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Macro for DXF Export

Public record / CHAT-0237 / Revision EXPORT-03

PUBLIC RECORD
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A conversation-specific public summary of macro for dxf export, distilled from the supplied export. The detailed excerpts remain available in the released note file.

STATUSRECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTECLASSIFICATIONSYSMATERIALCHAT EXPORT / BUILD & TOOLSDATE2026.04.18

TECHNICAL NOTES

Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the macro for dxf export discussion.

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO FROM CONVERSATION

QUESTION / CONTEXT: 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.

  1. works on the active sheet metal part
  2. saves the DXF as same folder + same filename + `.dxf`
  3. exports flat pattern geometry only
  4. exports splines as polylines
  5. turns off DXF layer mapping
  6. suppresses thread features, advanced holes, and non-simple Hole Wizard holes before export
  7. rebuilds, exports, then restores the suppressed features
  8. Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

SPECIFICATION

SourceSupplied ChatGPT export
CategoryBuild & Tools
Conversation8 user turns / 12 assistant turns
Attachments66 references detected
Public detailExtracted knowledge + excerpts

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

2026.04.18EXPORT-04Matched to the supplied export; key guidance is surfaced separately and the raw transcript remains unpublished.