Hey everyone! I’m new to the group but I’m now desperate. I use sketchup to design subwoofer enclosures before I build them. I now have access to a CNC Router and a Laser Etcher. I was told by my guy with the machines to send him .dxf or .dwg and use AutoCAD2000 to save it under. He uses CoralDraw 2015 to open up the files I send him. So, i went ahead drew up a 4’x8’ rectangle, laid out all of my parts and pieces, removed any faces I had and seperated them accordingly for the CNC. I export them as .dxf / AutoCad2000 / 1:1 Ratio, but when opens my files. All of my pieces are stacked on top of each other, and he has to sort them out. Today, I sent him one piece and the scale was completely thrown off. What should I do from here so he could get my files and not have to tinker with them.
Hello @v93estrada,
Maybe you can try the OpenCutList extension which allows you to export each part into a separate DXF file.
After that, you will be able to import each part as you need.
This will allow you to use nesting tool like NestingCenter, for example :
And maybe in a near futur, with the next 7.0 release, it will be possible to compute nesting in OpenCutList directly 
And export the whole cutting diagram as DXF
Are you using 2D export from a Perspective view? That cannot be to scale.
Thank you for replying! I’m going to give this a try, this seems like it will work just fine! Last night sent me into a rabbit hole, also found out about Fabber, but i’m going to give this a go and see how this works.
So what I’d do is, use an overhead view and zoom as close as I could to it, Export as 3D Model, Dxf and so on.
Two ways I have done this:
Top view, parallel projection, export 2d DWG.
Better:
Export 3d DWG
Zooming doesn’t matter, as it is drawn to scale.
Look at the ABF plugin. It’s free and has .dxf export.
