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elitemetaldesign
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Hey guys! Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with viacad. I drew some stuff up and saved it as a dxf but when I tried bringing it into sheetcam I got this error. Thanks so much!
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The problem is that there are many versions of DXF that can be saved it is not a generic type so many other programs cannot read them all. :o :( I keep a version on QCAD that I use to open and then save some files so I can read them with other software programs. When you save in QCAD you will see different versions I think I use the labeled one R18 DXF. I do change the name like adding an A to the name to note it was the newer saved name file.
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Re: Viacad question

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Thank you so much! I’m new to this I’m going to give that a try today.
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Acourtjester, thank you so much that worked perfect!
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