U225X PUBLIC-SAFE CONVERSATION NOTE

RECORD: CHAT-0237
TOPIC: Macro for DXF Export
IMPORTED: 2026.04.18

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EXTRACTED REQUEST: can we write a macro that steps into the flat pattern and exports it as a clean dxf without prompting me for anything? By clean I mean I want everything on the 0 layer, no bend lines, only interior and exterior features, no splines, only polylines, arcs, circles, normal lines ect. I want it saved as the current filename in the same directory.

RECOVERED CONVERSATION EXCERPTS
USER MESSAGES:
1. can we write a macro that steps into the flat pattern and exports it as a clean dxf without prompting me for anything? By clean I mean I want everything on the 0 layer, no bend lines, only interior and exterior features, no splines, only polylines, arcs, circles, normal lines ect. I want it saved as the current filename in the same directory.
2. i do want to avoid any hole feature that contain counter bores or threads as will those will go in, in the machine shop
3. this is the coed that i have what is wrong with it
4. ITS STILL JUST GIVING ME TH EFACE OR A SINGLE VIEW NOT THE ACTUAL FLAT PATTERN

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. I’m checking the SolidWorks API details for flat-pattern DXF export so I can give you a version that runs without dialogs and strips out the extra junk.
2. I’ve got the extra requirement: skip holes that would create counterbore or threaded geometry in the DXF, so only plain cut geometry stays. I’m verifying which export flags and edge-filtering route will be most reliable in SolidWorks 2025.
3. Yep — I think I see the real issue now. Your part is in `FINAL PRINT`, not the derived flat-pattern configuration. In sheet metal parts, SOLIDWORKS commonly stores the actual developed blank in a separate `*-FLAT-PATTERN` config. `ExportToDWG2` does support sheet-metal export, and `swExportToDWG_ExportSheetMetal` is the correct action, but if you do not switch to the flat-pattern configuration first, you can end up exporting something that behaves like a folded face/profile instead of the true blank. [embedded media omitted] Use this new complete macro. It does four important things differently: - finds and activates the flat-pattern configuration - suppresses bend lines and bounding box sketches in that confi…

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- works on the active sheet metal part
- saves the DXF as same folder + same filename + `.dxf`
- exports flat pattern geometry only
- exports splines as polylines
- turns off DXF layer mapping
- suppresses thread features, advanced holes, and non-simple Hole Wizard holes before export
- rebuilds, exports, then restores the suppressed features
- Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
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