DXF import incorrect text

Bug #1727122 reported by elecman
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Bug Description

The DXF import function does not import text correctly. To reproduce:

-Open Inkscape 0.92.2
-File->Import and import attached file.
-The text "Some text here" and "Some other font here" contain meta data.

Note: in order to click on the text field, you need to un-group everything a few times.

Note: the DXF file was originally created in Autodesk Inventor 2017 and imported into QCAD (v3.18.1). Then it was exported as the latest DXF version. This is to work around a DXF import bug in Inkscape (#1724720).

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elecman (bitbarrelmedia) wrote :
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TylerDurden (8thrule) wrote :

Can you share the original Inventor dxf?

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elecman (bitbarrelmedia) wrote :

Sure, here it is.

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TylerDurden (8thrule) wrote :

Seems this is not isolated to Inkscape:

Some Autodesk dxf output changes since Inventor 2015...?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/exporting-inventor-text-to-dxf/td-p/7471892

I see the same issues opening the file in LibreCAD. Some other CAD and CAM programs seem to ignore the symbol layer altogether. (MoI3D, Fusion360, SheetCAM). Alibre Design strips the data, but substitutes san-serif, V-Carve Pro seems to convert the text to vectors, but it's hard to tell if the fonts are correct.

If you are using the text as vectors, maybe convert in Inventor before export...?

TD

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elecman (bitbarrelmedia) wrote :

I need the text as "Text", not as a path because I need to change it at runtime for animation purposes.

I found a workaround though. Since a dxf export from Inventor opens correctly in Qcad, I just exported an SVG from Qcad instead of re-exporting a dxf. You have to use the "Advanced SVG Export" menu in Qcad and select "Preserve Geometry" to prevent the text to be converted to a path. Then it works perfectly.

I still think Inkscape has a problem with the DXF text import though. Mark as a confirmed bug?

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Alvin Penner (apenner) wrote :

confirmed on Windows 10, Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06)

Changed in inkscape:
status: New → Confirmed
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