: Can you fill a shape in .dxf format? I hired a guy to do a layout for a printed circuit board design and I'm trying to get my graphic printed on the board's silkscreen. The designer tells

@Turnbaugh909

I work in Illustrator and I have to send some files in .dxf for a CAD program called Audaces.

The open path problem is the CAD program do not interpret the curves in a path.

If the path is rounded you must do the following:

Increase the anchor points 4 times, now you have anchors enough to do the next step;

In simplify panel check straight lines. This will remove all the curved segments;

Export now.

See the image below:

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@Connie430

.dxf file for all i know is for laser printers. the logic it can read is 0 & 1
(on or off, black or white, cut or raster) colors does not matter.
back then I just save ai files of mine as svg and it is only black and white.
the Dark and Light shades depends on the power he/she will set directly in laser cutting machine. The power will determine the depth of cuting or raster. this also apply in cutter plotter for vinyl stickers as per T-shirt printing is concerned.



the black fill will only be burned and the red one will be the cutting part. He/She will set first the rasters D and little circle then next then increase the power to cut the red circle. So the D text will remain on the canvas while the circle will be cut with the red stroke as it shape.

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