Re: [femm] Re: Problem on DXF Output .

[David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxxxxxx>]

acembuselik wrote:

> --- In femm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi David,
> I have posted the DXF output file to "Files" section related
> on "2horse" example. The name of the file "DXF output file related on
> 2horse". Can u check this file. Thanks..

It looks like what's going on is that I wrote the dxf export so that 
objects in different numbered groups are assigned to different "layers" 
in the DXF file. Things that are in group 1 are assigned to a layer 
called "layer 1" and so on. The 2horse example has the rotor and stator 
assigned to different numbered groups, so it exhibits this construction 
in the exported DXF files. 

When I export the 2horse example and try to view it in Voloview, it 
gives the error message that you had described. It appears that what's 
going on is that Autocad (and Voloview) /really/ doesn't like the space 
in the layer name. If I do a global search and replace in the DXF file, 
changing "layer " to layer", the file then seems to view OK in 
Voloview. I hadn't noticed this before, probably because I tested the 
DXF export with TurboCAD, which doesn't care whether or not there are 
spaces in the layer's name.

Anyhow, I'll fix this in the next minor release of the program. In the 
mean time, the manual search-and-replace is a work-around. 

Thanks a lot for pointing this out--I really appreciate it.

Dave.
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