Inputing CAD drawing into alphacam

[madtodd]

Hi All,
new here and 2 months old on CNC. I have AutoCAd experience though.

I'm having trouble with manipulating the drawing after I have inputed a CAD dwg into my alphacam drawing. The Cad file was saved down to 2004.

I can input the drawing fine but once into my alphacam drawing space i lose the ortho function, the mirror function brings up an option window which it usually doesn't, and the autosnap function doesnt work like it should as well. These are just a few examples.

I've tried exploding it and then joining it, but it won't let me select any of it to explode.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance,
Todd

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[camnerd]

Hi - if you attach Your DXF-file - and the AlphaCAM file, then it's much easier, to give You an answer - sure, it's a small issue :-)

[RSmitty]

Need to move it to to flatland.

[headscraper]

Like RSmitty says. Move it to flat land. Or check what plane you are on. And put it back in to 2D drawing mode rather than 3D or Auto.

[Malgiliath]

Use the Project 3D to 2D function to remove the extra workplanes created by the autocad software. This is very common when inputting autocad drawn items into Alphacam

[Routerfiend]

Hi all
A note on moving plains to flat land, when I have tried this the geometry dissappears completely although it shows on the layers as still being present!! Any suggestions anyone ?

[camnerd]

Hi all
A note on moving plains to flat land, when I have tried this the geometry dissappears completely although it shows on the layers as still being present!! Any suggestions anyone ?

Try to attach the drawing, You have trouble with - certainly there is a good explanation to this matter

[Routerfiend]

It won`t let me upload an ard. files sorry. It`s the first time i`ve tried .A new quirk though, this time when you move it into flat land the geometry shifts position in x by about 5 mm ??? Although it remains visible I can`t repeat the dissappeaing act that sometimes happens. But then that`s what make alphacam so exciting , you never know what it`ll throw up next

[headscraper]

Different planes have different origins. This is the point of them. Your geometry is moving when you move it to flat land because it has a different origin. Zero your origins. Or use the project 3D to 2D function.