Make sure that ACAD "Units" is set to highest precision for both Units

and Angles. This will eliminate rounding errors.

Save your acad.dwg prototype file with these settings and life will be

good.

I tried that Larry. Five decimals on the angles and four on the

retangulars.

That should be enough right? If you have ACAD R12 please try the point

command for

me on that drawing and let me know if it works for you.

Paul Lamar

wiechman wrote:

Like so many other things, more is better. Command: 'Ddunits.   This is the
dialog box for setting units style as well as the degree of precision. Crank
them both up to .00000000
This attachment was drawn on ACAD R13.
DXF was then imported into Cadkey 97 and Surfcam 7.1 with good results.

                Handle = 48
                at point, X=0.00000000  Y=0.00000000  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space
                   Handle = 39
                at point, X=-6.49020322  Y=3.03317624  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space
                   Handle = 3B
                at point, X=2.21168358  Y=6.81405545  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space
                   Handle = 3D
                at point, X=4.72162076  Y=5.38787467  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space

                   Handle = 3F
                at point, X=4.96763080  Y=-5.16193183  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space
                   Handle = 41
                at point, X=-3.98309935  Y=-5.85936384  Z=0.00000000

                  POINT     Layer: POINTS
                            Space: Model space
                   Handle = 43
                at point, X=-6.92120333  Y=-1.84928108  Z=0.00000000


The DXF file would not load in R12. Typical! Can you export it as
an IGES? How about plotting it to a file and sending it as a gif?
Or you could backward export it as a dwg file to R12.

I zipped the dxf file you sent as it is not practical to attach
dxf files directly to email messages. Most email programs will list them 
as plane text forcing people to edit the message to extract the dxf file.

Paul Lamar
 
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