dxli,
Yes, that would be nice. I heard Inkscape was capable of converting
to DXF. However, my test cases always crashed Lcad when I tried to
open them. I noticed that Inkscape's DXF output is not exactly
correct. I am not a DXF expert, but I think it has something to do
with Inkscape's DXF output being for a DXF
printer file,
probably not exactly the same as a DXF editor file. That difference
may be why Lcad crashed.
Back in May, I posted a question about scaling imported images.
Mainly not being able to "select" the imported image to scale it
down to fit my sheet sizes. Back then, the thread result was that
Lcad could not do that, so I left the thread get dormant. Before I
posted this question about file conversion, I revisited that thread
and discovered some additional postings regarding my problem. There
were a couple of responses that disclaimed the lack of capability
and gave a process to try, so I will need to revisit that problem
and see if the solutions work. What I was trying to do is to import
an "assembly" drawing bit-map file (jpeg, etc.) generated by the
gEDA PCB printed circuit board editor. If it would work, I could
import the assembly drawing into Lcad and use Lcad to add the arrows
and parts list item number cartouches to the assembly drawing. I
had been using gEDA's gschem schematic capture program to do this,
but it is not really the right tool. I was hoping I could switch to
Lcad to do this. Now my hope is resurrected, but I must test it
first.
Take care.
Girvin
On 09/20/2015 04:50 PM, dxli [via
LibreCAD] wrote:
nice to know.
It would be wonderful, if we can import SVG as well as dxf/dwg
rherr
wrote
Solved!
I discovered pstoedit
http://www.pstoedit.net/ ,
which converts Postscript files to other vector graphics
formats, including DXF. I ran a test case through it and it
was successful. I was able to edit the test figure in Lcad
as if I had created it in Lcad.
This will save me a ton of work redrawing the drawings, as
well as greatly reducing probable errors.
Girvin Herr
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