EkDor Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 BETA Designer v2 DXF & DWG Export Issue. These do not export the groups or layer names. If it's possible, can we have this. The exports use generic naming and separates all consolidated vectors into separate layers and lumps all of it into the same layer. When sending a file to a CNC operator it can be helpful to be able to give them some direction as to what operations are meant for each vector. Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted February 12 Staff Share Posted February 12 Hi EkDor, Layers should be exporting out with Layer Names, though you will need to ensure your export settings are suitable. See this post for a small description on what the 'Layers' option does and how to it maps from Affinity Layers to AutoCAD. I will double-check the behaviour regarding groups, but from what I recall there are intentional reasons for them not being exported. Do you mind attaching a copy of the document you're trying to export, the settings used on the Export dialog and the resulting DWG/DXF file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 @Sean P: I think you forgot to link the post you referenced for the description of the Layers option. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted February 12 Staff Share Posted February 12 35 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: @Sean P: I think you forgot to link the post you referenced for the description of the Layers option. Ahh so I did! Thanks for picking that up Walt! It was the feature thread below that I intended. I have also created this file which should list the expected layer inside AutoCAD the coloured rectangles should appear in based on what the chosen export setting was. DWGLayerTest2.afdesign walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkDor Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Sorry for the delay. It's been too hot to be in my studio. I'll go through and follow this up. Thanks for the responses so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkDor Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 @Sean Ok I took a look and read of file and article. I had the layer setting set incorrectly in the export. As long as we Keep relevant objects in Named layers we should be able to direct CNC operator sufficiently. Thanks for your assistance. Sean P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted February 27 Staff Share Posted February 27 Hi EkDor, Thanks for getting back to me! That's great news to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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