Select which DXF-Element : DXF Drawing you want to link to the CAD-Line and show in the graphic-area:

Select DXF-Element: drop-down list-box

1.Click the down-arrow and select a DXF-Element in the list-box

Each DXF-Element has two parts - see example.

The DXF drawing shows in the graphic-area immediately.

If you want to move the DXF-Drawing relative to the start-Point and X-axis of the CAD-Line, see Align DXF to CAD-Line

Buttons - optional

•Edit DXF Layers : open the DXF Layers dialog-box (Note: does not work - 14-2-34)

•Remove DXF : remove the DXF Drawing from the CAD-Line.
E.g. Do after you do Convert DXF Entities to MechDesigner sketch-elements', you can remove the DXF drawing.

•Solid Color (Should read DXF color) in the graphics area.

Example:  DXF2 : clean. DXF 

First Part : DXF2 - DXF2 is the element-name in the Assembly-Tree

Second Part : clean.DXF - is the DXF drawing-name that will show in the graphic-area.

If you cannot see the DXF Drawing, then...:

To change the alignment of the DXF Drawing with respect to the CAD-Line, you must select two DXF Points.

DXF Point to CAD-Line's Origin

1.Click in the box to make the box Orange - see Note

2.Click the DXF-Point in the DXF Drawing that you want to move to the start-Point of the CAD-Line

The DXF-Point shows in the box and the box becomes Green

DXF Point along CAD-Line

3.Click in the box if it is not Green

4.Click a DXF-Point in the DXF Drawing to move to CAD-Line.

The DXF-Drawing moves to be aligned with the two DXF-Points.

You can re-select the DXF-Points at any time.

Note:

DXF Line, DXF Arc, and DXF Point entities are dumb.

Use this separator to convert the dumb DXF entities to MechDesigner sketch-elements.

Owner Part

This box specifies the Part to which you will add the sketch-element

Usually, you will add the sketch-elements to the same Part as the CAD-Line.

1.Click the Owner Part box to make it Orange

2.Click a Part in the graphic-area or the Assembly-Tree.

The Part should now be in the Owner Part box

DXF Entity

This box is the DXF-Entity you will convert to a MechDesigner sketch-element.

3.Click the DXF Entity box to make it Orange

Before you click a DXF-Entity, you may want to:

•Click the Select Loop radio-button so that you will convert a number of DXF-Entities to a sketch-loop

•Click the Lock Points radio-button to fix the Points in the sketch-elements to the Part, after they are converted to MD sketch-elements

•Optionally, edit the Merge Radius value to help make a sketch-loop with those DXF entities inside the Merge-Radius' value.

4.Click a DXF Entity (a DXF Line or DXF Arc) in the graphic-area

5.Click the Convert to MD Entities button  

Repeat 1 to 5 again and again to convert other or the same DXF Entities to MD sketch-elements.

Note: After you Convert DXF to MD Lines and Ar, you can click the Remove DXF button, in Select DXF Elements.