Issues with .DXF

[raidengl]

I don’t own a laser cutter myself so I use a web bassed service I’ve always been happy with. I create my designs in Sketchup in their web based app. I prefer their downloadable 2017 version but it won’t run on my new laptop. I'm having an issue I didn't use to have. If I can't solve my problem I may have to switch software. But I've been using Sketchup for decades. I also have a design already saved in .skp that I'd prefer not to have to redesign.

I need to export the 2D designs from Sketchup to a file format the laser cut service accepts. Either .DXF or .EPS or .SVG. You can export from Sketchup’s web app in 2D to .DXF with a subscription. But when I did that there where problems. When you upload the .DXF the service shows you a preview of the cut. The preview showed that it was laser cutting the file in the visual orientation of the object on my screen as I exported instead of the actual design. So then I tried exporting it as an .OBJ to upload into Tinkercad. I could possibly then resave it as a .DXF or .SVG to see if that fixes the problem. But when I import the .OBJ into Tinkercad nothing appears in Tinkercad.


Am I exporting to DXF incorrectly from Sketchup. Or am I missing something on the OBJ export upload step? Is there a way to properly export from Sketchup once so it cuts correctly? Or is there a free web bassed cad that could open the .DXF and then convert it to an .SVG?

Thanks in Advance for any help.

 

[raidengl]

Update I reset my old laptop to factory and reinstalled Skup 2017. I opened an older incorrect version of my design. I can't get the web app version to open even with the open newer version extension installed. It just crashes the program.

I then found the camera button which I've never really used. I set it to parallel projection instead of perspective to see what happened. It seemed to fix my problem. So this morning I tried that fix in the web app with the correct version of my design. It didn't work. The preview of my laser cut shows that it's cutting a trapazoid for the outer perimeter and not a rectangle