dxf/dwg support for Intaglio?

I think I’ve probably asked this before, but can Purgatory please
reconsider (that’s; Please- with a capital P!) support for Autodesk’s
dreaded dxf/dwg file format?

At present, I have to export as an SVG file from Intaglio, then open
in my colleague’s copy of Illustrator, and then re-save, so I can re-
open in Google’s SketchUp. PDF’s are no good (I’ve tried it already),
as they don’t support, or don’t appear to support, a recognised
measurement system- such as millimetres or centimetres. I seems
ridiculous to convert this way, as I may as well dump Intaglio, and
just use Illustrator, but imho, Intaglio is so much more immediate
than Illustrator, as I can knock things up in seconds, rather than
hours.

If not, anyone know of anyway this can be done non-illegally?

Regards,

Tom :slight_smile:


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No.

What you are pointing me to is a dxf plugin for the free version of
SketchUp, which was eliminated from the new version 7.1.

This has nothing to do with Intaglio- nor will it help with exporting
from Intaglio to SketchUp.

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Tom, do you get any loss in accuracy by taking the SVG → illustrator
route?
Rob

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On 16/10/2009, at 3:35 AM, Tom email@hidden wrote:

No.

What you are pointing me to is a dxf plugin for the free version of
SketchUp, which was eliminated from the new version 7.1.

This has nothing to do with Intaglio- nor will it help with
exporting from Intaglio to SketchUp.

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Hi Rob.

It’s hard to tell, but what I did find was that SU hated any of the
bezier curves I tried to import- in fact it hung.

Sketchup, for what it is worth, is an Apple Cocoa app, and it really
is lovely working with real Apple apps. I think it is, in the long run
a good thing that Google have dropped dxf support on the freeware
version, because it will encourage folk to buy this great software
(for what it does, it’s a terrific bargain).

Anyway enough of my ‘advertising’! :wink:

I did also notice that an import using PDF (which wouldn’t work
either, but allowed me to ‘place without dropping’), was really
pixelated.

I’ve been using some software called QCad with very good results, but
QCad is very unMac-like, looking more like a Windows 98 nightmare (but
it works on a Mac!), and another called HighDesign, which is beautiful
Mac software, but is a bit pricey (for 2D). Like usual, it’s a money
thing.

May be worth noting that there is a really good little 2D Cad app for
the iPhone called Cadtouch R2 which comes with my blessings!

Tom
On 15 Oct 2009, at 21:41, Rob Carruthers wrote:

Tom, do you get any loss in accuracy by taking the SVG →
illustrator route?
Rob

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On 16/10/2009, at 3:35 AM, Tom email@hidden wrote:

No.

What you are pointing me to is a dxf plugin for the free version of
SketchUp, which was eliminated from the new version 7.1.

This has nothing to do with Intaglio- nor will it help with
exporting from Intaglio to SketchUp.

On 15 Oct 2009, at 16:45, IanB wrote:

Is this plug-in any use?

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=07cde919996afab2&hl=en


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