Mark R. Posted May 18, 2021 Posted May 18, 2021 I just installed Affinity Designer and the first thing I tried (importing a dxf) is not possible. Looks like people have been requesting this feature for 6 years and surprisingly Serif has not been able to add this feature which imho is a basic one. Back to inkscape tecnico3 1 Quote
stephen.p Posted May 18, 2021 Posted May 18, 2021 I mean, to be fair DXF is a very bloated file format but to implement a basic import feature you can pretty much ignore most of the tags. tecnico3 and ReinhardK 2 Quote
CurranJSmith Posted May 22, 2021 Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Is there any update on DXF/DWG importing and exporting? Edited May 22, 2021 by CurranJSmith tecnico3 and ReinhardK 2 Quote
tecnico3 Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 DWG export for when??????????????? ReinhardK 1 Quote
Edward Goodwin Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 Pleeeeeeease please please please. Please pretty please with a cherry on top. Could we have DXF import. I'm asking in the nicest, most respectful, not shouting way I can muster. We love Designer. We've bought it (many times for the company). We have Photo and Publisher and love them. But we really really really need DXF import. Really really. Please? Quote
Houk van Lake Posted July 5, 2021 Posted July 5, 2021 Please add DWG import/export function. Thank you Quote
Thommynat0r Posted July 5, 2021 Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) Hi guys! Only a solution FROM AutoCAD DXF TO Affinity Designer!! I have tested some workflows (also the suggested workflows here in the forum thread with inscape, eps, etc all bad results), but finally I have found a useful solution: not sure if you have tested this, for me it was the best way from a Revit 3D Model to a 2D Vector in Affinity Designer: Place the 3D Revit View on a sheet export the sheet as dxf 2013 (check keep overlapping lines in the export options) open the dxf with AutoCAD and delete what you don't need select all lines you want to have in Affinity Designer and make CTRL+C open Affinity Designer and CTRL+V changed the stroke color of all lines to black I have merged all layers in AutoCAD to Layer 0, but I think that is not necessary. I have attached the result as SVG file. Pretty good, mh? 🙂 Best, Thomas GoldenNugget_vector.svg GoldenNugget_vector.afdesign GoldenNugget_vector.dxf Edited July 6, 2021 by Thommynat0r Quote
S_Metzger Posted July 29, 2021 Posted July 29, 2021 I think it's pretty clear that DXF import/export to/from Affinity Designer is probably never going to happen. This feature has been requested loudly and strongly for 6+ years now and there is the occasional "thinking about it", or "possible in the future" comment from the company, but no action. If they were going to do it, it would have been done by now. 6 years?!?! That's longer than the Manhattan project. Professional engineering applications require this, so apparently that is not their market, otherwise it would have been done long ago. It's a real shame as I would have happily dropped my Adobe subscription half a decade ago-as I am guessing many others would as well. I tried forcing myself to use Affinity and PSTOEDIT to do the conversion (from DXF to PDF anyway), but that's only half the problem and adding external tools to the workflow costs time and effort and sacrifices accuracy and quality. Every 6 months to a year I will check to see if this has been added to the tool, but alas; no. That Affinity Designer Icon in my apps folder never gets clicked any more. IanPavey and fjulian79 1 1 Quote
DKNsi Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 1.10 is out!😃. Downloaded, installed, File Export ... no DXF 😔. Again no DXF! Quote
eobet Posted September 3, 2021 Posted September 3, 2021 I can't see if I posted in this thread yet or not, but again I was surprised that Affinity doesn't support DXF when I tried today. Zero chance that anyone where I work will even consider Affinity without this as well (but granted, there are other showstoppers in Affinity too). kokosmolch 1 Quote
MarcosDesign Posted September 16, 2021 Posted September 16, 2021 +1 from me.. please.. its mandatory and you can use open source implementation code for it I currently have to use Inkscape for it, to import it as SVG into Designer, then edit it, then export it as SVG and open it in Inkscape and export it as DXF/DWG again. It is really weird that an open source programm like Inkscape has proper import + export and Designer hasnt kokosmolch and IanPavey 2 Quote
sAnderO Posted September 16, 2021 Posted September 16, 2021 DXF import and export is a must have to offer a good alternative to other often used programs. I love the workflow in the complete suite of Affinity, but the lack of DXF import and export for architectural work is such a big failure that I can't advice my colleages to switch from CorelDraw to Affinity. Please add this functionality! kokosmolch 1 Quote
tomek Posted September 16, 2021 Posted September 16, 2021 Gotta have it. Really. kokosmolch 1 Quote about.me
VJK Posted October 4, 2021 Posted October 4, 2021 Get on it guys, for real. DXF/DWG Import/Export is the door to a big group of people frustrated with illustrator that will switch to AD once the feature is added. kokosmolch 1 Quote
IanPavey Posted October 6, 2021 Posted October 6, 2021 Absolutely. Trying to generate a file this morning for a laser cutter. Have to export to PDF and then go online to use a free converter. Doesn't always work correctly. This feature is essential and why Affinity hasn't worked it out I'm baffled. There are EXR HDR and TGA which frankly I doubt anyone uses. Please guys, this feature is long overdue! kokosmolch 1 Quote
FPWI Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 +1......DID THEY NOT GET ALL THE PLUS ONES ? Oh well still need to use Inkscape....for free kokosmolch 1 Quote
Kexno Posted November 9, 2021 Posted November 9, 2021 Haizz, FREE INKSCAPE can import / save DXF and tracing bitmap when 50$ can not kokosmolch 1 Quote
Jodi D Posted November 20, 2021 Posted November 20, 2021 Well, I will add my voice to the chorus. I thought I could ditch Creative Cloud and never look back... Intuos5, DKNsi, Patrick Connor and 1 other 4 Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 22, 2021 Staff Posted November 22, 2021 @Jodi D Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums I love a good meme Jodi D 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
SDuran Posted November 27, 2021 Posted November 27, 2021 Hi everyone. I just wanted to leave my experience here in case it works for another user. And yes, I have created an account just for it. I bought Designer for Windows for a long time and in the face of Affinity's refusal to include the import of DXF Files, I looked for an alternative. Inkscape seems horrible to me so I kept looking. I found Lightburn. Allows Import and Export in DXF. It also includes some super powerful functions like object arrays. It is the solution for all those who need something to cut with Laser. I just bought a Mac and Affinity forces me to pay again to switch platforms. It is one more reason not to use this program again. Luckily I buy it on sale. I think it is a very serious mistake not to listen to users. You were the alternative to mismanagement by Adobe, you brag about it, the alternative to Affinity will come sooner or later. Jodi D 1 Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 27, 2021 Staff Posted November 27, 2021 @SDuran Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums 4 hours ago, SDuran said: I think it is a very serious mistake not to listen to users I agree. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
Mithferion Posted November 27, 2021 Posted November 27, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 10:41 AM, SDuran said: I think it is a very serious mistake not to listen to users. They listen. That doesn't mean that they can / want to do everything that every user asks for. Listening is not the same a obeying... but we can discuss if we think the decisions they have made are adequate or not. Best regards! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
katho3d Posted November 29, 2021 Posted November 29, 2021 I strongly vote for that feature too. We often need to export splines out of 3ds max and without a DXF/DWG import/exporter, we can´t bring them directly to Designer. Thank you! kokosmolch 1 Quote
ashf Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 Honestly it's not just about DXF, Serif should add much more import/export formats in order to be preferred by more people. Look at GraphicConverter, it's surviving just because it supports countless of formats though editing functionality is kinda plain. No brainer. it's obvious they are necessary. WEBP is not common? BMP is obsolete? Com'on, they are necessary. that's why people are requesting it. Quote
Nigel D O'Hare Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 I also have need for DXF & DWG file handling as most of my source work comes from Autodesk Inventor. I still run the old Serif DrawPlus software which supports these (and many more) file formats. Because of this I have not been able to let go of DrawPlus. I've been waiting a long time for this issue to be tackled and it's my loyalty to Serif which keeps me hanging on. Please guys, do have a look at this! Thanks hds 1 Quote
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