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AndyB Posted - 21 Dec 2015 : 22:04:43
I have made several cutouts out of a circle to make a board outline but when converting to a board Easy PC joins sections and disregards the outline.
It's treating the shape as sections and joining what I guess it see's as an open shape.
I cant see the open shape and have tried "Join open shapes" but this does not work.
This was not a problem in the V18.
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edrees Posted - 04 Jan 2016 : 12:37:58
Hi Iain,
Yes, -but that's 4 joined up "arcs",-not really a compound curve.
What I'd like is a method of generating a "proper" ellipse without having to import one from another (mechanical) CAD package.
Iain Wilkie Posted - 04 Jan 2016 : 12:29:55
I have done ellipse before simply by editing (filleting) the corners of a shape .. say a square for instance.

Iain
edrees Posted - 04 Jan 2016 : 09:15:46
In general I think that compound curves are not supported in EasyPC,-not just DXF spline import.
Has anybody discovered (and willing to share with us) a good way of generating an ellipse in PCB editor (without manually joining 4 separate arcs)?
Iain Wilkie Posted - 03 Jan 2016 : 10:19:25
Thats your problem then .... splines are not supported in the dxf import of EasyPC.

Get your client to supply the dxf without splines. I use dxf imports all the time and all seems good at the moment.

iain
AndyB Posted - 02 Jan 2016 : 15:07:03
Ive tried merge shapes but no go.

I'm supplied a dxf from my client and they have not changed anything.
Looks like things have changed on v18 with regards to dxf import.

looks like some splines are not connected.
Iain Wilkie Posted - 22 Dec 2015 : 11:17:37
Try using merge shapes might help.

Iain
edrees Posted - 22 Dec 2015 : 09:26:56
Hi Andy. It seems to work for me in V19.0.1
I tried making a (top silk) circle outline, then adding a rectangular (intersecting circumference) cutout (in top silk). Then convert overall shape to "Board". Result is as I would expect. Provide more details and I'll try and help.