[GRASSLIST:5525] Re: v.out.dxf

[Nick Cahill]

Could it be a problem with returns on different platforms? DXF is just 
a text file, but the text which GRASS exports will have unix returns (I 
suspect) while AutoCAD may expect a text file with Windows returns. You 
might open the dxf file in a text editor (I'm using a Mac and use 
BBEdit), check what kind of returns it has, and change to Windows if 
necessary; that might solve it.

I use Microstation on a Mac, and export dxf from that to import into 
GRASS; but it doesn't work if I don't open the dxf file and convert it 
to a unix text file first.



Nick Cahill


On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 09:39  PM, H. Bowman wrote:

>> I have to export a vector grass file in dxf format...
>> grass exports ascii-dxf but autocad is not able to open it....
>> How can I export or transform ascii-dxf in binary dxf????
>
>
> see if qCad can open it:
> http://www.qcad.org
> "QCad is a free open-source 2D CAD system for Linux, various Unices 
> and Windows."
>
> and then resave whatever layers you need..
>
> maybe in autocad "open as filetype" for an older autocad version? 
> (8.x) ??
>