Material Layers (DXF)

Material Layers (DXF Output)

Output the populated mesh as dxf separating the components to layers in the output file. If the original component includes separate layers it will be inherited in the output dxf file

Steps

1. Load a Mesh.

2. Load a component.

3. Set the Material Layers toggle in the File > Settings Menu.

4. Export to dxf. (Ctrl + P)

Example

We create a component with meshes in different layers, according to material separation for rendering.

This example uses Rhino 4. You can use any CAD software supporting OBJ.

We set the export option to save Layer names and Material Definitions (this will create a .mtl file attached to the .obj).

File > Settings > Material Layers (DXF)

We load it into GEM and set the Population settings to use Material Layers.

Import a design mesh and populate the result to DXF.

The resulted DXF will maintain the material separation in the components and create a layer for each material. This allows to assign material by layers in the rendering tool.

Command Activation Methods

Interface (GUI)

File > Settings > Material Layers (DXF)

Command Line

Keyboard