adamo000 Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 I am also waiting for DXF import to Affinity Designer hds 1 Quote
Intuos5 Posted January 13, 2022 Posted January 13, 2022 I would also love to have DXF/ DWG/ 3dm import available. If this ever comes to pass, which it hopefully will, please also consider this: hds 1 Quote
Krembler Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 Yup, I would love dxf import / export also. Currently having to export to svg then do the conversion in Inkscape. Not ideal. hds 1 Quote
hds Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 Another +1 for DXF import/Export and the dream of 3DM export. It seems Fusion 360 and Rhino are never going to provide an equivalent pen tool, so this is the way. Quote
ScotchBonn8 Posted February 7, 2022 Posted February 7, 2022 +1 for this feature as well. Quote ~ ScotchBonn8
nosmokingbandit Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 Six years and no answer to this... I think it is time to accept that Serif doesn't really care what users want. affinityfan, David.P and iuli 3 Quote
David.P Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 Yeah, time to move on. I'm getting more and more comfortable with Inkscape, which also keeps improving all the time. Quote
SDuran Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 I switch from Windows to Mac and Affinity forces me to pay again. No DXF support confirmed. I no longer fall into the trap. I am using Lightburn for my edits. David.P 1 Quote
JacMatt Posted March 14, 2022 Posted March 14, 2022 Just get this sorted.... it's a damn basic feature and really important! Surely it cant be that hard!? x Quote
Intuos5 Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Possibly good news: Quote Realising this trend in AEC adoption has led to the development team holding sessions with practices to get their feedback on features and enhancements to their core capabilities. The inclusion of support for DWG / DXF has come from that engagement and import / export is currently under test. From: https://aecmag.com/technology/serif-affinity-for-aec-firms/ Markio, ashf, Tupaia and 4 others 7 Quote
nosmokingbandit Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/23/2015 at 1:54 PM, MEB said: Hi redline.wolfgang, Welcome to Affinity Forums Some users already requested support for DXF and/or DWG files. We are considering adding support for these kind of files in the future. Has there been *ANY* progress regarding this? Its been several years, just tell us if you plan to do this or not so we can either commit to working around it or using different software altogether. iuli, Arte and Tupaia 3 Quote
Tupaia Posted March 19, 2022 Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 2:11 PM, Intuos5 said: The inclusion of support for DWG / DXF has come from that engagement and import / export is currently under test. Hey, good news! So, it is upcoming... architectureshooting, qwz and BennyD 1 2 Quote
architectureshooting Posted March 28, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022 Please add DWG or DXF import and export. We are doing architectural visualisations and are tying to replace Adobe's Illustrator with Affinity Designer. We need to be able to import PDF's or DWG's and export as DWG or DXF for our modeling app. Unfortunately, these functions are strongly missing. qwz 1 Quote
Arte Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 2:11 PM, Intuos5 said: Possibly good news: From: https://aecmag.com/technology/serif-affinity-for-aec-firms/ The other good news from this article is that V2 is coming out this year, that is... if things go as planned. It would be nice if at least DXF import/export would be available when V2 comes out. Especially for those in the field of technical illustration (e.g. manuals) or need to export for cutting machines this would be really great to finally have this functionality. For those who need DWG support as well, the ODA has a free batch converter for Windows/Mac/Linux that can convert DWG files into DWF in batch or when you don't have DWG based software at all. That way you can still import into Affinity until DWG import/export is also implemented. Add support for variable fonts as well and I can finally do without CorelDRAW for most technical graphics. 🙂 Quote
Intuos5 Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 You don't really need DWG support if it has DXF though. Hopefully it also brings .3dm. Quote
walt.farrell Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 52 minutes ago, Intuos5 said: Hopefully it also brings .3dm. What use would you make of a .3dm file in a 2D program? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Arte Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Intuos5 said: You don't really need DWG support if it has DXF though. Hopefully it also brings .3dm. I beg to differ on this, being able to import dwg saves having to create another file (also after every update) that needs to be tracked. With lots of files this makes a difference for ones workflow. Aside from that, someone who is not familiar with CAD files may not realise the dwg can be converted to DXF and assume the file cannot be imported. Quote
Arte Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 10 hours ago, walt.farrell said: What use would you make of a .3dm file in a 2D program? Rhino can also create 2D drawings, it is not uncommon to create a 3D model in Rhino and also do the related 2D (construction etc.) drawings in Rhino as well. There are also people who do common 2D work in Rhino as well because they don't want to spend money on an additional CAD program like AutoCAD (LT) for 2D only work. I assume @Intuos5 was referring to being able to import those 2D drawings in Affinity Designer. In that case it might be easier to request the sender to provide DXF files of the 2D part of the Rhino file. Old Bruce, walt.farrell and Intuos5 2 1 Quote
VirginiaL Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 hi you all, I didn't read the whole discussion. Is there something about it in the new versions? I am needing it right at this moment Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted April 20, 2022 Staff Posted April 20, 2022 3 hours ago, VirginiaL said: Is there something about it in the new versions? Sorry this feature is not available in the current version. 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
Arte Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 3 hours ago, VirginiaL said: hi you all, I didn't read the whole discussion. Is there something about it in the new versions? I am needing it right at this moment According to this article https://aecmag.com/technology/serif-affinity-for-aec-firms/ Serif is testing import/export for inclusion in a future version. It also mentions that V2 is scheduled to be released this year, so it could be that dwg/dxf import/export will be included in V2 at some point. (Hopefully when it V2 comes out or soon after that, though Serif will not mention/commit to a timeline as it depends on how well testing if the import/export is going) ONEBYSTUDIO 1 Quote
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