Import a DXF profile

Bring a 2D DXF (laser/CAM outline) in as a sketch, then extrude it like any profile.

A 2D DXF — a laser-cut outline, a customer profile — becomes a normal sketch you can extrude.

Steps

1. Import ▾ ▸ DXF → sketch in the top bar (or Ctrl+I), then pick the file. You can also drag the .dxf straight onto the viewport.
2. Choose the sketch plane and the file's units.
3. Filter by layer when the file mixes cut lines with annotations (e.g. keep OUTER, INTERIOR). The layer list appears automatically when the file has more than one.
4. Extrude the imported sketch.

Supported entities: lines, circles, arcs, polylines (including bulge arcs). Text, dimensions and anything else are skipped — and the dialog reports exactly what it skipped, so nothing is lost silently.

Tips

• Inch-unit files: set File units to inch (the scale of 25.4 is applied for you).
• Flat patterns exported from this app round-trip exactly.
• SVG works the same way (Import ▾ ▸ SVG → sketch) for artwork and traced outlines. Curves the sketcher has no exact equivalent for are flattened to line segments, and the dialog says how many.
• You can still ask the AI assistant to import a DXF by pasting its text.

Related: Your first part (sketch → extrude)

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