Importing DXF files with blocks

[brian12 (Brian)]

Hey guys, I’m having some issues inserting .dxf files from Fusion 360. I’ve exported a 1:1 scale drawing of a sheetmetal part, from Fusion 360, which includes a “bend table” to identify the bends and their bend angles… The first drawing inserts into Rhino fine, but each drawing I import thereafter shows the same bend table as the first. They come in as blocks, so I guess its a referencing issue. Any ideas? I’ve tried various settings that Rhino prompts me with, but no solutions yet.

Thanks in advance,
Brian

[Philippe_HAMON]

I don’t know the purpose of your operation, but I have a similar flow, I drag and drop the files using the “insert” function into one group per file, and then I process the geometries through elements of the Elefront plugin.

[Philippe_HAMON]

Here is the link to my definition:

Import DXF and Manipulate in Grasshopper

Here is the way I process (simplified version), the goal is to have a alphacam-like GH definition processing 2D dxf files using iformations from the geometries and their layer names (Elefront needed): I insert (no import) the dxf files in a new rhino document (drag and drop from explorer is my fastest way…) I’d prefer make this by script or with grasshopper, but I don’t know how to do that for now… The insert is made “by group”, not “blocks” (if someone has an idea you’re welcome) I keep the …

[brian12 (Brian)]

Hi Phillippe, thank you for the response, and my apologies for taking so long to respond! Unfortunately I’m not so clued-up with grasshopper as you. I think my solution in the end was to ensure that I exploded the blocks before importing the next one…

Thanks again.