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Losing Dimensions when saving as dxf

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KENAT

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Jun 12, 2006
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I'm working on a interface/footprint drawing based on a very large model.

It is an existing drawing (.dft), that we've successfully saved as dxf before.

I've added a few extra dimensions, balloons and edited a couple of existing dimensions to have dual dimension display.

For some reason now when I save as dxf, and then open it using either SE or a viewer, the new dimensions don't show, however the edited dimensions and the added balloons show up just fine.

I checked to see if it was an issue with the layers they were on, but they're on the same layer as the existing dims.

I had a quick look at the 'save as dxf' options but again didn't see anything.

Any ideas?

I'm on V19 if it makes a difference.

Thanks.

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I do quite a bit of safe as DXF, and have not run into this problem yet.
I will ask around the office and see if anyone else has an issue.

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I am going to assume that the model and view are both up to date...
If not, that could cause the new dimensions not to transfer to dxf.

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The views are up to date.

The model is massive with various sub assy's write protected and it is showing out of date. However I'm pretty sure I had the model open in another window of the same session so it was showing up to date on the drawing.

Thanks

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