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release 0.47 apparently has broken saving a file as DXF format... Any 
ideas
what happened?

Jack

Jack Armstrong wrote:
> release 0.47 apparently has broken saving a file as DXF format... Any
> ideas what happened?

Do you get an error message?

Aaron Spike

Hi Aaron,

I'm a bit at a loss here -- I'm trying to support some craft cutter 
types
who reported this problem and at the moment I'm at another location 
without
all the tools I need to run this down. I have several releases of 
Inkscape,
but no good way to validate the DXF file created by 0.47 - I'll attach a
couple of files like they were working with  - maybe you can verify that 
the
DXF is correct.

Thanks, Jack

Hi Aaron,

I'm a bit at a loss here -- I'm trying to support some craft cutter 
types
who reported this problem and at the moment I'm at another location 
without
all the tools I need to run this down. I have several releases of 
Inkscape,
but no good way to validate the DXF file created by 0.47 - I'll attach a
couple of files like they were working with  - maybe you can verify that 
the
DXF is correct.

Jack Armstrong wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Aaron Spike <aaron@ekips.org
> <mailto:aaron@ekips.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Jack Armstrong wrote:
>     > release 0.47 apparently has broken saving a file as DXF format... Any
>     > ideas what happened?
> 
>     Do you get an error message?
> 

I think we're both going to have a mighty difficult time helping unless
we have more specific information. What is causing the user to report
that saving as DXF is broken? Are they getting an error in Inkscape when
creating the file? Are they getting an error in another app when reading
the file? I opened the flourish.dxf file in a text editor here and it
does look like a reasonable DXF file to me. I'd have to install some CAD
app to test it. I recall that some enhancements were made to the DXF
output during the last dev cycle that allow the DXF files to be read in
some software packages that weren't supported previously. I haven't
heard any reports yet of the DXF files being less compatible than
before. I really think we need just a bit more information before we can
even begin to start looking into the problem.

Aaron Spike

Aaron Spike wrote:
> Jack Armstrong wrote:
>>I'll attach a couple of files like they were working with  -
>> maybe you can verify that the DXF is correct.
>>
> I'd have to install some CAD
> app to test it. 

Qcad opens your attached DXF file with no issues. It appears identical
to the attached SVG.

Aaron Spike

Thanks Aaron,

I've asked for more information - I may have jumped too soon filing a 
bug
report, but one of the people who reported problems with "the latest
release" is a pretty knowledgeable Inkscape user. I'll investigate it
further in a few days when I get to where I have better equipment and a
wider range of software to test with.

Jack

Jack Armstrong wrote:
> I've asked for more information - I may have jumped too soon filing a
> bug report, but one of the people who reported problems with "the latest
> release" is a pretty knowledgeable Inkscape user. I'll investigate it
> further in a few days when I get to where I have better equipment and a
> wider range of software to test with.

Does the bug report you filed in launchpad include more complete
information? Could you provide a link to the report?

Aaron Spike

Hi,
    I just posted a reply at :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/512447
asking for more information,

Alvin


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Jack