dxf in to 3ds
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Hi All I an reposting this as I had ti wrong befor. so I will try again. I have
some Plines trace into acad and then mirrored in acad then dxf-ed to 3ds in the
shaper the problem arises when you go to assign them for the lofter. some time
thay will assign and some times not. I have found that whether thay assign is a
function of where I click on them . some times if you click on one side only
that side turns yellow but if you click on the other side the hole things turns
yellow dose anyone know what is going on here ????. Ben Barron
Ben, you probably have invalid shapes- they must be closed to go into
the lofter- try selecting all the vertices and welding them. Then use
Shapes\Assign\Check and see if theyr'e ok. If not continue to weld or
even delte vertices until shepe is valid-
Hi Rudy Yes had invalid shapes but shapes/assign/check sead thay were OK what
was going on was that there was a valide shape on one layer of acad but under
it was a haft shape so if you clicked on one side it check out but if you click
on the other side you had a 50-50 change of geting a valid shape. I gess I
neado lurne ;; learn more about bring dxf files into 3ds4 and wile we at it is
there a reason that you can only dxf into the shaper and not out of it ???