Exporting DXF of traces and copper shapes (cleanly)?

[visualearner]

Hello,

I haven't had any luck exporting a DXF file that looks clean (with rounded edges and clean circles). After exporting when opening exported DXF in Inkscape for example, I see lines with squared off edges (not rounded as they appear in Diptrace). How can I export shapes as I see them in Diptrace? The specific layer I'm attempting to export is the Signal layer on the Top surface.

thanks for any thoughts.
-e

[visualearner]

Hihi, Checking back to see if anyone can point me in the right direction! Tried so many export combinations...

thanks,
e

[visualearner]

Is there no way to do this? Damn.

[Flux]

You should have gotten a response on your question. Oh well sometimes they just ignore you I guess...

[Tomg]

The DXF file format is not very robust when it comes to transferring graphics information. When I tried transferring a Top copper layer to QCAD via DXF it looked very close to the original (rounded edges and clean circles), but some teardrops showed up as outlines. When editing the drawing it got a little tedious as pours consisted of many lines instead of actual filled shapes and trace corners had filled circles added to round them out. Depending on which graphics program is used, it looks like that old saying "your mileage may vary" applies here.

[Tomg]

You should have gotten a response on your question. Oh well sometimes they just ignore you I guess...

I agree with you, but I think we need to cut them a little slack. Their home town is now experiencing drone attacks and people are dying.

[Tomg]

FYI, here is Wikipedia's take on DXF - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD_DXF
Apparently, DXF has had many revisions over the years. For example, the latest version supported by QCAD is R27 (introduced in 2023?). It looks like DipTrace exports DXF version R11/R12 (introduced in 1992?).