Process for 2D Import

Presentation

Once the CAD model is imported in GO2cam, many commands enable to position and cleanup or repair the file if necessary. For this, we have gathered, some specific commands in 2 submenus:

Icon	Name	Location
	Import Cleaning	Design / Wireframe
	Import Repairing	Design / Solid

▶️ You can watch a video at the bottom of page: Click here

Basic Rules for the treatment

The treatment of the part depends a lot on the part itself: the type of format file, the complexity of the part, the use of layers and filters or not, the machining to program etc.

However, most of the models can be treated following the next stages:

Icon	Name	Explanation
	Show All (Ctrl + R)	Always start by applying Ctrl-R to cancel all filters and hiding commands.
	Positioning	Position the part with the move command (menu Edit) or Part Positioning in the Import Cleaning menu
	Dialog of Filters	To sort, hide and maybe delete the useless elements,
	Geometry Continuity	Apply to ensure the correct continuity between the elements, and also : doing a projection of the elements on the plane to ensure the flatness convert polygons into segments and decompose curves into arcs and segments.
	Profile Definition	To check that geometric profiles are correct.
	Segment	In some rare cases, you need to end the cleaning manually by using design commands as Segment etc. those commands are located in the menus Drawing and Finish Drawing.
	Designing 3D from 2D Draft	Ability to build a 3D geometry by moving 2D views.

When you read a DXF/DWG file, you can force the display of extremities of elements, exactly as it was possible before in CAD import environment.

The option is available in Tools / Options / Display.

▶️ You can watch a video about the full process of importing a DXF file: