Filmdesigner Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Please Please Please. I love the Affinity applications but this is the one thing that has me frustrated.... I am an illustrator that uses architects plans to build from and the import of other formats isn't satisfactory. Thanks. filipejsbrandao, jc4d, hcasmussen and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntracks Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 YES YES YES! I have opened a thread to this topic too. PLEASE ad DXF Format! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moolander Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) As an architect, often in need of exporting logos to dwg/dxf, I also support the request for dwg and/or dxf export*. Specific use cases include, for example: - Drawings' title blocks (one logo for each member/practice of the design team) - 3D models (customer's logo on the façade of a building) Being able to select dxf version would also be useful (Blender can currently only read DXF Release 12, to my knowledge). --- *Edit: Apologies, only later realized this is off-topic, asking for exporting while OP asks for importing. Edited August 7, 2018 by Moolander Off-topixc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I agree that having the ability to import DWG files would be useful but don't most CAD type apps let you export files as PDF files? Wouldn't that be a possible work around until the ability to import DWG files is added? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Hokusai said: I agree that having the ability to import DWG files would be useful but don't most CAD type apps let you export files as PDF files? Wouldn't that be a possible work around until the ability to import DWG files is added? DWG > PDF is quite easy (you can even use free DraftSight) but PDF > DWG is not so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filmdesigner Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Any attempt to import a DXF via a PDF will break any contained CAD information and make the information less useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imfastrnu2 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Yes, PLEASE add import support for DWG and DXF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attinity Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 +1 need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siemen Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I made an account just to post here that I would like to see Dxf import & export as well. The lack of this functionality is the main reason for me not using/recommending this software to my colleagues and users at our makerspace (+200 members). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosmokingbandit Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 This isn't going to happen. This has been asked for since the beginning and they've completely ignored it. There are bugs with the Expand Stroke function that have existed since the beginning that they've done nothing to fix. I've all but given up. If Illustrator wasn't so bloated I'd go back, but since Affinity doesn't seem to pay much attention to users' concerns I have to find something else to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siemen Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 That's very sad and strange to hear. Seems like I'll need to find an alternative as well that is capable of exporting to dxf/dwg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Metzger Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 When Affinity Designer first came out (years ago now) I was extremely excited to have an apparently viable alternative to Illustrator and their crazy subscription $$$. The lack of DXF/DWG import/export in Affinity has left it unusable for me or my engineers/graphics people. People will suggest laundering your data through Inkscape or other hacky methods to export/translate/import. All are unsatisfactory and add steps or inaccuracies to what should be an extremely simple, native process. Every 6 or 9 months I have checked to see if anything has changed - but nothing ever does and the developers are off on other tools where they will probably make more money. Designer has been stagnant for years and years now. My market is unaddressed. It IS sad. Such promise and such possibility to capture the engineering/graphic applications and the whole maker world with laser cutters and all that will be unrealized. I would happily pay for an upgrade to get this capability, but it's just not going to happen with Affinity. If you troll through the forums and blogs, there is a comment buried in there by an Affinity person somewhere stating that it is unlikely that native DXF/DWG import/export will ever happen. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 My production team will not move to Designer without DWG import/export. I will keep Illustrator CS5 in my SSD as long as it works, in addition to AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3m Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Moi aussi je cherche un remplaçant à Illustrator CS6 pour mon équipe. Mais sans import simple du dxf/dwg ce n''est pas le bon outil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz_H Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 I do unterstand, that Serif/Affinity is not (yet?) supporting an exotic file-format like that. From what I have seen, its mainly used in engineering and architectural Design - not in classic graphics Design. I guess, native Import-Export of "Adobe-Formats" (Illustrator? InDesign?) and Quark XPress may attract more new customers than DXF/DWG. (esp. since there is an Import-workaround via PDF..) Fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George-Gele Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I get sent just DXF and DWG files, it would be great if I could just open them with Affinity Designer instead of having to use a DWG or DXF converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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