hsmokey Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Does anyone have experience successfully exporting as a DXF? I've tried uploading an SVG to Affinity Designer and then exporting it as a DXF- I'd like to use in in a program called Silhouette Studio, however, I cannot see that the DXF uploads to the program. I do this all the time with Adobe Illustrator, however, am hoping to transition to Affinity Designer- Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 When you say ‘uploading’, do you mean ‘importing’? Uploading usually means copying to a web server or cloud storage. Support for DWG and DXF import has been available in Designer since version 2.0, but support for DWG and DXF export was only added in version 2.4. Affinity Spotlight: What’s new in Affinity 2.4? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I can export a file to DXF and open a DXF file in Silhouette Studio (SS) and have the objects show. I apply a 0.1 stroke to all objects. On the export panel I choose the preset DXF - Preserve Vectors and I leave all settings as is. Maybe upload the SVG file to see if we can get it into SS. Used a free SVG from https://tarareed.com/craft-vault/ " Adventure awaits, if I open the SVG and export to DXF, because the shapes do not have a stroke, when I open the DXF in SS nothing shows, but if I apply a small stroke to all of the objects I can see the objects, so I think adding a stroke is the key here. R C-R 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmokey Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Thanks so much! I wonder why the stroke is necessary and if there is any way to avoid it? I'm currently using Adobe Illustrator, which successfully exports DXF files without any needed modifications- I'd like to switch to Affinity, however, it may not be a match if it requires these extra steps- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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