DXF Import for Solid Edge 1.0

DXF Import for Solid Edge 1.0 offers a useful application that can help you import solid objects from AutoCAD DXF files as solids models in Solid Edge. Solid Edge already has an AutoCAD DXF import feature. However, this import feature creates a 2D drawing in Solid Edge by reading 2d geometric objects such as curves and ignores 3d solids.

Installation & Usage:

Since DXF Import for Solid Edge is a add-in for Solid Edge, it must be loaded into the Solid Edge environment before it can be used. Please follow the simple instructions in the DXF Import for Solid Edge ReadMe document which is copied into the installation folder. After you have loaded the add-in file into Solid Edge, Simply click on the menu items in the "DXF Import for Solid Edge" submenu to run these new commands. Truly, software made simple!

The 'DXF Import for Solid Edge' submenu consists of the following commands:

• Import - Imports a DXF file
• Help - Displays the DXF Import for Solid Edge help file
• Register - Registers your copy of DXF Import for Solid Edge
• About - Displays the DXF Import for Solid Edge About box
  

The DXF File Format:

• The AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1.0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, DXF (Drawing), for which Autodesk didn't (and doesn't) publish specifications.
• DXF is probably one of the most widely supported vector formats in the world today. DXF is rich in features, including: support for 3D objects, curves, text, associative dimensioning, etc. Although DXF was developed to represent the data used in a CAD program, it is used by many programs as a "least common denominator" format for the exchange of many different types of data, most commonly vector-oriented information but also text and 3D polygons.

Major Features:

1. Solid Edge already has an AutoCAD DXF import feature. However, this import feature creates a 2D drawing in Solid Edge by reading 2d geometric objects such as curves and ignores 3d solids.
2. DXF Import for Solid Edge removes this limitation by giving Solid Edge the ability to read 3d solid geometric data such as ACIS 3d solids, bodies and regions in an AutoCAD DXF file and create corresponding 3d solid models in an Solid Edge part or assembly document.
3. DXF Import for Solid Edge is very easy to use. It adds new commands to Solid Edge.
4. Once installed, it automatically loads itself into Solid Edge and adds a new submenu called "DXF Import for Solid Edge" to the Solid Edge Applications menu containing these newly added commands.