Ok, the way you described it should work. By making a flat pattern view that is 1:1 on a drawing sheet that has no sheet format and then exporting it in the manner described should work just fine. If you had SW 2008, the work gets easier. You can…
Steve, I believe that the source of your problem is when you save the part as a DXF. When saving as a DXF, you need to got the "Options" box on the lower right portion of the save dialog after you select DXF as the save type. It opens…
Just this week I made a discovery that SW does something I knew nothing about. I found that during a mate operation SW is accessing our network where the models are stored. This came about due to test I ran to see if performance on my desktop computer ran better connected or disconnected from the network. I first tested the mate operation with it connected and it took 200 seconds to do a coincident mate. The 2nd test involved the same mate done disconnected from the network and it took 20…See More
I have several that I use. One is a formed angle, a sheet metal part, Blanks of SS, CI, UHMW and so on. It does help out immensely. I plan on doing some assembly templates for my piping parts that I commonly use to speed up my starting process.…