DXF Compatibility ↔️ EXPANDED
Hey everyone! Quick update.
Remember the part we said we would focus on new designs in our last post? Well, not so fast. Had to put that on pause to tackle a different, but equally important, challenge: enhancing our DXF file compatibility. I wanted to share an update on that today.
Focusing In: Enhancing DXF Compatibility
This was a deliberate decision to temporarily shift our entire focus towards a vital aspect of our CNC plans: DXF file compatibility. It all started with a bug report from one of our valued customers (thanks Michal!). This triggered an unexpectedly deep and complex debugging process.
The good news? After intensive testing our generated plans across these popular software suites and making several targeted adjustments, we’re thrilled to announce the upgrade has concluded successfully! We’ve significantly boosted the compatibility of our DXF files, ensuring smooth loading in Vectric (Cut2d Pro & Aspire), AutoCAD, LibreCAD, and FreeCAD. With this set of programs with out-of-the-box DXF compatibility plus the SVG fallback we have a bulletproof combo.
Your Feedback is Crucial!
This entire process underscores just how important your feedback is. If you ever encounter an issue or a bug with our plans, please, PLEASE report it! Your insights are invaluable and help us make ModMaker better for everyone. We see bug reports not as problems, but as invaluable opportunities to improve.
👋 If you ran into issues on your CAD / CAM program or think we should add another one, let me know here.
With these urgent DXF enhancements now in place, we’ll be finishing the platform’s migration to parametric and finally resume our work on expanding the design catalog, continuing from where we left off with exciting additions like Bed1 and Table3. And remember, we’re always open to requests for further compatibility improvements or specific software support. Our goal is to make our pre-adjusted CNC furniture plans as accessible and easy to use as possible.
Best,
Javier
📅 Update 2025-06-01 – SolidWorks & Fusion360 also Checked✅.
Just learnt from an awesome customer that ModMaker DXF outputs work smoothly in SolidWorks and Fusion360 also. That brings the tested apps to:
– Vectric: Aspire & Cut 3D Pro
– AutoCAD
– LibreCAD
– FreeCAD
– SolidWorks
– Fusion360
That’s a pretty good starting point. If you use different software, try one of the DXFs and let us know here.
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Awesome news about the fix! The workaround I was using was a bit of a pain, especially early on. Glad it’s sorted now. Thanks!
Heyyy John, glad to hear from you again, and good to know 😅
That was a tough debugging, wouldn’t like to revisit so soon 😓.
I love it
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 well said!!! thank you!
With the DXF compatibility upgrade, can I be confident that the files will load cleanly into Fusion 360’s CAM environment for toolpathing, even though it wasn’t specifically listed with Vectric and AutoCAD?
Hey Santiago! I’d guess they should work cause they load smoothly in AutoCAD which should have similar DXF requirements. I don’t have Fusion 360 and I’m not gonna get it for now. You can try it though, just generate one, import it and let us know! If anyone tried it, please post results!