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=== Debugging DXF Problems === Sometimes exporting to DXF introduces bizarre extra lines. Usually this is because your artwork includes elements that aren't paths (a.k.a. Bézier splines), such as text objects or clones of other elements. Here are some things to try in Inkscape (especially the last one): # Select any and all Clones and choose Edit > Clone > Unlink Clone. (If it's not enabled, just skip it.) # Select any and all Groups and choose Object > Ungroup. Repeat until the menu item is disabled. (If it's not enabled, just skip it.) # Select all objects that aren't paths (such as text objects) and convert them to paths with Path > Object to Path. If this fails to resolve the issue, you can try a more radical solution which will eliminate all bezier paths entirely: # Select all the problematic shapes # Convert bezier paths to lines (Extensions > Modify Path > Flatten Bezier). Flatness 0.5 is good to start with. Smaller = better approximation of the curves. A lower flatness number takes more time to compute, but also produces a better approximation to the curve. Be sure to ungroup (sometimes multiple times) before trying this, as grouped objects cannot be flattened as a group. This is especially important for text which is by default a group (each character being a separate object in Inkscape once you've turned it into a path). Sometimes need to select the path's directly with the path tool (but not the points!). Also see http://www.pstoedit.net/ for conversion from svg to dxf files.
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