxf. i tried to re-save it as pdf but for the life of me i can't remember why it wouldn't. i tried to search google but it just spits out a load of crap i really don't want to have to sift through.

you the man, man

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

Did you use the export function and save as pdf?

[StingRay]

You have to have the drawing open and then do your export. If the cad program you are using doesn't support that kind of feature use a free utility like Cute PDF that acts as a printer option but just creates a PDF from anything you print to it.

[skintkarter]

Just had a browse on t'Interweb Neil and it seems that as Stingray suggests, it needs to be done back in F360. Looks like it needs to be saved as a 2D drawing and then exported to PDF.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion...E-8E3B902A2632

[neilb]

I'll have another look tonight, for some reason it wouldn't save as pdf, not sure why. I was hoping it could be converted afterwards but never mind.

I shall have a head scratch and a chin rub later and see why it wouldn't save.

thanks for the help guys

[neilb]

it will only give me the option to save as 3dmk

[StingRay]

What program are you in? I work extensively in 2D and 3D cad programs. Inventor and Catia. I have years of 2D Autocad as well. If I know what you are working out of I can possibly help you with a solution. If you have the dxf already open it in Autocad and you can export from there then there are options. If you don't have Autocad then get free Drafsight from Dassault systems. It works the same as Autocad and uses all of the same commands. Once open in either of those at the very least you will be able to print it and if you have a free utility like Cute PDF you can print it as a PDF and it just outputs it as a PDF file instead of a printed page.